Podcasts about scripture: ecclesiastes 3:1-3:8

Our lives are filled with seasons; not just the weather-related seasons. Our lives are a mix of good and bad and ups and downs. Each of these seasons is ordained by God.

What season are you in right now and how are you managing it?

Northside Missionary Church

Northside Missionary Church

The seasons of life The God of the seasons

Big Question: When you look back at your life what seasons did you get right and wrong?

Sermon audio from Liverpool Baptist Church's morning services.

Sermon audio from Liverpool Baptist Church's morning services.

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This is Preacher's last Sunday with us. He speaks from Ecclesiastes about there is a season for everything. We are thankful. Time flies by, in a blink of an eye. We all go through seasons of life.

This is Preacher's last Sunday with us. He speaks from Ecclesiastes about there is a season for everything. We are thankful. Time flies by, in a blink of an eye. We all go through seasons of life.

Changes are often difficult and sometimes uncomfortable. Even positive change can be challenging. You can find out more about Lakeland Baptist Church in Gravenhurst, Ontario through our church website at www.lakelandbaptist.ca. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Lakeland-Baptist-Church-217617964922312/ Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ8TN0h_b3qJTFIflNcInXA Connect with us: pastor@lakelandbaptist.ca Online giving: giving@lakelandbaptist.ca

College Hill Presbyterian Church

The story goes that on February second if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter. Phil has a fifty-fifty chance of being right, but over time, he only has a thirty-nine percent success rate. People invest a lot of hope in the groundhog not seeing his shadow and therefore predicting an early spring. The truth is that spring will come no matter if Phil sees his shadow or not. In the midst of the long winter, it seems that it will never end. So it is with seasons in life. Our text says to everything there is a season. There are seasons to plant, and seasons to reap. The text also says that there is a time for everything. So often in life, timing is important. God is in the business of strategically positing us exactly where He needs us to be and precisely the moment He needs us to be there. Solomon, writing here in Ecclesiastes lists, twenty-eight instances of seasons and timing in God’s economy. While none of us like trials and hard seasons, it is encouraging to know that these seasons will only last for a time until God orchestrates the situation to exactly where it needs to be. It is important to know what season we are in. If we try to plant when it is time to harvest, we are wasting our time. We cannot worry about the season others are in, because we are all in our own journey. For some, it may be time to harvest while we are planting. If we are in a planting season, we have to concentrate on that. We have to evaluate our own season and have a conversation with God on how to deal with our own season. It is not easy to understand God’s timing, and it is even harder to wait for it. But waiting for it is always worth it. We put too much emphasis on the season. We worry too much about what the groundhogs in life predict. Our text tells us that seasons come and seasons go, but there is a time when everything will begin to make sense. Winter will end and spring will come. Stop trusting that groundhog.

The story goes that on February second if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter. Phil has a fifty-fifty chance of being right, but over time, he only has a thirty-nine percent success rate. People invest a lot of hope in the groundhog not seeing his shadow and therefore predicting an early spring. The truth is that spring will come no matter if Phil sees his shadow or not. In the midst of the long winter, it seems that it will never end. So it is with seasons in life. Our text says to everything there is a season. There are seasons to plant, and seasons to reap. The text also says that there is a time for everything. So often in life, timing is important. God is in the business of strategically positing us exactly where He needs us to be and precisely the moment He needs us to be there. Solomon, writing here in Ecclesiastes lists, twenty-eight instances of seasons and timing in God’s economy. While none of us like trials and hard seasons, it is encouraging to know that these seasons will only last for a time until God orchestrates the situation to exactly where it needs to be. It is important to know what season we are in. If we try to plant when it is time to harvest, we are wasting our time. We cannot worry about the season others are in, because we are all in our own journey. For some, it may be time to harvest while we are planting. If we are in a planting season, we have to concentrate on that. We have to evaluate our own season and have a conversation with God on how to deal with our own season. It is not easy to understand God’s timing, and it is even harder to wait for it. But waiting for it is always worth it. We put too much emphasis on the season. We worry too much about what the groundhogs in life predict. Our text tells us that seasons come and seasons go, but there is a time when everything will begin to make sense. Winter will end and spring will come. Stop trusting that groundhog.

