About this episode

Pastor J.D. discusses the cyclical nature of life and how to enjoy it as a gift from God based on Ecclesiastes 3.

“For everything there is a season …” You might recognize these words (“turn, turn, turn”) as lyrics to a song made popular in the ’60s. But thousands of years before that, they were written as the opening of a poem in the book of Ecclesiastes about the cyclical nature of life. Just as we have no control over summer turning to fall, we can't alter the cycles of life. There is indeed a time to be born and a time to die, a time to laugh and a time to weep. In this week's message from Ecclesiastes 3, Pastor J.D. gives us helpful principles for not only navigating life in a world we can't control, but enjoying it for what it is: a gift from God.

People in this episode

Host: Pastor J.D.

Topics covered

• life cycles
• enjoyment
• spirituality
• Ecclesiastes
• navigating life
• gift from God

Keywords

• life cycles
• Ecclesiastes
• enjoyment
• spirituality
• gift from God
• navigating life

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Ecclesiastes, Ecclesiastes 3

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