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Meaningless Worship

How many of you have ever watched the show “Undercover Boss”? The purpose is for the high ranking official or the owner of a corporation to change their appearance and infiltrate one of their places of employment to learn more about the TRUE inner working of their business. Sometimes they find loyal…

True Worship I want to know why are you here today? Why did you take time out of your busy life to come to church this morning? Is it b/c you’ve done it since you were a child? Is it b/c you feel like it has to be done to check it off of your “good person” checklist? Were you dragged here by a friend…

Ecclesiastes 5 1:7 1 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil. 2 Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and…

14 I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind. 18 Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for…

Announcements Are there any announcements? Please pray for Mary Lewis and her family and friends. Bill passed away Saturday at 12:30pm. Today is Potluck Sunday and everyone is invited after church! It is downstairs in the fellowship hall. Good News! Mike, Eddie, and Art removed our stumps for us yesterday!…

Introduction Torah Portion This Torah Portion goes from Numbers 30:1-36:13 Matot= tribes ( מַּטּוֹת‎) and Masei= journeys (מַסְעֵי‎) Overall view of the Torah portion for this week: Numbers 30 : Vows Numbers 31 : Vengeance Numbers 32 : Vulnerability Numbers 33 : View the Past Numbers 34 : View Future…

15/05/22

Intro: In my daily devotion readings,“All The Days” by Vance Havner, I came across an unusual word last December. He used this word for four consecutive days. The word is, “Nevertheless”. You have only to check your Bible concordance to discover how often that word “nevertheless” shows up [ 118 times…

Welcome Good morning everyone! Today we are picking up in our study of the book of Ecclesiastes at chapter 5. Now, chapter five contains a few topics but for our purposes this morning we aren’t going to cover each one. The first half of chapter 5 is what we are going to be focusing on this morning and…

1 Here is a tragedy I have observed under the sun, and it weighs heavily on humanity: 2 God gives a person riches, wealth, and honor so that he lacks nothing of all he desires for himself, but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a sickening tragedy.…

Greediness: Having a keen appetite For.... 10 The one who loves silver is never satisfied with silver, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile. 11 When good things increase, the ones who consume them multiply; what, then, is the profit to the owner, except to gaze…

Each of us has no doubt experienced the uncomfortable feeling (after giving an explanation, lecture, or plea) of looking at the confused expression of the person or audience with whom we were trying to communicate. We have also been on the other side of the communication where we are unsure as to whether…

Approach God carefully because he knows more and is attentive to what you are doing. Approach God carefully for He alone can provide meaning in a meaningless world. Scenario: Who would you rather have work for you? One who says: “On it, right away, nothing too it!” or one who says: “No I really don’t…

Graduation Sunday It is so exciting to be celebrating with our graduates this year! We are proud of you, and look forward to how the Lord will use you in the coming years. You have been challenged and encouraged all your lives through school to pursue education. You have been encouraged to pursue success!…

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being. The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he placed the man he had formed.…

We have looked at two important skills Ignoring the doubters How to know What’s best Today we want to look at the skill of timing. Every great accomplishment involved the element of timing. Drew Breese to Michael Thomas - timing Investments - timing musician - timing What makes a joke or story funny?…

Dream Again 5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: 7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves…

Stop Thief! Koheleth has been proving his hypothesis that everything is “vanity of vanities under the sun.” From the courtroom to the market place, from the highway and the palace he now comes to the temple, the place of worship. He has been explaining his conclusion and may we look at what we have seen…

Reverant Worship of God is prescribed in Ecclesiastes 5.

Well it's resolution time again. But resolutions are limited. Doing better cannot save us. Works do not commend us to God. It is good however to have good goals. Listen as Pastor Leger goes over the resolutions of some Bible characters.

Prayer A battle ship was on exercise at sea in bad weather. The captain was on the bridge. It was foggy. Just after dark the look-out spotted a light on the starboard side. The captain asked if it was steady or moving. The look out replied the light was steady meaning they were on direct collision course…

When You Pray - Part 2 5 “And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. 6 But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you…

Stir up the gift of God Our theme verse today is 2 Timothy 1:6-7 6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. 7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. What Paul said to Timothy…

As many of you know my other job is in aquatics and I’ve worked for the Y for over 40 years. At meetings discussing risks in our pool areas I’ve watched a lot of videos as we talked about best practices for keeping our pools safe. I’ve watched security videos of pool staff around the country miss what…