Illustrations About Patience

The Better Fruits

Many people reach for self-improvement books but neglect to see that Scripture teaches many ways in which we can be stronger and healthier in our

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Good Samaritan

In 1971, two Princeton psychologists staged an experiment. They took forty seminarians and told them they were going to record their sermons. Half were given

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Unwanted Gift Sermon Illustration

Unwanted Gift

As we wait, it sometimes feels like our groom has given us a blender, like fiancé Brian gave his betrothed for their eight-month anniversary in

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Waiting Time Sermon Illustration

Waiting Time

Generally speaking, we are bad at waiting. Our tech usage is one way we recognize our growing inability to wait for anything, but as believers

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Patience Sermon Illustration

Patience Is A Fruit

A recent study of two thousand British people found that our pursuit of more knowledge has made us impatient. The availability of information at our

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Practicing Patience

Patience is hard work. Just consider your own driving practices—how it’s hard to wait for the slow person with their turn signal on to finally

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Plot Twist

Have you ever seen a good plot twist in a movie? This is when you think the plot is heading one direction, when all of

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Boiling Point

Imagine a pot of water, full to the brim, boiling on the stove. The water in the pot goes through several stages of heat before

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Fishing For You

Have you ever been fishing? Patience is a key virtue to good fishermen. It’s hard to be a good fisherman and have “fisherman’s ADD.”

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Dramatic Irony

The video below provides a great definition of dramatic irony—when an audience is in on a secret that the characters in a story don’t yet

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