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Responsibility and Seasons

“But let each one examine his own work…for each one shall bear his own load.” Galatians 6:4-5 Being responsible in your season is doing your part in your season. Being responsible means being diligent to manage and carry out your tasks or your assignment. Being responsible means making moral decisions and acting on them. Being responsible means you are accountable for your actions. To do well in your season, you...

Crisis and Seasons

“For a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again…”Proverbs 24:16 We hope every season we encounter is led by the Spirit of God and in God’s right timing; however, if it is not, I want to encourage you that God is bigger than any crisis that may have caused you an unwanted or untimely change in your life. If you ever got off track with God’s plan and...

Wisdom and Seasons

“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.” James 1:5 Knowledge is a gift from God, and so is wisdom. Knowledge will tell us what we need to know, and wisdom will show us the way we’re to do it. I’ve seen some people despise wisdom because they see wisdom as being...

Willingness and Seasons

“If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good of the land.” Isaiah 1:19 To do well in our seasons, we need to have a willingness about us. We need to be willing to change and grow in our season, so we can develop and advance to the next step in our maturation process. It’s one thing to start a season with a willingness to develop, but its...

Patience and Seasons

“For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.” Hebrews 10:36 Patience is a character quality of God that can be developed in us as we yield to the Father. Patience is able to wait with contentment. Patience trusts God is in control. Patience will surrender to the Lord with a confidence that can rest in the assurance...

Discernment and Seasons

“Who is wise? Let them realize these things. Who is discerning? Let them understand. The ways of the Lord are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.” Hosea 14:9 NIV Do we discern or perceive the season we are in? Do we understand the purpose of it? Do we understand how to navigate through it? Do we clearly see who is to be a part...

Faith and Seasons

“Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.” John 15:4 Faith is required as we navigate our seasons. Having faith involves believing, but real faith is much more than belief. Real faith is dependency on God, a reliance that goes into action. In John 15, verses 1-17, Jesus illustrates...

Seasons of Change

“Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ…” 2 Peter 3:18 Growth requires change. Just like the seasons of change we see in nature, God will take us through seasons of change as we grow. Change is good as we develop as individuals – spiritually, intellectually, skillfully, emotionally, financially, physically, and relationally. Collectively we should also want to develop – in ministry, community, business, family,...