WHAT’S TODAY? SUPERBOWL! IT IS ALSO: THE END OF FOOTBALL SEASON!

Ecclesiastes 3:1 EB There is a time for everything, and everything on earth has its special season.

SEASONS ARE A PART OF LIFE AND ALWAYS WILL BE!

Gen. 2:22 (LB) “As long as the earth remains, there will be springtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night.”

AND WE ALL HAVE A FAVORITE SEASON!

Ecclesiastes 3:4-5 LB A time to laugh A time to cry; a time to kill your husband!

REAL ENDING… NEW SLIDE: Ecclesiastes 3:4-5 LB …A time to grieve; A time to dance…

SERIOUSLY…IN LIFE: SOMETIMES YOU WIN, SOMETIMES YOU LOSE; SOMETIMES YOU SCORE, SOMETIMES YOU ARE STOPPED ON THE GOAL LINE!

“I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.” Phil. 4:11 (NIV)

LIFE IS SHORT

“People ought to enjoy every day of their lives.” Eccl. 11:8 (NCV)

DANCE WHEN YOU CAN BECAUSE IF YOU LIVE LONG ENOUGH, YOU WILL EXPERIENCE A DIFFICULT SEASON.

Eph. 5:15-16 (Ph) “Live life, then, with a due sense of responsibility, not as those who do not know the meaning and purpose of life but as those who do. Make the best use of your time, despite all the difficulties these days.”

IN EVERY SEASON THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN!

Deut. 11:2 (GN) “Remember what you have learned about the Lord through your experiences with him.”

WHAT I’VE LEARNED IN SIMPLE CHURCHES SEASONS?

2 Cor. 1:9 (Ph) “(This happened) … so we might learn to trust, not in ourselves, but God…”

NO MATTER YOUR SEASON, REMEMBER THREE THINGS I’VE LEARNED: LOVE - TRUST - OBEY!

GOD LOVES YOU, TRUST HIM, AND DO WHAT HE SAYS!

“If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done.” Eccl. 11:4 (LB)

WHAT IS GOD ASKING YOU TO DO?

“Whenever you are able, do good to people who need help.” Pr. 3:27 (NCV)

WHO DO YOU NEED TO HELP? GOD PUTS THEM IN OUR LIVES!

Daniel 2:21 (GN) God controls the times and the seasons. He makes and unmakes kings.

WE ALL STUGGLE WITH CONTROL; GOD IS IN CONTROL, NOT US!

WHAT AREA OF LIFE DO YOU STRUGGLE TRUSTING GOD?

1 Peter 5:7 LB Let him have all your worries and cares, for he is always thinking about you and watching everything that concerns you.

Romans 8:28 (LB) We know that all that happens to us is working for our good IF we love God and are fitting into his plans.

WE ARE ALL A WORK IN PROGRESS; TRUST HIM; HE LOVES YOU!

THE SEASON YOU ARE IN IS A PART OF GOD’S PLAN!

Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NCV) …God does everything just right and on time, but people can never completely understand what he is doing.

IT MAY BE HARD TO UNDERSTAND….BUT DON’T QUIT!

Galatians 6:9 NLT So let’s not get tired of doing good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.

NEED AN EXAMPLE OF NOT QUITTING?

NO MATTER THE SEASON, KEEP SHOWING UP!