Put on Patience

“What if the patience you’ve been asking God for isn’t something He gives you—but something He grows in you through the very wait you’re trying to survive?”

Sermon Summary

You've been waiting longer than you expected. The relationship isn't healing. The prayer isn't being answered. The circumstance isn't changing. And somewhere along the way, patience stopped feeling like a virtue and started feeling like defeat.

Colossians 3 tells us to put on patience—but that assumes we know what it actually is. In this message, Todd Pylant makes a case that most of us have been thinking about patience all wrong. It's not biting your tongue. It's not pretending the pain isn't there. And it's definitely not something you can just decide to have more of. Biblical patience—drawn from two Greek words meaning "long fuse" and "strong back"—is active faith in the middle of time, pain, and confusion. It looks less like stoic endurance and more like honest prayer that keeps showing up.

Three anchors help you build it: trust in who God is, confidence in how God works even when you can't see it, and a prayer life raw enough to say how long, O Lord—and stubborn enough to keep saying it.

This is a word for anyone carrying something heavy and wondering if God is still at work.

Scripture: Colossians 3:12–14

Date: May 31, 2026

Preacher: Todd Pylant

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