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Seasons in Your Marriage Part 3 of 4: Seasons - When Your Marriage is in Summer

Episode 011

April 1, 2019

Introduction
  1. Welcome
  • Good to be back! We were on our getaway.
  • Part 3 of our 4 part series on Seasons In Your Marriage “When Your Marriage is in Summer”
    • Discussion
    What is summer in a marriage?
    1. How do seasons relate to marriage?
  • What summer is?
  • What summer is not?
  • So what do we do now that we know?

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    1. Seasons are natural laws that further reveal truths about God and His creation
      1. He demonstrates His sovereignty
        1. We can’t make a season change. Only God can!
  • Make the most of each season, because when it’s over it’s over.

    • Psalm 74:17 It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth; you made both summer and winter.

    1. How do seasons apply to marriage
      1. There are different things that we should be doing in each season
  • Seasons are temporary.
  • Our experiences happen in and out of season not the other way around.
    1. A person might describe 3 tough years in their marriage as one long season when in fact during those 3 years that person actually had a tough time that spanned 12 full seasons.

    • 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 summer is
    1. The growing season
  • A great season for activity, recreation and hanging out. Ecclesiastes 3:4 “a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,”
    • ‭‭1. Opposite of winter
    1. Noisy
  • Energized
  • A time for shepherding and cultivating
  • Lots of fruit ripens in summer
    1. Expect to begin to enjoy, for the first time, things you’ve planted in a previous season

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    1. Season for lovers
      1. Romance
  • Popular season for weddings
  • Gratitude
    1. “What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness?” -John Steinbeck.
    1. What summer is not
    1. A season of perfection
      1. It rains
  • Cool nights
  • Grass turns brown
  • The primary season to harvest
      1. Things that we’ve planted are growing but not quite ready for harvest
  • We have to be patient and not try to harvest too soon.

    • 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.”

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    1. What then should we do in Summer
    1. Make the best of the time together
  • Take time to rest in this busy season-Harvest season is coming
  • Have fun!
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  • Take some time throughout this month and pay attention to which season your marriage is in. Let us know how it goes. Leave a voicemail or comment on whatever platform you listen to the podcast. We are eager to hear from you.
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