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There’s an Andy Griffith episode. Barney once to invest and so he tries to jump into the record making company. An agent for a record company comes into town to make a record of North Carolina blue grass music. Barney keeps floating the term diversify, so that he wants to put his money in many different…

Remember your Creator while you are young Ecclesiastes 12:1 (NKJV) 1 Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, Before the difficult days come, And the years draw near when you say, “I have no pleasure in them”: There is a purity, and a necessity, to childhood and child-like faith Luke 18:15–17…

Life under the sun Ecclesiastes 1-2 Prayer Through your word we might know you. knowing you we might know wisdom for life. I pray that you might give us ears to hear, eyes to see, and a softened heart to see the reality of our lives and the wonderful truth of your Word. Introduction Ah… another day.…

Intro; About 4-5 years ago I preached a message from Eccl. 9 entitled, “Live Like You Were Dying.” I prefaced that message with the music video by Tim McGraw’s song about a man receiving bad news about his health. Then the question was asked, “what did you do when it sunk in?’ "I went skydiving, I went…

Introduction Ecclesiastes represents man’s best conclusions as he searches for answers “under the sun.” It sets forth deductions based on observations and on logic but not on divine revelation. Ecclesiastes is what a wise man might think if he did not have a Bible. Transition As he wrapped up chapter…

Pre-Introduction Introduction Post-Introduction [leave the big idea until the end this time] Q. How can you find a life of true joy? The Quest for Joy (1) Take a risk (11:1-6) “Embrace opportunities with humble realism .” Transition: We see this in verses 1 through 6. Ecclesiastes 11:1–6 (ESV) 1 Cast…

Today we are wrapping up this six part study of the Good News called, “Life in 6 Words.” We get these six words by using the word “Gospel” as an acrostic. As a way of review, let’s walk through these six words one final time… G - God created us to be with Him. ( Genesis 1-2 ) O - Our sins separate us…

Meaningless Worship

Young and Old Just a couple of weeks ago, I was having a conversation with and on the television there was a story about Dolly Parton. We were curious as to how old she was. So I took out my phone and googled her to find out. She is 77 years old. She doesn’t look 77 years old. She looks much younger.…

11:1-6 I want to let you all know that I love being a pastor. I love preaching and teaching God’s Word. I love counseling and listening to heartaches while seeking God’s counsel in helping you navigate the situation. And I want you to know that pastoring doesn’t come without frustration. Leadership doesn’t…

1 Send your bread on the surface of the water, for after many days you may find it. 2 Give a portion to seven or even to eight, for you don’t know what disaster may happen on earth. 3 If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain on the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or the north, the place…

Solomon concludes his search for wisdom under the sun with nothing more than empty admonitions to take action rather than doing nothing. But in the end, he says, it's all meaningless. But wait, there's more! A mystery editor concludes the book with an extraordinary turn around: you can exhaust yourself with endless worldly wisdom, or you can take the simple path. What is that simple path, and how do we tread it today?

Welcome Good morning again everyone, today we are continuing on in Ecclesiastes, but we are getting very close to being done with it. Today we are going to be reading from Ecclesiastes 11 and next week we will finish our study of the book by looking at chapter 12. Now, we are starting to hit the point…

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.…

Solomon’s journal has been skeptical and depressing at times Cycle of events of life is empty and without true meaning See and done everything a man could do under the sun and found it vanity Search for happiness w/o God left him in despair Best thing to do is have a relationship with God Time is short…

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…

Helping Youth Have Fun and Rejoicing in Old Age Ecclesiastes 11.7-12.8 ROC 5/27/15 I. Introduction 1. Pre-introduction i. Thank you for your prayers these past two weeks, I have been blessed 2. SO let’s pray i. Lord, I feel the worries people have for the young generations and also the way older generations…

Announcements www.southcharlottebaptist.org/hub Evangelist Ron Comfort will be preaching in our services - 11 AM & 6 PM - this coming Sunday, March 21. Resurrection Sunday, April 4 Neighborhood Bible Time, week of June 20 Verse Memorization I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ,…

Enjoy God’s gift with their intended purpose while you still can The exhortation to enjoy a gift seems pretty straightforward and simple. However there are several factors that can complicate this. Is the gift given with something expected back from you? (Brother gives $5, the sister says what do you…

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!…

Life under the sun Solomon starts to draw to a close about life under the sun and the vanities of vanities that life under the sun is. Knowing that, still life is to be enjoyed (Ecc11:8) and now he turns to give some sage advise to the young. Solomon has searched for meaning of life under the sun and…

Opening Prayer: Heavenly Father, We come before You today with grateful hearts, thanking You for the gift of family and the privilege of coming together to seek Your face. As we gather in Your presence, we ask for Your Holy Spirit to be among us, guiding our thoughts and opening our hearts to the message…

Jesus our peace Our Prince of peace ( Isa9:6 ) Peace with God ( Rom5:1 ) Peace with mankind ( Eph2:11-17 ) Peace with yourself ( Php4:7-8 ) Peace in family ( Eph5:29-6:3 ) Today we look at peace with the brethren (the church, the body of believers) Jesus offers peace with the brethren, but I want to…

We celebrate Christmas with lights. Lights on the tree, lights on the house. Candlelight services at church. Even Rudolph’s nose lights up. I love Christmas lights and I’m always a little sad when the lights come down. I think our house, when it returns to its pre-Christmas state, is kind of boring.…

Pre-Introduction Introduction (FCF: A world that’s unjust) Example from the world Example from the church Scripture passage: Ecc 8:10-11 10 Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of the holy place and were praised in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity. 11…