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It’s Just a Season, Not a Sentence

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Jimmy Rollins

Faith

Perseverance

Hope

What Is “It’s Just a Season, Not a Sentence”?

Pain can be present without being permanent. Your present condition is not your future conclusion. The same God who opens wombs can also open doors. What was empty in one season will become evidence in the next.

Never allow your current condition to become your final conclusion.

Pain can be present without being permanent. Your present condition is not your future conclusion. The same God who opens wombs can also open doors. What was empty in one season will become evidence in the next.

Never allow your current condition to become your final conclusion.

Key Verses

1 Samuel 1:1–7 (NLT)

There was a man named Elkanah who lived in Ramah in the region of Zuph in the hill country of Ephraim… Peninnah had children, but Hannah did not… Year after year it was the same—Peninnah would taunt Hannah… Each time, Hannah would be reduced to tears and would not even eat.

1 Samuel 1:1–7 (NLT)

There was a man named Elkanah who lived in Ramah in the region of Zuph in the hill country of Ephraim… Peninnah had children, but Hannah did not… Year after year it was the same—Peninnah would taunt Hannah… Each time, Hannah would be reduced to tears and would not even eat.

Ecclesiastes 3:1 (AMP)

There is a season (a time appointed) for everything and a time for every delight and event or purpose under heaven—

Ecclesiastes 3:1 (AMP)

There is a season (a time appointed) for everything and a time for every delight and event or purpose under heaven—

Isaiah 55:11 (NKJV)

So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me [a]void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

Isaiah 55:11 (NKJV)

So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me [a]void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

Psalm 34:1 (NKJV)

I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Psalm 34:1 (NKJV)

I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Main Points

Don’t Allow People to Stop Your Pursuit

Opposition should never cancel obedience.

Don’t Allow People to Stop Your Pursuit

Opposition should never cancel obedience.

Make God’s Presence a Priority

Where you process your pain determines what your pain produces.

Make God’s Presence a Priority

Where you process your pain determines what your pain produces.

Get to a Place of Peace

Peace is the evidence that you’ve trusted the outcome to God.

Get to a Place of Peace

Peace is the evidence that you’ve trusted the outcome to God.

Keep Your Promise After God Keeps His

Breakthrough seasons test your faithfulness more than barren ones.

Keep Your Promise After God Keeps His

Breakthrough seasons test your faithfulness more than barren ones.

Live With Praise as Your Posture

Praise is your answer before the question is even finished.

Live With Praise as Your Posture

Praise is your answer before the question is even finished.

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Helpful Next Steps

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