Gladish, page 2 trees lose their leaves for winter allowing more light to shine through in the cold months, whereas the leaves in summer provide a refuge of shade from the heat of the sun. The book of ecclesiastes points out that there is a time or season for everything. My spirit was lifted knowing god is with me in all my seasons of life. There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens. Just click on the link above the title of the poem. If you examined your life right now, what season would you say you are currently experiencing. Discerning times and seasons it isnt always easy to transition from one season to another even in the best of circumstances. God provides examples in the natural to help us understand our spiritual seasons. Our ability to determine which season we are in at all times will require an acute sharpness of spirit. Oct 16, 2012 a spiritual season is a specific time period in your life that has an overall feeling or purpose in the larger scheme of your ongoing spiritual life. Yes, the seasons of our life here on earth prepare us for the perpetual cycle of the spiritual seasons that never cease. The 4 spiritual seasons which spiritual season are you in. Christian poem on god being with us through the changing seasons of life there is also an option to listen to this poem if you would like to.
The four seasons of spiritual growth jerry robinson. We need to understand what is happening during a spiritual fall, winter, spring, and summer. There is a way to chart the seasons in nature, and there is a way to chart our own spiritual seasons. Each season presents its own set of benefits and challenges. Just as the weather experiences different seasons so do the seasons of our spiritual lives. Wise people are able to give themselves gracefully to seemingly contradictory experiences, because they know that they belong to different seasons of life, all of which are necessary to the whole. We are a threepart being, just like the fatherwe were created in his image gen. Most people ignore the seasons of life, and have no day of rest in a week.
Just like our seasons in nature, we move through spiritual seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. There may be things that bring relief when they fall away such as bad habits or the chains of materialism, but there may be other life circumstances that we dont understand such as the loss of a job or the loss of good health. Christian poem on the seasons of life,god is with us through. Walking through the spiritual seasons in your life. Jesus has not only come into our lives and changed us, he has exchanged his life for ours. Never let the season you are in define who you are.
Courtnaye is a christian blogger who loves writing to help women grow in their walk with the lord. God has enacted certain eternal principles regarding time. Apr 11, 2018 understanding what spiritual season you are in is essential to the growth of your faith and relationship with god. Her husband was the first among his heritage to become a spirit filled christian and minister. Even great blessings can bring difficult transitions.
The six spiritual seasons of life are different in so many ways and we have to constantly pray through each of them. Spiritual seasons a christian devotion creative bible study. Whether youre waiting for a godly husband, for a difficult circumstance to change, or for god to finally fulfill a promise. Once we have a clear understanding of the spiritual seasons, we are then equipped to handle whatever life throws our way. Apr 11, 2018 so watch this weeks video the 4 spiritual seasons which spiritual season are you in then take our spiritual seasons quiz to discover which spiritual season you are in. Each season brings on change, new blessings, and challenges. Understanding your season joel grantham ministries. Everything that takes place in the spiritual realm will have an effect in our natural realm.
Knowing your spiritual seasons through prayer prayer ideas. A spiritual season is a specific time period in your life that has an overall feeling or purpose in the larger scheme of your ongoing spiritual life. In the old testament, the sons of issachar were known as being able to understand the times, and spiritual seasons. Jan 27, 2015 4 lessons for navigating the seasons of life sarah coleman read about christian dating and get advice, help and resources on christian single living. They can be compared to the different types of seasons we might experience in life such as raising children, or a time of struggles with health issues or a time of educational preparation for your. Spiritual seasons in the christian life godinterest. The direction of the natural winds represents spiritual seasons and movements of the holy spirit on earth, including the storms of life. Spiritual seasons of life creative christian bible study. Just like there are natural seasons on the earth, there are also spiritual seasons. Understanding seasons in our lives sermon by gerald. Part 2 spiritual rhythms is handy for referencing or bouncing around, if the reader does not want to take a linear approach the author gives permission for this. Our spiritual journey will probably not correspond with the timely arrangement of the natural seasons.
God is always oriented towards our growth, even in our winter. Signs and seasons of spiritual life, a sermon by m. Life, walk with god and ministry consist of seasons that are ever changing. Are you in a dry season, waitingforsomething season, grinding season, testsandtrialsatnearlyeveryturn season, or spiritual warfare season. The best motivational speech the seasons of life jim rohn 2018 duration. In this new year we expect four seasons winter, spring, summer and autumn.
The seasons of the year provide for many people an intuitive metaphor for understanding seasons of our lives. When such seasons come, you are not meant to hide in the dark and hope for an escape. In the natural, you can count on your senses to discern the seasons. The 4 spiritual seasons which spiritual season are you. Gaining greater understanding and insight into gods seasonal dealings will let us realize where we are in relationship to gods seasons and why god has us in a particular season of life. However, you will be disappointed if you try to parallel your spiritual life with natural seasons of winter, spring, summer or fall. As with anything in life, when we understand the reason for the season and have a vision of the fruit it will produce, we can be at rest and be at peace. The lyrics to frank sinatras poignant september song need no explanation. Christian poem on the seasons of life,god is with us. You will notice a new thirst and awareness for more of god. Spring offers understanding of spiritual seasons of life. Understanding seasons in our lives sermon by gerald williams. Spring offers understanding of spiritual seasons of life times colonist.
