“The Seasons of Life”

September 1, 2024            Labor Day Worship

SCRIPTURE LESSON:  Psalm 1:1-3; Ecclesiastes 3:1

From Today’s Messge “The Seasons of Life”

1. We are all going through a season
2. Characteristics of the Seasons.
3. Winter Characteristics.
4. Short days, Cold, Darkness, Death.
   2. Winter Benefits… Intimacy, Evaluation, Sabbath, Planning
   3. Spring Characteristics
   4. Transition. Preparation (getting ready for, looking to what is ahead) New Life (blooming, budding, colors, life)
   5. Spring Benefits… Planting, Preparation. Spring is a great, marvelous time of life, Song of Solomon 2:11
   6. Summer Characteristics
   7. Long days, Harvest, Growth
   8. Summer Benefits…Reaping, Celebration
   9. Autumn (Fall) Characteristics
   10. Transition, Preparation for Winter
   11. Autumn (Fall) Benefits…Preparation Resume Routines

   Gal. 6:9

   III. We are all in one of these seasons in our lives.

   HOW TO RESPOND TO THE SEASONS OF LIFE…

   1. Choose faith over frustration

   Psalm 33:11

   1. Choose gratitude over grumbling
   1 Thessalonians 5:16-19, Philippians 4:6-7
   1. Choose good over gain Galatians 6:9, 10
   2. Choose to fear God rather than fear life
   Proverbs 19:23, 2 Timothy 1:7