2. What Is Life? 1 Peter 3:10,11 “Loving Life?”
Many love life, but dread growing old!
What does it mean? 2 Peter 3:18

3. GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY
2 Peter 1:5-8
Nine Phases Of Life

4. INFANCY Innocence & Purity
Matthew 18:4 “humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven”
Mark 10:14 “of such is the kingdom of God”
INFANCY

5. TEENS Obedience Ephesians 6:1 “obey your parents in the Lord”
Ecclesiastes 12:1 “Remember your creator in the day of your youth”
TEENS

6. TWENTIES Teachable 2 Timothy 2:15 “rightly dividing the word of truth”
1 Peter 3:15 “always be ready to give a defense”
2 Peter 1:5-7 “knowledge”
TWENTIES

7. Tireless
1 Corinthians 15:58 “always abounding in the work of the Lord”
2 Timothy 2:1 “be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus”
Temperance!
THIRTIES

8. FORTIES Hebrews 12:1 “let us run with endurance the race”
Patience is necessary
Spiritual Battle!
2 Corinthians 10:4 “mighty in God”
FORTIES

9. FIFTIES Fervent Romans 12:11 1 Peter 1:22 Fervent love for one another
Realize importance of Godliness
FIFTIES

10. SIXTIES Spirituality Galatians 5:22,23 “against such there is no law”
One aspect of “fruit of the Spirit” is LOVE which is connected with BROTHERLY KINDNESS
SIXTIES

11. SEVENTIES Steadfast 1 Corinthians 16:13
Strength of Courage or Stamina!
Galatians 6:9
Not a time to let down
True manifestation of Love for the Lord
SEVENTIES

12. EIGHTIES Faithful in all things to the Lord!
Eyes dimmed by age, no longer see things of this world clearly, begin to see clear image of the distant land which God has prepared for the faithful of all ages!
Revelation 2:10
2 Peter 1:5-7
EIGHTIES

13. Hebrews 9:27 “it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgement.”
2 Timothy 4:7,8 “fought the good fight, finished the race, kept the faith”
1 Peter 1:4 “inheritance incorruptible”
Galatians 3:27 – “in Christ”
DEATH

14. Are you growing old gracefully? Or are you just growing old?
The Choice is Up To YOU!
WHAT ABOUT YOU?