Just are there are four natural seasons, there are also four spiritual seasons. The purpose of the lenten season is to set aside time for reflection on jesus christto consider his suffering and his sacrifice, his life, death, burial. Understanding your spiritual season where deep calls to deep. Lent is the christian season of spiritual preparation before easter. Winter is a time to take those desires to god in prayer.
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. It takes the grace of the prophetic to unlock those times and seasons by the will and power of god. The first season is the harvest mountain top, season of blessings season. Spiritual seasons of fall may cause us to doubt god. Were going to look at our four seasons and each time we look at a specific season, were going to look at it from a physical standpoint and also a spiritual standpoint. Lets take a look at each of these seasons of life in turn. We need to understand what is happening during a spiritual fall, winter, spring, and summer. It is the time of year when we stock up to prepare for winter with extra supplies in the house in case of a severe storm. Understanding your spiritual season church trainer. The 4 spiritual seasons which spiritual season are you. Just because the natural seasons are three months apart does not mean the seasons in the spirit work the same way. Each season brings on change, new blessings, and challenges. David would soon thereafter be called into king sauls court to soothe him with his harp playing. Like hearing the birds chirping after a long winter.
Our lives are marked with spiritual seasons and they arent as predictable as the beginning of seasons on the calendar. Read 6 spiritual seasons of life and how to flourish in them by courtnaye richard. Enduring seasonal changes qualifies you with the authority to lead others. The 4 spiritual seasons which season are you experiencing. Winter can also be a season where dreams are cultivated. How long does a season with god last when he promised that. Signs and seasons of spiritual life, a sermon by m. I believe the keys in getting through this challenging season is.
Im going through some really difficult times and i cant tell if this terrible heartache i feel is a spritual attack to cause me to despair or if i really am legitimately depressed. It is vital for us to know and understand seasons and how they affect destiny and purpose in our lives. More often than not, we develop spiritual strength from times of threshing and refining. Keep the faith, dont doubt, and wait with expectancy. Gladish, page 2 trees lose their leaves for winter allowing more light to shine through in the cold months, where as the leaves in summer provide a refuge of shade from the heat of the sun. A personal note about the shift in spiritual seasons. Indeed, the prophetic tongue can set on fire in a good sense the very course of nature by unlocking times and seasons in our lives. Finding beauty in your winter season it is a rare person who looks forward to the winter season. This is the reason why peter said that we should grow in the grace. My seemingly barren winter started even before my dad was diagnosed, and it lasted years beyond his death. When such seasons come, you are not meant to hide in the dark and. At that time, the spirit of the lord came upon david in power.
God has a purpose or you wouldnt be going through it. For example, the day season is for working and the night season is for resting see psalms 104. We all go through seasons and each season has a purpose for us. Sometimes we will be in a season for years and then move into one that will only last a few months. Just as the weather experiences different seasons so do the seasons of our spiritual lives. Unlocking prophetic times and seasons jonas clark holy. After such a great victory for god, elijah ran into the wilderness filled with fear and doubting god.
A season can be short or long, expected or unpredictable, welcomed or ignored. Each of these phases in our life has its own emotional, intellectual, and spiritual character as well. Each cycle of seasons spiral us ever deeper into what god calls us towhole and abundant life for all. How to recognize the spiritual season of life youre in. The physical season is spring, but what about the season of your life. So watch this weeks video the 4 spiritual seasons which spiritual season are you in then take our spiritual seasons quiz to discover which spiritual season you are in. Found across the northern hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids. I cant tell if this is spiritual warfare, a deep depressive despair, or a combination of the two. Understanding your season joel grantham ministries.
It isnt always easy to transition from one spiritual season to another even in the best of circumstances. It is the season when some cultures and spiritual traditions take time to remember those who have died during the past year and wish them well on their journey into the next world. God works through times and seasons, eg 7 year periods, and especially the different feasts that he has established such as passover, pentecost, purim etc. Lent is a season that begins with ash wednesday and ends with easter sunday. The lord gave me 3 main seasons that we walk through in our christian life. What appears to be impatience suggest that your season isnt ripe yet but then i dont know gd does. This is followed by the long season after pentecost, when, baptized by gods fiery spirit, the focus becomes our sending to the world god so loves, in light of the story of jesus we have lived through once again in the first part of the year. Her husband was the first among his heritage to become a spirit filled christian and minister. Message the six seasons of the christians heart selected scriptures. There are at least eight subspecies with little variation in appearance, although recent research has demonstrated significant genetic differences among populations from various regions. As worshiping christians, we have begun the season of lent. We wont understand or appreciate every spiritual season of our lives. Just as natural seasons will continue to come and go so will our spiritual seasons. The unfortunate result is there is a huge back door as big as the front door, resulting in unnecessary transition.
