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Getting Older

Explore biblical stories of elderly figures like Abraham, Moses, Daniel, and Paul to glean wisdom on aging gracefully and remaining fruitful. Learn from examples of older individuals like Zacharias, Elizabeth, Simeon, and Anna. Discover the value of elders in God's kingdom and the services the elderly can offer. Reflect on the brevity of life and the importance of gaining wisdom at all stages. Embrace the attitude of Paul in facing the later years with faith and purpose.

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Getting Older

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  1. Getting Older Psalms 92:12-15

  2. Examples Of Older People • Abraham and Sarah. Genesis 17:15-17; 18:11-14; 21:1-2; Romans 4:19ff; Hebrews 11:11-12 • Moses and Aaron. Exodus 7:7; cf. Psalms 90:10 • Joshua and Caleb. Joshua 13:1; cf. 24:29; Joshua 14:10-11

  3. Examples Of Older People • Daniel. • A youth when taken captive. Daniel 1:4ff • Captivity spanned 70 years. Jeremiah 25:11-12 • Over 80 when appointed by Darius, to be one of three governors over the kingdom of Babylon. Daniel 6:1-3 • Cast into the den of lions, during the reign of Darius. Daniel 6:4-27

  4. Examples Of Older People • Zacharias and Elizabeth. Luke 1:6-7, 11-13 • Simeon and Anna. Luke 2:25-26, 36-38

  5. Paul, the aged. Acts 7:58; Philemon 9 Starts Here Acts 13-15

  6. Starts Here Acts 15-18

  7. Starts Here Acts 18-21

  8. Acts 23-28

  9. God Uses Older People • Elders. Titus 1:9; 1 Peter 5:2; 1 Peter 5:3 • Older men. Titus 2:2 • Older women. Titus 2:3ff Services The Elderly Can Provide • Wise counsel. 1 Kings 12:6-7 • Teaching for the younger.Psalms 71:17-18; 78:1ff

  10. Lesson For The Young Life is brief. James 4:14, “What is your life? for ye are as a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.” Job 14:1-2, “Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble, he cometh forth like a flower and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.”

  11. Lesson For The Young Life is brief. Psalms 90:10, “The days of our years are three score and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore years: yet is their pride but labor and sorrows, for it is soon gone, and we fly away.” Verse 12, “Teach us to number our days that we may get us a heart of wisdom.”

  12. Lesson For The Old Psalms 92:14, “They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap and green” • Let the attitude of “Paul, the aged” be your attitude. 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 18

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