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The UNPACKIN' it Podcast With Bryce Johnson
Week 1 Patience Needed for the Jets, Panthers, Falcons, Bengals, and Tom Brady
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Bryce Johnson unpacks the patience needed for many of the teams that lost in the NFL…and how we must exercise patience in our lives.
Today's Questions:
1. How could the impatience we experience be a result of unreasonable expectations?
2. Does being patient with others mean that we can never wisely distance ourselves from others?
3. How do we practically go about developing patience in our lives?
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