BIG IDEA
No matter what season of life you're in—good or hard—God is with you, shaping you, and His love for you never changes.
KEY VERSES
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
1 For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. 2 A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest. 3 A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build up. 4 A time to cry and a time to laugh. A time to grieve and a time to dance. 5 A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones. A time to embrace and a time to turn
away. 6 A time to search and a time to quit searching. A time to keep and a time to throw away. 7 A time to tear and a time to mend. A time to be quiet and a time to speak. 8 A time to love and a time to hate. A time for war and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
11 Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human
heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: 10 If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Which of the four life seasons—new beginnings, joy & happiness, change & transition, or struggle & waiting—do you most relate to right now, and why?
Have you ever experienced a time when things were hard, but you later realized that season helped you grow? What changed for you?
Ecclesiastes 3 says there's a time for everything. What does that mean to you personally? How do you respond when you're in a season you don’t like?
Carlos talked about how God shapes us like a potter shapes clay. What do you think God might be shaping in you during your current season?
Why do you think it’s important to have people around you when life gets hard? How can you be that kind of support for someone else?