REBEL WITH A CAUSE –SEASONS OF LIFE
IT IS SUMMER!! IT’S HOT!!
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GOOD NEWS!
June 26, 2011
LONG FOR FALL…COOL!
IT IS COMING!!
3. GOD HAS A PURPOSE FOR EVERY SEASON!
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As long as the earth remains, there will be springtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter
and summer, day and night. Genesis 2:22
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A LOT LIKE THE WEATHER-------SEASONS OF LIFE!
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 TYPICALLY WE DON’T LIKE THE SEASON WE’RE IN!
 WHAT DO WE DO…WE REBEL- SNOW BIRDS -WE TRAVEL! PICS
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BABY SEASON!---SPITS FOOD OUT! CRYING IN CRIB! I DO IT! MINE!
CHILDHOOD SEASON!- THROW FITS! GROCERY STORE ISLE-TOY! I’M NOT A BABY ANYMORE!
TEENAGE SEASON!--LEAVE ME ALONE! YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND!
COLLEGE SEASON! I KNOW WHAT I’M DOING! YOU WERE STUPID!
MIDDLE AGE SEASON- I DESERVE! HARLEY BABY! BIKER BABY PIC
SENIOR SEASON--YOUR NOT PUTTING ME IN THAT HOME!
WE REBEL…OUR WHOLE LIFE…SELFISH REASONS!
GOOD-BAD-LONELY-SAD-SUCCESS-FAILURE-WAITING-GRIEF…ETC!
We know that all that happens to us is working for our good if we love God and are fitting into His
plans. Romans 8:28
IF YOU ARE A BELIEVER…NOTHING BAD COMES INTO YOUR LIFE WITHOUT
GOING THROUGH THE FILTER OF THE FATHER!
DON’T BE CONFUSED: GOD DOESN’T HAVE TO PLAN PROBLEMS FOR YOUR
LIFE…WE MAKE THOSE HAPPEN ALL BY OURSELVES OR OTHERS MAKE!
BUT HE DOES HAVE GOOD HE CAN PULL OUT OF WHATEVER HAPPENS!
SOME OF YOU ARE IN AN UGLY SEASON…GOD WILL MAKE GOOD OF IT IN
TIME!
God makes everything beautiful in its own time. Ecc 3:11
HEART OF A SOUL SURFER VIDEO
4. WHAT I SOW IN ONE SEASON, I WILL REAP IN
ANOTHER!
I WANT TO HELP YOU…REGARDLESS OF THE SEASON!
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1. THE SEASONS ARE BEYOND YOUR CONTROL!
 GIFT OF LIFE VIDEO
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Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from
that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from
the Spirit. 9 So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a
harvest of blessing if we don’t give up! Galatians 6:8-9
LIKE WEATHER- CAN’T CONTROL WHEN IT OR HOW LONG IT LASTS!
JOPLIN TORNADO PICS
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YOU CAN GRIP…COMPLAIN…WHINE…CURSE…WORRY…IT DON’T MATTER!
KIDS LEAVING—PARENTS DYING— GRIEF—WAITING ---PLANTS CLOSING!
THE WAY YOU RESPOND IN THIS SEASON, WILL AFFECT YOUR FUTURE!
SELFISH OR OTHERS? WHAT’S YOUR CAUSE?
God controls the times and the seasons. He makes and unmakes kings. Daniel 2:21
My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD.“And my ways are far beyond anything
you could imagine. Isaiah 55:8
LAST THOUGHT:
WHAT CAN YOU LEARN FROM THIS SEASON OF LIFE?
2. THE SEASONS ARE CONFUSING!
“Remember what you have learned about the Lord through your experiences with Him.”
Deut. 11:2
WHY ME? I DON’T UNDERSTAND! SOMETHINGS WE WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND…
 COMFORT IN THE MIDST VIDEO
 THAT’S WHY CHRISTIANS LIVE BY FAITH…NOT EXPLANATIONS!
“This happened that we might learn to trust, not in ourselves, but in God.” 2 Cor. 1:9
God does everything just right and on time, but people can never completely understand
what He is doing.” Ecc. 3:11