This morning lets look at this scripture and examine the importance of what its saying about our lives. Seasons and cycles, and patterns in life are many times very confusing b. Ezekiel experienced his nations demise, yet god called him to speak life into their dry state. Like hearing the birds chirping after a long winter. In the spiritual, you must count on your relationship with god and the knowledge of his word. Its all about real talk, real issues, and real life in the faith. Seasons come more than once though, and so during our spiritual life. So many of us have allowed a cold spiritual season to dictate to our innerman and weve become inactive, almost waiting for better times with a negativity that robs us.
I will pour out my spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants isaiah 44. The spiritual seasons of life that of three generations of born again, spiritfilled and faithful christians. The happy season faithbased is the easiest season to pray through because god is giving us what we need and want. The same is true when it comes to the seasons of a believer in christ, a christian. But rest assured, sharpness of spirit is a worthy goal. Sometimes, when our dreams arent coming to pass on our timetable, we can be tempted to get. In congruence with nature, every christian will experience four different seasons in their walk with god. Understanding what spiritual season you are in is essential to the growth of your faith and relationship with god. The heavenly order exists for our continued spiritual growth and. There are going to be seasons until jesus returns and maybe beyond. Understanding your spiritual season where deep calls to. It shoots out nascent sprigs of life and verdant leaf in spring. Prophetically discerning your times and seasons charisma. Spiritual seasons discerning and flourishing in every season of life offers help to prepare for a breakthrough, to claim gods promises, to be alert for miracles about to happen around you, and to anticipate gods provision and blessing.
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. Once youve watched the video take our spiritual seasons quiz to discover exactly which season you are in and what beloved. How to recognize the spiritual season of life youre in. Oct 27, 2018 by school of life christianity, jesus 0 comments if you examined your life right now, what season would you say you are currently experiencing. Evelyn had felt at an early age that she would marry a preacher but she had no personal ambitions other than to be a good wife and mother. Aug 10, 2015 everything that takes place in the spiritual realm will have an effect in our natural realm. For i will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground. The different seasons that every christian experiences. There are illustrations like this throughout the world of nature. You, o king, are the king of kings, to whom the god of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the strength and the glory.
More often than not, we develop spiritual strength from times of threshing and refining. I received the inspired blessings from this devotional. But the periods of life, death, burial, and resurrection in our spiritual walk are as vital to our spiritual growth as the four seasons are necessary to the life of creation. When such seasons come, you are not meant to hide in the. By becoming aware of them, learning them, and applying them in your existence, there is. Let me kick this one off by saying, waiting is not easy. Date of the rapture predestination, spiritual events curiosity god, all knowing ignorance of christs return gods timing and plan seasons changing fathers responsibilities. During spiritual seasons of fall, the coolness and relief from the heat may also bring the loss of things. God works through times and seasons, eg 7 year periods, and especially the different feasts that he has established such as passover, pentecost, purim etc. Lets begin with spring because god begins the year with spring. To make this life easier in difficult seasons, we must rely on our spirit man. There, gods promise to us comes into its full fruition.
So in todays video, im sharing with you the 4 spiritual seasons and encouragement for each season. Your life has patterns that are characteristics of the seasons. Between those two events are cyclical spiritual seasons. In fall, the mossygreen alights into gold, but only for a flash before brown takes over and winter starts. They and their accompanying fruit unfurl under the summer heat, lush and alive. By school of life christianity, jesus 0 comments if you examined your life right now, what season would you say you are currently experiencing. Signs and seasons of spiritual life washington new church. Discerning and flourishing in every season of life. Just look at life and how it has various seasons in it that bring us thru.
Seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall never cease. Sep 04, 2018 rather than giving your energies towards wishing for another. Were going to look at our four seasons and each time we look at a specific season, were going to look at it from a physical standpoint and also a spiritual standpoint. Jul 07, 2011 just like our seasons in nature, we move through spiritual seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. The surrender, although painful, positions us to receive all that god intends for that particular season much better than if we fight against it. Spiritual seasons in the christian life narrowpathministries.
Dec 18, 2018 spiritual seasons discerning and flourishing in every season of life offers help to prepare for a breakthrough, to claim gods promises, to be alert for miracles about to happen around you, and to anticipate gods provision and blessing. While considering the four seasons, i realized there is a correlation between seasonal changes and the spiritual seasons that we experience. Life, walk with god and ministry consist of seasons that are ever. Seasons change in our lives based on where we are in our spiritual. So watch this weeks video the 4 spiritual seasons which spiritual season are you in then take our spiritual seasons quiz to discover which spiritual season you. The 4 spiritual seasons which season are you experiencing. In order to fully experience gods peace throughout the many storms of life, the man or woman of god.
Dec 29, 2014 just like there are natural seasons on the earth, there are also spiritual seasons. By becoming aware of them, learning them, and applying them in your existence, there is no doubt that you will craft a very fulfilling life. Recognizing your spiritual season charisma magazine. Spring and winter, growth and decay, creativity and fallowness, health and sickness, power and impotence, and life and death all belong within the. Seasons of life spiritual insights for everyday life. Unlike the physical earth, the spiritual world will endure forever. Dont read too much into negative things that happen. Just like the natural seasons change, so do the seasons in our lives.
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