When I Prayed For Patience...god Let Me Have It!

"Earthy, pithy, practical, biblical, full of real stories . . . from a teacher [who] comes alongside to say 'I've been there.'" --Jerry B. Jenkins

Speed dialing from a cell phone. Dishing up a microwave meal in minutes. Instant messaging a friend in Mozambique. It's so easy to think that everything in life should be immediate--including spirituality. And yet, developing Christian character can be painfully slow, requiring a lifetime of day-to-day experiences that God uses to shape, mold, and even break us.

Through a humor-laced blend of anecdotes and Bible teaching, popular speaker Jeanne Zornes offers insight and help as you learn the biblical virtues of patience, forbearance, endurance, perseverance, and trust the only way they can be learned--the hard way. Questions and Bible study suggestions at the end of each chapter make this encouraging book the right choice for both personal study and small-group discussion.

Jeanne Zornes has published seven books and her articles have appeared in such periodicals as Moody Magazine, Today's Christian Woman, Christian Parenting, and Power for Living. When she is not on the road speaking, Zornes hangs her hat in Wenatchee, Washington with her husband and two children.

Have you ever noticed that God rarely operates within our preset human expectations? Through a humor- laced blend of anecdotes from everyday life, Zornes offers practical and biblical suggestions for developing perseverance, endurance, patience, longsuffering, forbearance, trust . . . you know, those really hard to execute biblical virtues. Each chapter ends with study questions perfect for personal or group use.