Fall, Thanksgiving, Seasons of Life
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A Time for Everything
1There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven:
2a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
4a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
6a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.
Eccles. 3:1-8
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9What does the worker gain from his toil? 10I have seen the burden God has laid on men. 11He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. 12I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. 13That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God. 14I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.
15Whatever is has already been,
and what will be has been before;
and God will call the past to account.a
16And I saw something else under the sun:
In the place of judgment—wickedness was there,
in the place of justice—wickedness was there.
17I thought in my heart,
“God will bring to judgment
both the righteous and the wicked,
for there will be a time for every activity,
a time for every deed.”
18I also thought, “As for men, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals. 19Man’s fate is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breathb; man has no advantage over the animal. Everything is meaningless. 20All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. 21Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and if the spirit of the animalc goes down into the earth?”
22So I saw that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will happen after him?
Eccles. 3:9-22
Coloss. 4:2
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints.
Psalm 100:4
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
Sing to the LORD, bless His name; Proclaim good tidings of His salvation from day to day.
Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
To You I shall offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving, And call upon the name of the LORD.
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Prayer-
God Father in Heaven, Jesus Christ of Nazareth; I love you with all my heart, my body, my spirit, my soul, my mind, and my might, my belongings; and I give my self, my will to you,my life.
Matthew 22:37
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& Jude 20-21
He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.
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The Lord bless you and watch, guard, and keep you;
The Lord make His face to shine upon and enlighten you and be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up His {approving} countenance upon you and give you peace. Amen.
