Patience AKA Longsuffering

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of patience and the misconceptions surrounding praying for it among Christians.

There is that joke among Christians don’t pray for patience because bad things are going to happen to you. This is a rooted in truth. A joke is one thing, but some elder Christians actually advice against praying for patience. This is bad advice. We shouldn’t avoid doing hard things because we want to avoid pain.

People in this episode

Host: Jessica Crowley

Topics covered

• patience
• longsuffering
• Christian advice
• spiritual growth
• pain avoidance

Keywords

• patience
• longsuffering
• Christianity
• spirituality
• advice against prayer

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