(Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter)

(Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter)

Meteorological seasons: (1) Spring - March 1 to May 31
(2) Summer - June 1 to August 31 (3) Fall (Autumn) - September 1 to November 30 (4) Winter - December 1 to February 28 (29th in leap year)

December 1, we will officially be in the Winter season.

Transition means change. It signifies that there is something to leave behind and something to look forward to. Transitional seasons lead to the promises of God. God often does it in ways that are unfamiliar and sometimes unwelcome. The transition will lead to
some sort of pruning process that chips away at the things within us that are unlike Him.
 

During this transition time it’s like an eagle going through the molting stages. It knows when it’s time to make the transition. I believe Holy Spirit lets us know when it’s time to make a change for the better. The eagle surrenders to the transition, we must also surrender
to the transition. The eagle finds a safe place for the transition to take place. Jesus is our safe place as Holy Spirit guides us through the process. As we surrender to Jesus, the enemy finds no place in us during this vulnerable time. Psalm 91 becomes our covering. God’s
Word is our protection.
 

We must trust God’s Word. We must trust that He is trying to speak to us. Listen during prayer, worship to get into His Presence. Be still until He speaks. It’s hard but worth the wait. The eagle must wait, so must we.

Word Works: FALL COLORS (Brown, Orange, Yellow, Red)
Red, yellow, & blue cannot be formed by mixing any other colors.

*Red: Hebrew-Oudem = “red clay” Many biblical names (Adam, Esau & Edom) are derived from this Hebrew word meaning flesh. Can mean the Blood of Jesus, love of God, blood of lamb, atonement, salvation. Leaves turn red in fall.
 

*YELLOW: It is mentioned in God’s principle and in 1 Peter 1:7, God talks about trials and purging. (The trial of faith will be more precious than Gold and be tried with fire). Yellow is associated with fire (purification process). Can mean Faith, Glory of God, anointing, joy. Leaves turn yellow in fall.
 

*ORANGE: Is obtained by mixing red (flesh) and yellow (trials). The result is a color of fire which represents the Fire of God, deliverance and passionate praise. Leaves turn orange in fall.

*BROWN: End of a season, rages, people, pride, weary, faint. Leaves turn brown in fall.
 

The color information is found at www.color-meanings.com.
 

Seasons within a season is a process within our lives as Holy
Spirit guides us through them. THESE colors represent different seasons in our lives within the big season. Easy or not, they must come for spiritual growth.
 

**BLUE: Heaven, the Holy Spirit authority. If we are obedient to Holy Spirit we will be prepared for the NEXT season.

Sacrifice is a huge part of the salvation story, but there is much more to it for us as individuals - our love and devotion and obedience and sacrifice for His Kingdom.

Verses ABOUT the sacrifice God made for humanity:

JOHN 15: 12-14 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you.”
 

MARK 10:45 “For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
 

HEBREWS 13:15 “Through Him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.”
 

PSALM 51:16-17 “For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.”
 

EPHESIANS 5:1-2 “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. Walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.”­­
 

Turkeys made their sacrifices to feed us. :) God gave His Son to feed us, so we could have eternal life.

The WORD gives great examples of “thankful”
 

COLOSSIANS 4:2 “Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.”
 

2 CORINTHIANS 9:11 “You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.”
 

1 TIMOTHY 4:4-5 “For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.”
 

PSALM 106:1 “Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD for he is good; his love endures forever.”
 

HEBREW 12:28-29 “Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our ‘God is a consuming fire.”
 

PSALM 107:21 “Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind.”
 

­­PSALM 69:30 “I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.”

 EVIL REPORT - It is a report of doubt. (A believer has no more business peddling doubt than he
does peddling dope!)

NUMBERS 13:31-33 . . . "We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. And
they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The
land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land  that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the
people that we saw in it are men of a great stature . . . giants. . . and we were in our own sight as grasshop-
pers, and so we were in their sight."

God had already told the children of Israel that He had given them this land flowing with milk and hon-
ey. “But,” they complained, “there are giants in the land, and we are not able to take it!”

The children of Israel confessed what they believed. They believed they couldn’t succeed. Then they
said, “We can’t.” And they received exactly what they said! Israel accepted the majority report —-the evil re-
port—-and said they couldn’t take the land. And Israel got exactly what they said: God did not allow that gen-
era@on to take the land.

Jesus said in Mark 11:23 that you will have what-ever you say.

Confession: I refuse to be a doubt peddler. I refuse to have an evil report!