Perspective

The tendency is to do the urgent and not the important.   What do you think God wants you to do?    How long did He wait to send His Son to save mankind?

God’s faithfulness/Prayer/Hope/Perseverence

Psalm 37: 3-7;23-25 3 Trust in the Lord and do good; Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. 4 Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He will do it. 6 He will bring forth your righteousness as the light and your judgment as the noonday.  7 Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him; 23 The steps of a man are established by the Lord, and He delights in his way.  24 When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong, because the Lord is the One who holds his hand.  25 I have been young and now I am old, Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken.

Sovereignty

Romans 9:20-22   20 On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it?  21 Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use?  22 What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction.

Anger

Pro 14:29-30  29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who is quick-tempered exalts folly.  30 A tranquil heart is life to the body, but passion is rottenness to the bones.

Wisdom/Love

I Tim. 1:5 But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

Victory/Trials/Perseverance

Romans 5:3-5 3 And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; 4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; 5 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Prayer