The 4 P's

Perseverance.Patience.Persistent Prayer

In my life, the next couple weeks are going to be tricky. The 4 P's are going to be something I need to be practicing constantly. No matter what happens, I have to persevere, be patient, and pray for anything and everything.
Perseverance. In James 5:10-11, it says that you should be patient in times of suffering. If you persevere, the Lord will reward you greatly. This passage references Job and his countless sufferings. My life in nowhere near compared to Job's, but in any suffering, I can use him as a model to get through anything. Through perseverance, you can develop maturity. James 1:2-4 states that even through trials, you should persevere so that you can be mature not lacking any qualities.
Patience. Very hard to practice, but if you are, many great things can come out of it. It's hard waiting for something that you know is coming, but you can't have it just yet (i.e. coming home from college). Maybe it's God's way of telling you that you need to wait it out so that he can build you up to something greater. The only way to find that out is if you try. "The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him." - Lamentations 3:25 (ESV). Your time is not always God's time. Psalm 40:1 says that as long as you wait for the Lord, he will listen to you. This is where prayer comes into play.
Persistent Prayer. In the Bible, there are many scripture passages that talk about prayer, but I feel that Luke 18:1-8 applies well to the 4 P's. In this passage, Jesus is talking to the disciples about a widow who kept going to a judge asking for a plea. After a while, the judge got tired of her constant begging and nagging, so he finally granted her the plea that she wanted. At the end of the parable, Jesus tells his disciples that God will never put you off. He will see to it that you get justice for being persistent (even in prayer).

So as you can see, the 4 P's are very tough to follow. It's easier said than done, but you can never know what you can get out of it until you try.