Seasons with God
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 26 December 2021
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
As this year comes to a close, it’s vital that we take time to both reflect on what God has done and allow him to prepare us for what’s to come. A new year marks a fresh opportunity to center our lives around the goodness of God. I pray that as you begin looking toward what is to come you will make space to gain God’s perspective, ground your hopes and pursuits on his grace, and celebrate all that God has done and is doing. May your time with God this week be filled with the loving presence of your heavenly Father.
Our Scripture for today comes from Ecclesiastes 3:1, and today's worship is Seasons by Hillsong Worship.
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| 0:00.0 | As this year comes to a close, it's vital that we take time to both reflect on what God |
| 0:10.0 | has done and allow them to prepare us for what's to come. |
| 0:14.0 | A new year marks a fresh opportunity to center our lives around the goodness of God. |
| 0:20.0 | I pray that as you begin to look toward what is to come, you'll make space to gain God's |
| 0:25.0 | perspective, grant your hopes and pursuits on His grace, and celebrate all that God has done |
| 0:31.0 | and is doing. May your time with God this week be filled with the loving presence of your |
| 0:37.0 | Heavenly Father. Welcome to the First of Teen podcast. |
| 0:43.0 | Our verse of today comes from Ecclesiastes 3, verse 1. Scripture says, |
| 0:57.0 | For everything there is a season in a time for every matter under heaven. |
| 1:03.0 | The seasons of the year created by the powerful hands of our Heavenly Father, |
| 1:11.0 | speak of the need to slow down, stop, and reflect. |
| 1:16.0 | Times of reflection creates space for God's spirit to speak, helping us remember what He's done, |
| 1:23.0 | making us aware of what He is doing, and stirring our hearts for what He wants to do next. |
| 1:30.0 | God loves to use a change in season to remind us to center our lives around His pervasive works. |
| 1:38.0 | Whether it be a change in jobs, whether moving or the approaching of a new year, |
| 1:45.0 | it's crucial that we make space for God to speak to us and prepare us for the wonderful things He has planned. |
| 1:53.0 | Ecclesiastes 3, 1 through 5, illustrates this principle in saying, |
| 1:58.0 | For everything there is a season in a time for every matter under heaven, |
| 2:03.0 | a time to be born in a time to die, a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted, |
| 2:10.0 | a time to kill in a time to heal, a time to break down in a time to build up, |
| 2:16.0 | a time to weep in a time to laugh, a time to mourn in a time to dance, |
| 2:22.0 | a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, |
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