May 14, 2014
Ecclesiastes 4:1-12. Sometimes, the peaceful facade of your life is just that, a facade. Seeking the prizes and praises of this world comes at a cost. Tranquility is only possible once you find the balance between toil and the relationships most important to you.
May 13, 2014
Ecclesiastes 3:12-22. One Puritan author wrote; "We have the world so much in our hearts, as so taken up with the thoughts and cares of worldly things and are exercised in our travail concerning them, that we have neither time nor spirit to eye God's hand in them." The Bible offers a simple, yet novel approach to both...
May 13, 2014
Ecclesiastes 3:1-11. Sometimes it feels life is chaotic. That nothing makes sense or has any purpose. Yet God is in control of the perplexing as well as the pleasant; the hard times as well as the happy times. Here, we learn that there is a fixed hour for every event under heaven.
May 13, 2014
Ecclesiastes 1:12-2. Where is there promise for a significant and meaningful life? Is it in the accumulation of knowledge? Is it in the pursuit of pleasure or possessions? Is it found in achievement? Or, are all these just "vanity" and "striving after the wind?"