how to live in each season of life ecclesiastes 3 1 11

How To Live in Each How To Live in Each Season of LifeSeason of LifeEcclesiastes 3:1-11Ecclesiastes 3:1-11

Overview

• This chapter is about the different seasons in man’s life

• Presented in a series of fourteen contrasts

• These contrasts almost cover nearly every event of life

• This chapter is for every person, in every place, and in every circumstance

The Seasons of LifeThe Seasons of Life

I. Accept what life has to offer

““There are seasons”There are seasons”

““There is a time for everything, and a There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under season for every activity under

heaven…”heaven…”• Written by a man who understood

what life is all about.• Life has seasons• Nothing is permanent• It changes when we least expect it• Key Principle: ACCEPTANCE

““There are seasons”There are seasons”

“Practicing acceptance, of even the worst of circumstances, is a powerful life changing tool”

• Many things are totally beyond our control

• They are God’s appointed seasons“Shall we accept good from God, and not

trouble?” Job 2:10 Lets accept what life has to offer!

II. Adapt to the changes of life

““There are reasons” There are reasons”

“He has made everything beautiful in its time…”

• Paraphrased: “God has made all things fitting and perfect in his own appointed time…”

• Two concepts of time in Greek

Quantity of time (chronos)

Quality of time (kairos)

““There are reasons” There are reasons”

• Often it seems life doesn’t make sense at all

• How can a good God allow bad things to happen?

• It no fair!• Key Principle: TRUST

Either these seasons will bring us to a point of worry and despair, or to a

point or trust and growth.

III. Appreciate each season of life

““These are promotions”These are promotions”

“He has also set eternity in the hearts of men…”

• In every seasons especially the painful and difficult ones…

Discover GodlinessDiscover the Gems

Discover God“Life is a school to the wise man and an

enemy of the fool.”

““These are promotions”These are promotions”

• Key Principle: MAXIMIZE• How to maximize life’s seasons

Don’t be get stuckRecognize the changing season

Don’t waste any hurt Take it slow

“The only difference between a stepping stone and stumbling block

is how you use it.”

What now?What now?

Accept the season in which you are in now.

Believe that God is with you in every season in your life

Chose how to act and behave in any and every season of life.

Discover the gift in your present season because it can propel you to

new heights