Cold, inclement weather, combined with increased sickness and long, dark days can. Just like there are natural seasons on the earth, there are also spiritual seasons. Spring, summer, fall or winterwhich would you say is your favorite. In scripture, times and seasons are defined by the movements of the master clock in the sky.
The seasons are so harmonized so that while each season has its own characteristics, one season could not operate on its own without the aid of the other three seasons. He speaks in seasons in our lives the quickened word. Life is a journey, its a process, and it has many season s. He speaks in seasons in our lives to every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. Understanding what spiritual season you are in is essential to the growth of your faith and relationship with god. Christian women faith articles, encouragement, growth. The second season is testing out our spiritual legs. A season is four periods of the year determined by the. Lets begin with spring because god begins the year with spring. And we know from abrahams story in genesis that waiting might last a very long time. Spiritual seasons come into our lives just like the earthly seasons god brings each year.
Seasons of life spiritual insights for everyday life. In the old testament, the sons of issachar were known as being able to understand the times, and spiritual seasons. During lent, many christians observe a period of fasting, repentance, moderation, selfdenial, and spiritual discipline. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies goldthough your faith is far. Spirituality is about the journey to heaven while living on the earth. But during that very long season, i had this single verse on a notecard. Evelyn had felt at an early age that she would marry a preacher but she had no personal ambitions other than to be a good wife and mother. The season of pruning was needed to let go of old ways and old commitments, allowing me to give energy to the things that god is inviting me to now. Understanding what spiritual season you are in is essential to the growth of your faith and.
Once we have a clear understanding of the spiritual seasons, we are then equipped to handle whatever life throws our way. The same way everybody is impacted when autumn gives way to winter, so everyone across the body of christ is impacted when the spiritual seasons change. May god help us to have godly wisdom in every season of life. Its the journey for seeking god, praying, worshipping, serving, walking in the spirit, and so forth, that allows us to grow as a spiritual person, until we get to heaven. Even elijah went through such a season after his heated summer season dealing with ahab, jezebel and the prophets of baal. Finding beauty in your winter season his inscriptions. It is a time for us to sow both in the natural and in the spirit. And god said, let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night. God provides examples in the natural to help us understand our spiritual seasons. There is a winter season and there is a summer season. Spiritual winter is the season for wondering and imagining what the change will be like, what it will feel like, how it will impact our routines and patterns. The common raven corvus corax, also known as the northern raven, is a large allblack passerine bird. The natural seasons are winter, spring, summer and autumn. Most of this has to do with us, and how much we fight the season.
And these two lessons distinct, and yet so far combined as to tend to one center the glory of god in the salvation of the soul. You will notice a new thirst and awareness for more of god. The spiritual seasons of life that of three generations of born again, spiritfilled and faithful christians. Knowing your spiritual seasons through prayer prayer ideas. When god changes the spiritual season, he does it for everybody. Spiritual seasons depend on our personal relationship and how our lives revolve around the son. During low spiritual seasons, we wonder why we feel so discounted, out of place, or have feelings of doubt. I see signs of new life all around me, and i am full of hope that outward growth is occurring again. Living in a season of wisdom we are continuing in our series on discovering our destiny and our focus this month is on knowing what season we are in. A spiritual season is a specific time period in your life that has an overall feeling or purpose in the larger scheme of your ongoing spiritual life. Preached at zoar chapel, london, on thursday evening, july 8th, 1841, by j.
Enduring these spiritual seasons will go a long way in helping you become the minister god desires you to be. Spiritual seasons a christian devotion creative bible study. Just as there are natural seasons there are also spiritual seasons. And however long it takes, go with his flow and grow, because father knows whats best and whose best. Of course, like human beings, there are many complexities and variations in the seasons. And yet, these seasons of life go beyond the physical. Charisma news editor jennifer leclaire reveals the key to successful transitioning. Thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. It has taken me a long time to appreciate the four seasons of my christian life. Different seasons perspective on the spiritual realm. But during that very long season, i had this single verse on a notecard, propped behind my kitchen sink. The season of dormancy was necessary for restorative rest and to refocus my growing season.
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