“Forbearance means to refrain from doing something for the sake of another. It is practicing patient endurance with others beyond what is normally expected or required. The spiritual fruit of forbearance is supernatural ability to put up with what is difficult to do.”

“Forbearance is translated from the Greek work that means endurance. It pictures someone’s long-suffering of people and circumstances, being slow to get angry or despair. Forbearance is showing restraint, overcoming the desire to react prematurely and immaturely.”

“Remember that the seeds of the fruit of the Spirit are already in you waiting to be nurtured for growth. You have a part to play as to the amount of fruit you grow. The more you open yourself to the Holy Spirit’s work, the more the Spirit does in you.”

- Del Wells, Produce

How the Holy Spirit produces forbearance:
1. Suffering
2. Discipleship
3. Empowering
4. Activating

“Becoming a Christian is a complete and total surrender of your own desires and flesh to the higher purpose of serving God’s glory. It means you die to yourself and put on Christ.”

“According to Jesus, far from having no cost, following Him (that is Jesus) will cost you everything. Far from promising a better life, He warned of intense suffering.” “The call to following Christ is the call to joyfully endure suffering in this life for the promise of eternal blessing in the next.”

- Francis Chan, Letters to the Church

Areas of Discipleship:
1. Meet together.
2. Read your Bible well.
3. Share with each other.
4. Pray