Ladies Study Group: God Most Patient

In this rich and thoughtful study, the Ladies Study Group reflects on the profound patience of God as revealed in Scripture. Drawing from Jen Wilkin’s In His Image, the lesson explores the connection between patience and anger, emphasizing that God's patience is not a passive endurance of circumstances but a purposeful withholding of wrath to offer space for repentance and relationship. Through biblical narratives—from Moses at Sinai to Jonah in Nineveh, and from Noah’s ark to Paul’s testimony—the group examines how God’s patience is consistently directed toward people, motivated by His deep love and desire for salvation. The study contrasts human impatience with God’s long-suffering nature, highlighting that true, godly patience is a fruit of the Holy Spirit, not something we can manufacture on our own. Ultimately, it calls believers to reflect God’s character by extending the same patient love to others that they have first received from Him, pointing not just to better behavior but to transformed hearts through Christ.