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Seasons in Your Marriage Part 1 of 4: Seasons - When Your Marriage is in Winter

Episode 009

March 4, 2019

Introduction
  1. Welcome
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  • Part 1 of our 4 part series on Seasons In Your Marriage “When Your Marriage is in Winter”
    • Discussion
    What is winter in a marriage?
    1. How do seasons relate to marriage?
  • What winter is?
  • What winter is not?
  • So what do we do now that we know?

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    1. What are seasons and how do they relate to marriage?

    Rom 1:20 For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

    1. God reveals himself to us through creation
    1. His sovereignty
  • Seasons are natural laws that further reveal truths about God and His creation
    1. We can’t make a season change. Only God can!
  • Seasons mean a lot to us personally
    1. We chose to name our ministry “Seasons” because of the power of this concept
  • How do seasons apply to marriage
    1. We have each of the 4
  • God gives a plan for each of the 4
  • If we are present and obedient in the season we’re in we are almost ensured better seasons in the future

    • Gal 6:7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.

     

    Gen 8:22 "As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease."

    1. What winter is
    1. A time where very little grows
  • A time when things are less active (stillness)
  • A time for prime time for rest and restoration
    1. Almost forced
  • A season filled with beauty...but the beauty looks different
  • A great season for planning and preparing for the rest of the year
    1. What winter is not
    1. A dead season
    1. Your marriage, love or spiritual things are not dead
  • A desperate season
    1. It’s only desperate when you haven’t handled your previous seasons properly

    Pro 31:21 NIV When it snows, she has no fear for her household; for all of them are clothed in scarlet.

    1. A dry season
    1. Technically the precipitation of winter is the basis for the spring growth.
  • A season to be depressed

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    • Winter can be as fun and as fulfilling as any other season

     

    1. What then should we do in winter
  • Enjoy all your harvest from the fall
  • Great season for hanging out with your spouse
  • Good time to start new spiritual disciplines
  • Plan your spring and summer
  • Enjoy things that you can only do in winter

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    • RESOURCES

    Recreational Enjoyment Inventory from His Needs, Her Needs

    Recreational Enjoyment Inventory

     

    His Needs, Her Needs by Willard F. Harley, Jr.

    His Needs, Her Needs on Amazon

    Love and Respect by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs

    Love & Respect on Amazon

     

    A Celebration of Sex by Dr. Douglas E. Rosenau

    A Celebration of Sex on Amazon

     

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