Introduction:
How Should I Handle the Changing Seasons of My Life? (Eccl 3:1-15)
- I should Wisely adapt to Change and Not resist it . (Eccl 3:1-8)
- I should Trust in God's timing and Not force my own . (Eccl 3:9-15)
A.W. Tozer - "It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply."
David Gibson - "Living well in God’s world means recognizing that when it comes to our lives, we are not mini-gods, and this is His creation, not ours. We have all the pieces of our life given to us, and things come and go and seasons change, and it is only God who knows exactly where everything is meant to go, in which order, at what time, and why.”
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Small Group Discussion
Read Ecclesiastes 3:1-15
Why should it encourage us to know that the Lord is sovereign and in complete control of every single aspect of our lives?
Why does the Lord bring trials and difficult seasons into our lives? How is the presence of suffering in our lives the proof of God's love for us?
Discuss examples from the Bible where God used pain and suffering to prepare His servants for ministry. Share a time when the Lord used a painful trial to help you become more like Christ and bless others.
What does it look like to trust in the Lord and not yourself? How can you strengthen your dependence upon God over the upcoming week?
How can we as believers make the most of this current quarantine? How is the Lord calling you to grow and bless others?
Breakout
Pray for the strengthening of those suffering during this uncertain “lock-down/quarantine” season.