Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

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1 SEASONS OF LIFE

2 Adults

3 SEASONS OF LIFE children June 04 youth June 11 adults June 18 seniors/sunset June 25 Why am I here? (God s purpose) What can I do? (God s mission) How can I make a difference? (God s work)

4 Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

5 Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

6 Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

7 Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

8 Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

9 Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

10 Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

11 Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

12 introduction

13 introduction Ecclesiastes 1:2 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

14 introduction Genesis 1: And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,

15 introduction Genesis 1: and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

16 introduction Genesis 1: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

17 introduction Genesis 1: And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it:

18 introduction Genesis 1: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

19 a. we are made

20 introduction a. we are made Psalm 100:3 3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

21 introduction a. we are made Psalm 95:6 6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

22 introduction a. we are made Job 10:8 8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about...

23 b. we are made like God

24 introduction b. we are made like God 1 Thessalonians 5:23 23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly;

25 introduction b. we are made like God 1 Thessalonians 5:23 23 and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our LORD Jesus Christ.

26 introduction b. we are made like God Hebrews 4:12 12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword,

27 introduction b. we are made like God Hebrews 4:12 12 piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow,

28 introduction b. we are made like God Hebrews 4:12 12 and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

29 1. why am I here?

30 1a. to have dominion

31 1. why am I here? a. to have dominion Psalm 8:4-9 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

32 1. why am I here? a. to have dominion Psalm 8:4-9 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

33 1. why am I here? a. to have dominion Psalm 8:4-9 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

34 1. why am I here? a. to have dominion Psalm 8:4-9 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

35 1. why am I here? a. to have dominion Psalm 8:4-9 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

36 1. why am I here? a. to have dominion Psalm 8:4-9 9 O LORD our LORD, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

37 1b. to procreate

38 1. why am I here? b. to procreate Psalm 127:3-5 3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

39 1. why am I here? b. to procreate Psalm 127:3-5 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.

40 1. why am I here? b. to procreate Psalm 127:3-5 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

41 1. why am I here? b. to procreate Hebrews 2: Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.

42 1. why am I here? b. to procreate Hebrews 2: And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.

43 1c. to walk with God

44 1. why am I here? c. to walk with God Genesis 3:8 8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day:

45 1. why am I here? c. to walk with God Genesis 3:8 8 and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

46 1. why am I here? c. to walk with God 1 John 1:6-7 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

47 1. why am I here? c. to walk with God 1 John 1:6-7 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another,

48 1. why am I here? c. to walk with God 1 John 1:6-7 7 and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

49 1. why am I here? c. to walk with God Romans 6:4 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death:

50 1. why am I here? c. to walk with God Romans 6:4 4 that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

51 1. why am I here? c. to walk with God Galatians 5:16, This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

52 1. why am I here? c. to walk with God Galatians 5:16, If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

53 1. why am I here? a. to have dominion b. to procreate c. to walk with God

54 2. what can I do?

55 2a. spend time with God

56 2. what can I do? a. spend time with God Colossians 3:2 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

57 2. what can I do? a. spend time with God Luke 5:16 16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

58 2b. serve God

59 2. what can I do? b. serve God 1 Samuel 12:24 24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.

60 2. what can I do? b. serve God Matthew 25:45 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you,

61 2. what can I do? b. serve God Matthew 25: Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren,

62 2. what can I do? b. serve God Matthew 25:40 45 ye have done it unto me.

63 2c. share God

64 2. what can I do? c. share God Psalm 96:3 3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.

65 2. what can I do? c. share God Psalm 105:1-5 1 O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.

66 2. what can I do? c. share God Psalm 105:1-5 2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.

67 2. what can I do? c. share God Psalm 105:1-5 3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.

68 2. what can I do? c. share God Psalm 105:1-5 4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.

69 2. what can I do? c. share God Psalm 105:1-5 5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

70 2. what can I do? a. spend time with God b. serve God c. share God

71 3. how can I make a difference?

72 3a. pray

73 3. how can I make a difference? a. pray 1 Timothy 2:8 8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

74 3. how can I make a difference? a. pray 1 Thessalonians 5:17 17 Pray without ceasing.

75 3. how can I make a difference? a. pray Romans 8:26 26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought:

76 3. how can I make a difference? a. pray Romans 8:26 26 but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

77 3b. serve

78 3. how can I make a difference? b. serve your family your church your culture your community

79 3c. be Jesus

80 3. how can I make a difference? c. be Jesus Matthew 5: Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

81 3. how can I make a difference? c. be Jesus Matthew 5: Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick;

82 3. how can I make a difference? c. be Jesus Matthew 5: and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

83 3. how can I make a difference? c. be Jesus Matthew 5: Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

84 3. how can I make a difference? c. be Jesus John 17: Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;

85 3. how can I make a difference? c. be Jesus John 17: That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee,

86 3. how can I make a difference? c. be Jesus John 17: that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

87 3. how can I make a difference? c. be Jesus John 17: And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:

88 3. how can I make a difference? c. be Jesus John 17: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one;

89 3. how can I make a difference? c. be Jesus John 17: and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

90 3d. invest

91 3. how can I make a difference? d. invest Matthew 6: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

92 3. how can I make a difference? d. invest Matthew 6: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt,

93 3. how can I make a difference? d. invest Matthew 6: and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

94 3. how can I make a difference? d. invest Matthew 6: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

95 3. how can I make a difference? a. b. c. d. pray serve be Jesus invest