Embracing Life's Seasons: Finding Purpose in Every Moment
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "Some of us, we don't celebrate life enough. We don't celebrate. When something good happens, we think it's an hour party or it's an event that took place. But we're to linger and celebrate. The Hebrews of the Old Testament, man, they knew how to party. A wedding was a week. They celebrated it. We move by things so fast we don't know how to grieve in our culture. Grief might be some of the hardest work you will ever do in your life. We think it's going to be done in an hour service. When you lose someone in your life, you never get over that. You learn to live with it, but you will never get over it." [15:37]
2. "Your time is your life. Let me talk about the four seasons because I think this list in chapter three can be summarized by four seasons. I grew up in the Midwest. We actually have four seasons. Here we kind of have two, but most of us, we moved from somewhere else. The question isn't, you know, the question we ask everybody is how long have you lived here? And so if you're from another part of the world, you're going to have to go through that country. You understand seasons and this list in Ecclesiastes three can all be narrowed down to one of the four seasons of life." [17:15]
3. "Be in the moment. Don't waste your life away by waiting for what is to come. Because here's the reality. It may never come. Right? And so enjoy what you currently have. So that's chronological time. Kronos time. God is outside Kronos time. God is not bound by chronological time. You and I, we're bound by chronological time. Bible says 70, 80 years. Plus or minus. That's our time. That's what we have. It's very itty-bitty. It's very itty-bitty compared to our everlasting, eternal God." [08:06]
4. "You and I were designed to be plugged into a relationship with Jesus. Recently, I was going through a drawer. Maybe we all have one of these drawers in our house. This is the drawer I pulled open recently, and I didn't bring the entire bin. It's a really big bin full of cords and cables. Does anybody else have a drawer like that? It's like, I don't know what this is for. I don't know when we got it, where this goes to something, and so I'm going to keep it because someday I might need that computer from 2002. And as soon as I throw it away, I'm going to need it." [21:50]
5. "It is a sweet place when you realize what that purpose is. And there's been times in my life where I feel like I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing. I've got adapters for adapters, and the reality is a lot of these things I'll never use again. So why am I holding on to your purpose and my purpose? One purpose only, to glorify God and enjoy him forever. That is why you and I were created. And it's just such a short little blip in the scope of eternity." [23:03]
### Quotes for Members
1. "For everything, there is a season. And a time for every matter under heaven. There's good news in this first verse. Did you see it? Everything. Everything you have ever experienced is what was experienced a couple thousand years ago when this was written. For everything, there is a season. Now the good news is, if it's good, right, it's good. Enjoy it. Appreciate it. Recognize it. Be grateful for it. Because it may not last. All right. The good news is, if it's bad, if it's a difficult season, this too shall pass. Because why? It's a season. Nothing that you and I have ever experienced will last forever under the sun. It's temporary. It's a season." [03:26]
2. "There are two types of time that's referenced in scripture. It's important to note what the author's talking about here. The first type of time in scripture is chronological time. That's the time that you and I talk about. It's our seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, decades, centuries. That's the chronological time. That's what you're thinking about. What you're going to do this afternoon. Many of you are thinking about that right now as I'm talking, right? What you're going to do at two o'clock and three o'clock. What you're going to do tonight. What you're going to do on Monday morning. That's chronological time." [06:43]
3. "Kairos moments require decisions. They require action. They're significant. I remember sitting down with someone at a previous church environment. I'm like, hey, tell me, tell me how God has moved in your life here recently. And they started by saying, well, I came to know Jesus in 1980. And they talked about coming to know Jesus in 1980. And then the conversation ended. I said, well, what's happened the last 30 years? Following Jesus as a follower of Jesus requires movement, requires action, plans. Jesus is on the move and we're to be following him." [09:30]
4. "Whatever season you're in, it's not necessarily positive or negative. That's how under the sun it would be described. But it's what you choose. It's your perspective that you have. And what you're going through. That this is for the honor and the glory of God. What I'm going through, although I may not have chosen this season of life that I am in, I'm not going to simply look to this earth. I'm going to do it for the glory of God. Recognizing that there's only one person that we have a relationship with in this universe who is not under the sun. He is over the sun. He created the sun." [12:40]
5. "To reach people that we're currently not reaching is going to require us to do some things we're not currently doing. So it's a new season. What does it look like in your life? Moses wrote a Psalm. I know you, some of us might be thinking, I thought all the Psalms were written by David. Moses wrote a few. Psalm chapter 90. Moses writes this. Lord, you've been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, wherever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting, you are God." [25:56]
6. "Jesus can redeem. You and I can reclaim some things. We can, as Joseph says, hey, what you meant for evil, God meant for good. There are things in your life that are meant to hurt you. In a personal relationship with Jesus, you can take those things and those can be turned for good. So there's some things we can reclaim, but only Jesus can redeem. And that begins with redeeming you and buying you back from this world of sin and pain and hurt. He asks us to surrender and to say, I admit I've been chasing everything under the sun. I've been searching and chasing after the wind, and I haven't found it. And I'm done chasing. I want meaning and purpose in my life. I want the ultimate." [30:14]
