Lesson 4

Living Life to the Max

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To Everything there is a season, and a

time for every purpose under heaven

• Our lives go through seasons

• Solomon list 14 good seasons and 14
bad seasons
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Be Prepared for the seasons of life

A time to be born and a time to die

Hebrews 9:27
2 Timothy 4:6

How Does Job Remind us of our time

to die in Job 14:5?
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A time to be born and a time to die

Job 14:5 "Since his days are

determined, and the number of his
months is with you, and you have
appointed his limits that he cannot
pass,
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God knew in advance when I would be

born and when I would die. The time in
between birth and death is short.

Jam 4:14 yet you do not know what

tomorrow will bring. What is your life?
For you are a mist that appears for a
little time and then vanishes..
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How does Psalm 39:5 also describe the

brevity of life?
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Psa 39:5 "Behold, you have made my

days a few handbreadths, and my
lifetime is as nothing before you.
Surely all mankind stands as a mere
breath!”
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Between birth and death is our time to

plant and time to harvest.

The dash represent our life activity

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Solomon also writes there is a time to

kill and a time to heal. How does
Exodus 22:2 explain this truth?
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Exd 22:2 “If a thief is found breaking in

and is struck so that he dies, there
shall be no bloodguilt for him”

-Self defense
-Times of war (Romans 13:4)
-Capital Punishment (Deut 17:7, Acts 25:11)
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There is a time to break down and a

time to build up. This means there is a
time for progress.
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Life is made up of seasons of sorrow

and joy. There is a time to laugh and a
time to mourn.

However when Life causes us to shed

tears of sorrow we need to remember
what words of David in Psalm 56:8?
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Psa 56:8 “You have kept count of my

tossings; [fn] put my tears in your
bottle. Are they not in your book?”

2 Kings 20:5
Isa 25:8
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There is a time to cast away stones and

a time to gather stones; a time to
embrace, and a time to refrain from
embracing.

1 Cor 5:5-13
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There is a time to seek, and a time to

lose.

There is a time to keep, and a time to

cast away.

There is a time to tear and a time to

sew
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In Jewish custom they would tear their

clothing in mourning.

2 Samuel 13:19
Ezra 9:3

God expects us to grieve, but what

does He tell us not to in 1 Thessalonian
4:13?
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1Th 4:13 “But I would not have you to

be ignorant, brethren, concerning them
which are asleep, that ye sorrow not,
even as others which have no hope.”

Psalm 30:5
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There is a time to keep silence, and a

time to speak.

What does God tell us in Proverbs

26:4?
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Pro 26:4 “Answer not a fool according

to his folly, lest thou also be like unto
him.”

James 1:19
Ecclesiastes 10:14
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There is a time to love, and a time to

hate. We should love the things that
God loves and hate the things that God
hates.

Proverbs 6:16-19

What does Solomon write in

Ecclesiastes 3:8?
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Ecc 3:8 a time to love, and a time to

hate; a time for war, and a time for
peace.

We should seek to live in peace.

Romans 12:8
Matthew 10:16
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Put Problems into perspective
God has made everything beautiful in
its time. Everything that happens to us
is not beautiful, but God can make
something beautiful out of everything.

How does Romans 8:28 express this

fact?
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Rom 8:28 “And we know that all things
work together for good to them that
love God, to them who are the called
according to [his] purpose”

Genesis 50:20
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To help us get the right perspective on
life, what does Solomon write in
Ecclesiastes 3:11?
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Ecc 3:11 “He has made everything
beautiful in its time. Also, he has put
eternity into man's heart, yet so that he
cannot find out what God has done
from the beginning to the end.”

Job 38:4
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Do good in the present
We cannot understand everything in
life, but we shouldn't let problems rob
us of happiness. There is nothing
better than to be joyful and do good as
long as we live

DO GOOD!
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Do good in the present
Even though life is a mix of good and
bad, God wants us to enjoy life. How
does Jesus tell us to do that in
Matthew 6:34?
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Mat 6:34 "Therefore do not be anxious
about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be
anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day
is its own trouble.”

John 10:10
1 Thessalonians 5:16
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Everything God does is beautiful. Like
a sunset, God is making something
beautiful of our lives, using the good
times and the bad times. How does
Ephesians 2:10 verify this fact?
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Eph 2:10 “For we are his workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus for good works,
which God prepared beforehand, that
we should walk in them.”

We are his work of art, his masterpiece

Jer 29:11
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Solomon concludes, That which is,
already has been; that which is to be
already has been. God does not
change. God seeks that which has
been driven away. How will he do this
when we enter eternity according to
Romans 14:12?
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Rom 14:12 “So then every one of us
shall give account of himself to God.”

We'll understand it better by and by

Have we lived our lives to the max?