HOW TO CLAIM

THE BLESSING OF
YOUR SEASON:
SUMMER
SEASON OF WORKING
Are you between 20 to 50 years

 This is the time when you carry the heaviest responsibilities

 This is the time when you get married
 This is the time when you have kids
 This is the time when you have to build a house
 This is the time when your parents get older
 This is the time when you get a permanent job and got promoted
 This is the time when the demands of your ministry grow
 The time of taking care of what you have already planted
The problem of having no problems
 An illustration from American author Seth Godin
 “To be a lawyer you need to solve a lot of problems”
What ever problems you are going through will be source of
your success
THANK GOD FOR YOUR PROBLEMS
What’s your problems at work?
Do you want to be successful? Find the biggest problem
Your problem at work will be the biggest source of your
success
The problem of having no problems
A butterfly problems
 Your problems stretch your wings
 Your problems force your core to come out
 Your problems develop you
Some Young People are
 Parent don’t shield your kids from the regular problems of
life
 At the young age, let them go through obstacles
 Let them go through hardwork
Pursue problems with peace

Pursue struggle over ease

Pursue pain over comfort
Pursue difficulties over freedom

• You can’t live how you want to live

• Peter pan generation
If you avoid problems: you avoid success

 Success isn’t based on talent, genius, education or wealth. Success is

based in your ability to handle problems

 If you want to be successful, you need to pass through a threshold

 Whatever problems you are going through will be done source of

your success. Without your problems you will not be succesful
How to Pursue problems with peace?

 Problems versus Stress

 Equation “God’s Power You Peoples’ need
 TWO WORDS OF ADVICE
 1. FIND YOUR FAITHFUL FRIENDS
 Constituents- are for what you are for. They are not there for you. They are
there because they value what you value.
 Confidants- don’t just value what you value, they value you. They are not
only for what you are for, they re for you.
 See the life of Moses
 2. FOCUS ON OUR FUTURE
 Don’t focus on the pain, focus on the price
 2 Corinthians 4:17 “These troubles and suffering of ours are, after all quite
small and won’t fast very long. Yet this short time of distress will result in God’s
riches blessing upon us forever and ever”
 MOMENTARY TROUBLE versus ETERNAL GLORY
 Romans 8:18 “The hardships endured in the lives of those who remain faithful
of Christ are light in comparison to the abundance of glory we have through
Christ. This glory is already present in part but will be fully experienced in the
future”
 Believe that the blessing is near
 Believe that your victory is coming
 Believe that your success is at han
YOU NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO
QUIT
 At the season of summer you also need discernment
 Successful people knows when to quit
 Jesus talked about quitting too
(Luke 13:6-9) Parable of the Fig Tree
Refers primarily to Israel(Hosea 9:10) when I found Israel it
was like finding grapes in the dessert; when I saw your father, it
was like seeing the early fruit on the fig tree. But when they come
to Baal Peor they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol
and become as vile as the thing they loved (at 3:9)
However, its truth applies also to all individuals who profess to
believe in Jesus, yet fall to turn from sin. While God gives everyone
sufficient opportunity to repent. He will not tolerate sin forever. A
time will come when God’s grace will be withdrawn and the
unrepentant punished without mercy (at 20:16;21:20-24)
Forget your weakness. Focus on your strength
Focus is everything. It’s the secret to success
If you want to be success, quit improving your weakness. Use all
your time and energy to improve your strengths and let God use you
What are you riding? Rocking horse or a toy horse?
Do you see yourself moving towards the finish line, a goal,
amission, a dream a purpose? Or are you rocking back and
forth?

Summer is about moving every day towards your purpose

What’ your assignment from above?
(Ephesians 2:10) For we are God’s workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in
advance for us to do)
 This means that you or we are on this earth with an
assignment but God has given you S-H-A-P-E in
your body to fulfil your assignment
S-piritual gifts
H-eart
A-bilities
P-ersonality
E-xperience
1 Peter 4:10 (Each one should use whatever gifts he
has receive to serve others)
THANK YOU!
CRISTETA W. SIMSIM
Filipino Assemblies of the First Born