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1. "Some of us, we don't celebrate life enough. We don't celebrate. When something good happens, we think it's an hour party or it's an event that took place. But we're to linger and celebrate. The Hebrews of the Old Testament, man, they knew how to party. A wedding was a week. They celebrated it. We move by things so fast we don't know how to grieve in our culture. Grief might be some of the hardest work you will ever do in your life. We think it's going to be done in an hour service. When you lose someone in your life, you never get over that. You learn to live with it, but you will never get over it." [15:37]
2. "Your time is your life. Let me talk about the four seasons because I think this list in chapter three can be summarized by four seasons. I grew up in the Midwest. We actually have four seasons. Here we kind of have two, but most of us, we moved from somewhere else. The question isn't, you know, the question we ask everybody is how long have you lived here? And so if you're from another part of the world, you're going to have to go through that country. You understand seasons and this list in Ecclesiastes three can all be narrowed down to one of the four seasons of life." [17:15]
3. "Be in the moment. Don't waste your life away by waiting for what is to come. Because here's the reality. It may never come. Right? And so enjoy what you currently have. So that's chronological time. Kronos time. God is outside Kronos time. God is not bound by chronological time. You and I, we're bound by chronological time. Bible says 70, 80 years. Plus or minus. That's our time. That's what we have. It's very itty-bitty. It's very itty-bitty compared to our everlasting, eternal God." [08:06]
4. "You and I were designed to be plugged into a relationship with Jesus. Recently, I was going through a drawer. Maybe we all have one of these drawers in our house. This is the drawer I pulled open recently, and I didn't bring the entire bin. It's a really big bin full of cords and cables. Does anybody else have a drawer like that? It's like, I don't know what this is for. I don't know when we got it, where this goes to something, and so I'm going to keep it because someday I might need that computer from 2002. And as soon as I throw it away, I'm going to need it." [21:50]
5. "It is a sweet place when you realize what that purpose is. And there's been times in my life where I feel like I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing. I've got adapters for adapters, and the reality is a lot of these things I'll never use again. So why am I holding on to your purpose and my purpose? One purpose only, to glorify God and enjoy him forever. That is why you and I were created. And it's just such a short little blip in the scope of eternity." [23:03]
### Quotes for Members
1. "For everything, there is a season. And a time for every matter under heaven. There's good news in this first verse. Did you see it? Everything. Everything you have ever experienced is what was experienced a couple thousand years ago when this was written. For everything, there is a season. Now the good news is, if it's good, right, it's good. Enjoy it. Appreciate it. Recognize it. Be grateful for it. Because it may not last. All right. The good news is, if it's bad, if it's a difficult season, this too shall pass. Because why? It's a season. Nothing that you and I have ever experienced will last forever under the sun. It's temporary. It's a season." [03:26]
2. "There are two types of time that's referenced in scripture. It's important to note what the author's talking about here. The first type of time in scripture is chronological time. That's the time that you and I talk about. It's our seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, decades, centuries. That's the chronological time. That's what you're thinking about. What you're going to do this afternoon. Many of you are thinking about that right now as I'm talking, right? What you're going to do at two o'clock and three o'clock. What you're going to do tonight. What you're going to do on Monday morning. That's chronological time." [06:43]
3. "Kairos moments require decisions. They require action. They're significant. I remember sitting down with someone at a previous church environment. I'm like, hey, tell me, tell me how God has moved in your life here recently. And they started by saying, well, I came to know Jesus in 1980. And they talked about coming to know Jesus in 1980. And then the conversation ended. I said, well, what's happened the last 30 years? Following Jesus as a follower of Jesus requires movement, requires action, plans. Jesus is on the move and we're to be following him." [09:30]
4. "Whatever season you're in, it's not necessarily positive or negative. That's how under the sun it would be described. But it's what you choose. It's your perspective that you have. And what you're going through. That this is for the honor and the glory of God. What I'm going through, although I may not have chosen this season of life that I am in, I'm not going to simply look to this earth. I'm going to do it for the glory of God. Recognizing that there's only one person that we have a relationship with in this universe who is not under the sun. He is over the sun. He created the sun." [12:40]
5. "To reach people that we're currently not reaching is going to require us to do some things we're not currently doing. So it's a new season. What does it look like in your life? Moses wrote a Psalm. I know you, some of us might be thinking, I thought all the Psalms were written by David. Moses wrote a few. Psalm chapter 90. Moses writes this. Lord, you've been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, wherever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting, you are God." [25:56]
6. "Jesus can redeem. You and I can reclaim some things. We can, as Joseph says, hey, what you meant for evil, God meant for good. There are things in your life that are meant to hurt you. In a personal relationship with Jesus, you can take those things and those can be turned for good. So there's some things we can reclaim, but only Jesus can redeem. And that begins with redeeming you and buying you back from this world of sin and pain and hurt. He asks us to surrender and to say, I admit I've been chasing everything under the sun. I've been searching and chasing after the wind, and I haven't found it. And I'm done chasing. I want meaning and purpose in my life. I want the ultimate." [30:14]
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