Daily Bible Study – Immanuel experience…

LEARN and PRACTICE the WORD of GOD

Reasons for Stress and Solution

Impatience is stressful so ask God for the gift of patience.

How patience leads to success?

To be successful, we need patience when it comes to employee relations, business negotiations and communications, as well as achievement of the strategic goals we’ve set. Further, we have to remain calm amid the big and small twists and turns that come with life. It is only through being patient that we can truly learn from the curveballs which get thrown in our path.

Here are few benefits of practicing patience:

1. If patience is a habit, then we will earn positive rewards

Let Patience be a habit. When we lack patience, we are unable to delay gratification for more than the moment, which fills us with frustration. Frustration is the emotional energy that drives “quitting.” When we’re impatient, we’re unable to work toward our business goals in a dedicated fashion. We start to quit in order to start again, and we run this pattern over and over.
Changing a habit requires strong motivation. We have to be guaranteed rewards that will come from adopting a more mature response. Patience can reward us with positive recognition, greater sales, increased customer satisfaction, stronger profits or a promotion we seek. Whatever the measure of realization looks like, surely it is the sum total of patience plus hard work.

2. Patience helps us to take smart decisions

Patience always helps to take smart decisions. When it comes to making good decisions, patience is your most formidable resource. Many people in business are looking for an edge over their competition and ways to improve their performance. If this is you, don’t be disillusioned enough to believe that sharp business plans and the best talent around are a substitute for the virtues needed to guide and direct a business in the right direction.
Patience is one of those virtues. When we are patient, we stay out of the negative stories that can cloud our judgment. “What-iffing” ourselves with disastrous outcomes is typically human, but also completely destructive to our capacity to make sound decisions. When we are patient, we have the mindfulness to stop and focus on the present moment. By being in the moment, we are able to make wise choices that take the big and small picture into account.

3. Patience helps to builds reputation

Successful business people set themselves apart from the rest of the pack by mastering the skill sets which lead to success. Patience gives us grit. It gifts us the ability to work steadily toward our goals. And when we reach our goals consistently, we build our reputation. Great reputations are developed through persevering, not giving up.
It is when we persist, despite the odds, that we achieve the desired levels of success we seek. Any endeavor that could potentially become a great success requires us to dedicate ourselves to a long, hard effort. This is only a possibility when we are patient with our progress, no matter how fast or slow it goes. So, strive to be the last businessperson/company standing, and others will see you as accountable, dependable and their first choice for someone to conduct business with.

4. Self-possession

Patience puts us in direct control of ourselves. And there is no more powerful an aid to success then self-possession. When we are patient, we give ourselves time to choose how to respond to a given event, rather than get emotionally hijacked by our emotions. It allows us to stay gathered no matter what is happening. With self-management we build trust in our capacity to deal with whatever comes our way.
A lack of success or progress can almost always be boiled down to a lack of patience. The most basic reason for impatience is a lack of control. When we lack control, we lack understanding and insight. When we lack understanding and insight, we lack the ability to plan, communicate and set realistic expectations. But when we claim control over these issues, we get to bask in the rewards patience can deliver.

5. Tolerance

Patience increases our threshold of tolerance. It gives us the foresight to expect obstacles on our path and to deal with them diplomatically. When we expect challenges, we respond with more courage, strength and optimism. We understand that emotional discomfort is a part of any obstacle and accept that life’s curveballs are a natural part of the business cycle; therefore, we don’t add any additional suffering, bitterness or revenge to the mix. Instead, we roll up our sleeves and do the work we need to do.
The more easily we roll with the punches and learn to tolerate the quirks of other human beings and the unpredictable ebb and flow of the cycles of success, the less stress we experience and the more resilient we become.

Prayer:  Abba Father, I believe Your Son Jesus Christ and His divine exchange. O Lord Jesus Christ, Who, before ascending into heaven, promised to send the Holy Spirit to us to educate us, empower us and anoint us. O Holy Spirit, grant me the Spirit of Wisdom that I may despise the perishable things of this world and aspire only after the things that are eternal.  O Holy Spirit, grant me the the Spirit of Understanding to enlighten my mind with the light of Your divine truth. O Holy Spirit, grant me the the Spirit of Counsel that I may ever choose the surest way of pleasing God and gaining Heaven. O Holy Spirit, grant me the the Spirit of Fortitude that I may bear my cross with You, and that I may overcome with courage of all the obstacles that oppose my salvation. O Holy Spirit, grant me the the Spirit of Knowledge that I may know God and know myself and grow perfect in the science of the Saints. O Holy Spirit, grant me the the Spirit of Piety that I may find the service of God sweet and amiable. O Holy Spirit, grant me the the Spirit of Fear of God that I may be filled with a loving reverence towards God and may dread in any way to displease Him. O Holy Spirit, grant me the Divine Mark in my fore-head, with the sign of Your true disciples and animate me in all things with Your Spirit. I pray by the name of Jesus. Amen.