Are you afraid to pray for patience?
You might be since the Bible says, “tribulation works patience” (Romans 5:3). You’d essentially be praying for tribulation.
Suffering certainly produces patience when it is endured. There’s even an old expression, “the patience of Job,” based on his having to endure suffering of such magnitude for so long.
The patience of Job is only one kind of patience. There is another. It’s in verse five – “the patience of Christ.” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)