Intensive session · 1 hour

The five seasons of life and ministry

When God transforms our story to prepare us for what comes next. One hour to recognize the season you are in and design how to live it, drawing on the story of Elijah.

60:00

The hour's agenda

  1. 1. Opening · 5 min

    Breathe, set your phone aside and read the central question: what do I need to understand, transform and learn in this season to respond faithfully to what comes next?

  2. 2. Walk through the five seasons · 15 min

    Read each season with its passage. Notice the one that most resembles your current moment.

  3. 3. Recognize your season · 10 min

    Answer honestly: where you are, what changed and what you need most urgently.

  4. 4. Design your season · 15 min

    Write your vision for this stage, the decision you will not make impulsively, whom you will prepare and your first step.

  5. 5. Session with CoachGPT · 10 min

    Bring your design to a METODOCC session to deepen it with questions.

  6. 6. Commitment · 5 min

    Write your commitment in one sentence and a date to review it.

The journey: Elijah's five seasons

These are not five kinds of people but five experiences that can appear in the life of the same person. It is an interpretive model, not an explicit biblical classification, and the seasons do not always come in this order.

1 · 1 Kings 18:20–39

Blessing — Mount Carmel

Doors open and God's power is revealed. Blessing is not meant to exalt the instrument but to reveal the One who uses it.

Inner risk
Believing we are indispensable
Learning
Gratitude and humility
Response
Steward well what you received

2 · 1 Kings 19:1–3

Backlash — Jezebel's threat

Breakthroughs provoke resistance. Opposition does not cancel the purpose, but it calls for discernment: perseverance, or humility to correct course.

Inner risk
Reading opposition as defeat
Learning
Discernment and perseverance
Response
Discern the opposition

3 · 1 Kings 19:4–8

Fatigue — Under the tree

God did not answer Elijah's exhaustion with more demands: first He fed him and let him rest. Avoid major decisions in extreme exhaustion.

Inner risk
Mistaking exhaustion for final failure
Learning
Care, rest and restoration
Response
Regain strength

4 · 1 Kings 19:9–13

Calm — The cave at Horeb

After the wind, the earthquake and the fire came a gentle whisper. Silence is not the absence of purpose: it is room to listen again.

Inner risk
Feeling worthless without activity
Learning
Listening and dependence on God
Response
Listen

5 · 1 Kings 19:15–21; 2 Kings 2:1–12

Return — The call of Elisha

Returning is not going back to the same thing: it widens the calling. Elijah had to prepare others and ensure continuity beyond his own role.

Inner risk
Clinging to the previous stage
Learning
Renewal and multiplication
Response
Act on a renewed direction

The right response for one season can be the wrong one for another. Your current season is not your whole story.

Recognize your season

1. Which of the five seasons are you in right now?

2. What has changed the most during this season?

3. What do you need most urgently?

Design your season

Session with CoachGPT

CoachGPT will receive your season and your design to walk with you through METODOCC questions.

Commitment

Your answers are saved on this device.

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