How to Wreck Your Life
Ecclesiastes
Procrastination
January 29, 2012 • Chris Edmondson • Joel 2:25, Proverbs 3:5–6, Psalm 103:15–16, James 4:14–17, Ecclesiastes 12:1–6
Paying Bills. Running errands. The project at work. A paper that needs to be written. All of these things sound urgent, but are they important? Solomon shares with us that life is short. There are no second chances. We have only the time given to us by God, and that’s it. So how are you using the most precious gift God gives you—your time?
Money
January 22, 2012 • Chris Edmondson • Malachi 3:10, Philippians 4:11–13, Ecclesiastes 5:10–17, Luke 16:10–11, Matthew 6:19–20
Do you have money or does money have you? Bills are piling up and the kids need food. Maybe you've heard that God provides, but you're not sure how that practically plays out. How we give, spend and save money reveals the things that are most important to us, the things we truly treasure. Let’s look at what the Bible says about money and find out what your wallet says about you.
Climbing the Wrong Ladder
January 8, 2012 • Chris Edmondson • Ecclesiastes 2:17–23, Ecclesiastes 4:4
Are you satisfied? Would you be satisfied with more? King Solomon had all the riches in the world, but still he sought more. More money, more sex, more power. And what he found is that the problem with having everything in the world is having everything in the world. Explore the book of Ecclesiastes as Solomon's personal discovery that, even though he tried and he tried, he couldn't get no satisfaction. His ultimate conclusion was that following God and His commandments is all that matters.
Pursuit of Happiness
January 1, 2012 • Chris Edmondson • Ecclesiastes 2:1–11, Ecclesiastes 12:13, Ecclesiastes 1:1–2, 1 Kings 11:1–4, Proverbs 3:5–6
Nobody plans for it to happen, but life can get pretty messy. Trouble with our relationships...harmful habits...feeling far from http://god...we look back and wonder, "How did I end up here?" Starting down that path is easier than you might think, unless you know what to look for. Thousands of years ago an extremely wealthy guy named Solomon wrote down his thoughts in his journal called Ecclesiastes. As we take a ‘sneak peek’ at his diary, we will discover some ways to get life really right and some ways to get it really wrong.