Sam and Erica's Marriage podcast
Seasons in Your Marriage Part 4 of 4: Seasons - When Your Marriage is in Fall
Episode 012
May 27, 2019
Introduction
- Welcome
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- Part 4 of our 4 part series on Seasons In Your Marriage “When Your Marriage is in Fall”
What is fall in a marriage?
- Seasons teach us about God and can teach us things about marriage?
- What fall is?
- What fall is not?
- So what do we do now that we know?
Psalm 74:17 It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth; you made both summer and winter.
- Seasons are natural laws that further reveal truths about God and His creation
- He shows us things that apply to all of creation
- Natural laws
- You reap what you sow
- You always reap more than you sow
- We can add
- God Multiplies
- You always reap in like kind
- Harvest of plenty
- Harvest of lack
- We don’t reap in the same season that we sow
- Patience
- You can’t change this year’s harvest
- You can learn from it though
- Insanity
- How do seasons apply to marriage
- There are different things that we should be doing in each season
- Seasons are connected
- Happens in this season impact a future season
- Seasons are temporary
Gen 8:22 "As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease."
- What fall is
- The season to harvest
- Finally, you get to reap all that you’ve sown
Galatians 6:9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
- A busy season
- labor intensive
- Season of preparation Proverbs 31:21 NIV
“When it snows, she has no fear for her household; for all of them are clothed in scarlet.”
- A season of beauty
- Season of calmness
Ecclesiastes 3:4 “a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,”
1. Fall is a time to work and a time celebrate
- Our next season or two are often tied to the success of the harvest
- Cultivating in summer helps a builds a healthy harvest
- It’s the season in your marriage when your plans have matured (become full grown)
- Fall is the first season to enjoy, things you’ve planted in a previous season
- What fall is not
- The time to rest
- We have work to do
- The season for planning or changing your plans
scripture ?***James 5:7 ? “Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains.”
- What then should we do in Fall
Mark 12:30-31 NIV“ Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.””
- Enjoy the fruit
- Maximize time together
- Dating
- Mini-getaways
- Finish strong!
Galatians 6:9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
- Celebrate the increase God has blessed you with!
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