We are pleased to provide you with sermons from Mayflower Congregational Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mayflower is a growing inclusive church - Faith is a journey, God is good, Jesus saves, and the Spirit leads us to faith, hope and love.

We are pleased to provide you with sermons from Mayflower Congregational Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mayflower is a growing inclusive church - Faith is a journey, God is good, Jesus saves, and the Spirit leads us to faith, hope and love.

Cedar Grove

Smyrna First United Methodist Church

Smyrna First United Methodist Church

James explores the question of control in the latter part of chapter 4 of his epistle, writing ‘If the Lord wishes, we will live and do this or that.’ The conditio Jacobaea (the Jacobean reservation) became a Christian devotional to remind us, in humility and hope, that the future and, in particular, planned events are subject to the will of God.

James explores the question of control in the latter part of chapter 4 of his epistle, writing ‘If the Lord wishes, we will live and do this or that.’ The conditio Jacobaea (the Jacobean reservation) became a Christian devotional to remind us, in humility and hope, that the future and, in particular, planned events are subject to the will of God.

Jesus accomplished a lot in his short time on earth. How did he do this? Through time management and various systems. How well do you manage your time? How systematic is your life?

On Sunday, June 16 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, we heard the Word preached from Rev. Mark Hunt, current pastor of La Paz Community Church in La Paz, Bolivia. As he and his family loaded up last summer from Charleston heading to Bolivia, he shared with us some spiritual things he's learned. He and his family learned and experienced what's most essential for our spiritual walks: 1. Patience 2. Joy 3. Adventure & Courage 4. Prayerfulness 5. Faithfulness

On Sunday, June 16 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, we heard the Word preached from Rev. Mark Hunt, current pastor of La Paz Community Church in La Paz, Bolivia. As he and his family loaded up last summer from Charleston heading to Bolivia, he shared with us some spiritual things he's learned. He and his family learned and experienced what's most essential for our spiritual walks: 1. Patience 2. Joy 3. Adventure & Courage 4. Prayerfulness 5. Faithfulness

From the 9am Sanctuary Service

The end of the year is a good time to slow down and reflect on what has happened throughout the previous 12 months. Listen as Peter leads us in reflecting on: where we have grown up, where we have messed up, and how God revealed Himself in 2018.

There is a specific purpose for every season of your life. God wants you to be able to see the eternal perspective so that you naturally become aware of the enemy's plan to steal your time. Pastor Kurt speaks on effectively thwarting the plan to steal your time and being conscious of using this limited resource we have been given.

There is a specific purpose for every season of your life. God wants you to be able to see the eternal perspective so that you naturally become aware of the enemy's plan to steal your time. Pastor Kurt speaks on effectively thwarting the plan to steal your time and being conscious of using this limited resource we have been given.

Genesis Worship Center

Genesis Worship Center

While changes in any congregation are necessary, inevitable, and best greeted with welcome, because a significant part the church’s role is to serve as sanctuary from the pressures of society, an island of stability in a sea of change, changes in the church can be particularly challenging for those of us for whom our church home – Westminster – is dear as refuge and relief. Rev. Dr. Larry Hayward preaches today. The Scripture lesson is Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.

Pastor Marcus preaches from Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 as he continues with his series in the book of Ecclesiastes

Are we willing to wait on God's perfect timing?

Resources for a life of following Jesus every day, and everywhere, with everyone

Resources for a life of following Jesus every day, and everywhere, with everyone

Resources for a life of following Jesus every day, and everywhere, with everyone

Resources for a life of following Jesus every day, and everywhere, with everyone

In the wake of the tragedies that have sobered us all week, we take some time as a church family to weep with one another, to confess to one another, to pray one for another, to commit to one another.

I want to share something with you today personal to my home. Karen and I have 4 kids and have now been through 4 High School graduations. After graduation I gave each one of my kids a priority list of how to finish here and how to start there. Now that I have shared it with all four of them I’d like to share it with you as I believe it has application to a variety of beginnings and endings.

Weekly sermons and study guides.

Weekly sermons and study guides.

Five pastors and church members are talking about times and seasons of transition, innovation, discretion, mission and decision in their lives - and how they felt God's presence in each moment.

Five pastors and church members are talking about times and seasons of transition, innovation, discretion, mission and decision in their lives - and how they felt God's presence in each moment.