Seasons by Kelly Schut

Seasons of Transformation

1. Process takes place through 4 seasons that occur in your life and can be repeated
   1. This process of transformation takes over your life
   1. 4 Seasons Declarations / Distress / Development / Demonstration
   1. Primary goal is to make you ready to enter God’s desires and purposes
   1. Involves character value system, righteousness, unconditional love, patience, perseverance, and grace
   1. If you don’t embrace the life God has for you it could cause you to desire the life of others.

• This process mostly takes place through 4 seasons that occur in your life and can be repeated are declaration/distress/development/demonstration

• Identity
  • Your identity begins when your spirit man becomes alive and you are adopted into God’s family
  • Born again at that time you receive the very life and nature of God himself
  • His DNA by His spirit invades your core being. You now are what He predetermined for you to be however His spirit has to invade our soul so you can be transformed into what He meant you to be
  • You begin a journey of being transformed into the image of God

• The Season of Declaration
  • Prophecy or spoken word by the Spirit of God declared over you and received (we need to receive the promise and co-labor with it, your response to the word or dream is essential to prepare in faith and get understanding  to liberate you into co-operation the new from the old.
  • Gen 37:5 Joseph – My sheaves arose and yours gathered around and bowed down to mine. The brother responded will you indeed reign over us or have dominion over us. They hated him
  • Gen 37:9 the sun, moon and all stars bowed down to me.
  • Joseph’s father gave him  a coat of many colors signifying royalty
  • Psalms 119:49 remember the word to your servant upon which you have caused me to hope. So this is my comfort In my affliction for your word has given me life
  • KJS business to shake wealth of nations to preach the gospel Dominion/Reith Riley shaking

• The Season of Distress
  • Psalm’s 105:17 Joseph He sent a man before them 18 they bruised his feet with shackles his neck they put in iron 19 until what he was foretold came to pass till the word of the Lord proved him or testified to him  Season of distress tested the promise
  • Joseph was tested by the dream until his soul came into iron failures and hardships are essential for this testing
  • Take the value out of your scars and allow it to promote you guard your heart with all diligence.
  • Some destiny callings require us to abandon our selfish desires and fantasy and embrace His call Moses was able to endure because he was willing to give up the royalty of Egypt. Are you afraid to forsake the present to search for the future? Remember your prophecy your survival is based on revelation of your future and knowing it is not your time to die

• The Season of Development
  • 1 Peter 6:7 Thought now for a little while if need be you have been grieved by various trials that the genuine of your faith being more precious than gold or silver that perishes, refined by fire may be found to praise Honor and glory when Jesus Christ is revealed.
  • Joseph development took place largely in Egypt
    • Potiphar’s house land management/culture/language/servanthood/political systems
    • The bible says Potiphar turned all of his affairs over to Joseph to the point he no longer cared for them
    • The prison system managed where the King kept his people not just any prison
  • You need to survive the seasons of distress and development to enter the season of demonstration. Don’t allow a delay or of setbacks to be seen as God’s denial He has not changed His Mind

• The Season of Demonstration
  • Tried to push Jesus off a cliff He walked right through them
  • You need to survive the season of distress and development to graduate to that season of demonstration The Lord will make you the head and not the tail
  • Isaiah 61:7 Instead of your shame you shall possess double portions and instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion. They will possess a double portion in their land
  • Psalms 105:19 Until the time that His word came to pass the word of the Lord tested him 20 the King sent and released him the ruler of the peoples let him go free  vs 21 He made him Lord over his house and ruler of all his possessions vs 22 to bind his princess at his pleasure and teach is elders wisdom