'Tis The Season...For Realization
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1. We cannot determine quantity of our lives, so we must decide the quality of our lives.
1. We cannot determine quantity of our lives, so we must decide the quality of our lives.
God in His providence oversees and determines seasons in a person’s life.
1. We cannot determine quantity of our lives, so we must decide the quality of our lives.
1. We cannot determine quantity of our lives, so we must decide the quality of our lives.
¨ He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the LORD! ESV
He gives the barren woman a home,
making her the joyous mother of children.
Praise the Lord!
¨ Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations." ESV
Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
¨ But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace, ESV
But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace,
¨ Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. ESV
Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.
¨ And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, ESV
And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,
2. We cannot control nature, so we must cooperate with God in nature.
2. We cannot control nature, so we must cooperate with God in nature.
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You visit the earth and water it;
you greatly enrich it;
the river of God is full of water;
you provide their grain,
for so you have prepared it.
You water its furrows abundantly,
settling its ridges,
softening it with showers,
and blessing its growth.
You crown the year with your bounty;
your wagon tracks overflow with abundance.
The pastures of the wilderness overflow,
the hills gird themselves with joy,
the meadows clothe themselves with flocks,
the valleys deck themselves with grain,
they shout and sing together for joy.
3. We cannot remove disease, but we can relieve sickness.
3. We cannot remove disease, but we can relieve sickness.
(MSG) Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit - you choose.
(MSG) Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit - you choose.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruits.
(GNT) What you say can preserve life or destroy it; so you must accept the consequences of your words.
(GNT) What you say can preserve life or destroy it; so you must accept the consequences of your words.
(GNT) What you say can preserve life or destroy it; so you must accept the consequences of your words.
(GNT) What you say can preserve life or destroy it; so you must accept the consequences of your words.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruits.
4. We cannot halt ruin, but we can rebuild.
4. We cannot halt ruin, but we can rebuild.
¨ and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. ESV
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
¨ So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. ESV
So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
God in His providence oversees and determines seasons in a person’s life.