Scripture: 1 Cor. 13:4a

Sermon Title: How deep is your patience?

You can get anywhere with a leap. But it takes patience and precision to take the proper steps.

Number 1: ______________________________

Number 2: ______________________________

Number 3: ______________________________

Question #1: Can you go through the mistake?

Genesis 3:1-6 (NIV)

3 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the

woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” 2 The woman said to the

serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from

the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’” 4 “You will not

certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will

be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the

tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some

and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

Genesis 7:1-5 (NIV)

7 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged,

and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. 3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in

your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother,

‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You

hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck

from your brother’s eye.

Speck Vs. The Plank

_________take solutions and systems

_________take patience

Question #2 Can you go through a redefinition of the relationship?

Genesis 2:22-23

22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib [a] he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to

the man. 23 The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be

called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.”

Genesis 3:12

12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

Principle: God disciplines you not to inflict pain, but to enact progress

Question #3 Can you wait for the curse breaker?

Takeaways:

1.) Assess whether what you’re waiting on is Jesus or something else...

2.) Revisit the “why” behind your mistake. It will serve as a pathway to progression and patience.

3.) Find out what you need to see.