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Can you imagine having everything that you could ever want at your fingertips? Growing up, I distinctly remember wishing that I could have things, and then my older siblings would remind me that I was not supposed to be jealous. One Christmas, I was probably around 7 or 8 years old. My oldest sister,…

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.…

Introduction What do the things we spend our whole life chasing ultimately amount to? Asked differently, we might say, “What is the point?” The implications of that question lead us into uncomfortable territory. We like to think that we do and what we chase really matters. But does it? At least part…

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…

Meaninglessness of Work Without God

1 I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself.” But behold, this also was vanity. 2 I said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?” 3 I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine—my heart still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold…

Toil and Joy This morning we are going to talk about something that everyone just loves to talk about. Work. It’s a natural thing in our world. We have to work. And sometimes we love our work. Sometimes we hate our work. Often we can’t wait for our work week to end so that we can take a break from work.…

Last week we began our series on Ecclesiastes. It’s truly a fascinating book and one worth reading or reading again if you’ve read it before. If you’re new to your Bible or not very good at remembering the order of the books, don’t be afraid to use that little known page in our Bibles, the Table of Contents.…

In Greek Philosophy, there a man named Sisyphus, who angered the gods and was then punished, being forced to roll a rock up hill for all of eternity. . However, right before he reached the top, the bolder would roll back down to the bottom of the hill, thus forcing Sisyphus to begin his work all over…

Oof! Come in from a long day at work? What’s your reward? More work at home! Mowed the lawns? Great! Now you can get started on that fence. Done the dishes? Great! Now get started on the laundry pile! Finished your assignment? Great! Now you can study for exams! Got through a pandemic? Great! Now you…

Focus less on earthly things and instead, focus on where Christ is.

If I had written the Book of Ecclesiastes, I would have stopped at the end of chapter 2. It would have been a very, very short book. It would have been like 2 John, Jude, or Philemon. Solomon has written a wonderful conclusion—for any person to find ultimate meaning in life, he has to go outside of himself…

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises, and the…

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…

Welcome Good morning everyone, and to anyone watching or listening online, good morning as well! Last week we began a new sermon series on the book of Ecclesiastes. If you were here last week and you’re back this morning, you are one brave person! Reading Ecclesiastes can be tough, so thanks for coming…

Metaphorical senses of הבל “Hebel”: Insubstantiality, Transience, and Foulness. 1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. How do we live in this vapor? 12 I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.…

So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done. Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness. The wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool…

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!…

Camp program guys are always on the search for games that are unique to camp. In reflecting back on our beginning years at the camp in North Louisiana, I remember one such creative endeavor. At the center of the camp lay a 23 acre lake. The lake was pleasant to the eyes when watching the sun reflect…

Ecclesiastes - Enjoy Life & Fear God Annie Edson Taylor Annie Edson Taylor was a teacher who, in 1901, on her 63rd birthday, became the first woman to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel. After she was fished out of the water, she told reporters that she would "caution anyone against attempting…

Introduction Opening: FUNNY VIDEO “Wake up Call” = a person or thing that causes people to become fully alert to an unsatisfactory situation and to take action to remedy it So we are going to be getting some wake up calls. In the book of Ecclesiastes we get several wake up calls that alerts us to reality…

Read Revelation 9:1-21 1 Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit. 2 And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the sun and the air were darkened because of…

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…

Today we are starting a series that I hope you will find interesting and engaging, but above all my hope and prayer is that this series will be a tool that God will use in your life to reach a lost and dying world. Today we are going to go back to basics and study the Good News. If you don’t feel comfortable…

1 Timothy 6 Good morning Church! We are going to try to make our way through the end of 1 Timothy this morning. Those that have been with us know that this letter was primarily written by an older pastor to a younger pastor, Paul to Timothy. They had been serving together in Ephesus and for whatever…