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  • Risk, Investment, And Getting Old - Ecclesiastes 11:1-12:8 Series

    Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Mar 31, 2025
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    One of the biggest obstacles to enjoyment of life is the troubles connected with old age. This message will show you how to enjoy life even amidst the ravages of aging.

    11:1 Send your bread on the surface of the waters, 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 ...read more

  • Keep Wising Up - Ecclesiastes 10:12-20 Series

    Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Mar 29, 2025
     | 67 views

    This passage contains practical wisdom on controlling your tongue, making plans and finding direction in life, managing money, and controlling your thought life.

    10:12 The words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him. 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly, but the end of his speaking is evil madness. 14 Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what will happen, and who can tell anyone what will ...read more

  • Wise Up - Ecclesiastes 10:1-11 Series

    Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Mar 28, 2025
     | 70 views

    This chapter is loaded with gems of wisdom that are crucial for learning how to enjoy life in a fallen world. This message covers topics like how to bring calm to a hot confrontation, how expecting trouble can help you in life, and how to find the balance between study/preparation and action.

    10:1 Dead flies make a perfumer's oil ferment and stink; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. 2 A wise man's heart goes to the right, but a fool's heart to the left. 3 Even when the fool walks along the road, his heart lacks sense, and he shows everyone he is a fool. 4 If the ...read more

  • You’re Alive! Act Like It - Ecclesiastes 9:2-10:1 Series

    Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Mar 26, 2025
     | 129 views

    It’s better to be alive in a painful life than to be dead. This passage explains why and teaches us how to seize the day and enjoy life through relationships and work.

    9:1 Indeed, I took all this to heart and explained it all: the righteous, the wise, and their works are in God's hands. People don't know whether to expect love or hate. Everything lies ahead of them. 2 Everything is the same for everyone: there is one fate for the righteous and the wicked, ...read more

  • Religion And Politics - Ecclesiastes 8:1-9:1 Series

    Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Mar 23, 2025
     | 37 views

    One of the most aggravating parts of living in a fallen world is dealing with corruption in government and other authorities who misuse their power—especially when that abuse of power hurts you personally. This passage teaches us how to keep enjoying life even in the face of abuse of authority.

    8:1 Who is like the wise person, and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man's wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed. 2 Keep the king's command because of your oath made before God. 3 Do not be in a hurry; leave his presence, and don't persist in a ...read more

  • Know Yourself - Ecclesiastes 7:15-29 Series

    Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Mar 22, 2025
     | 236 views

    Why on earth does Ecclesiastes tells us not to be over-righteous?

    How righteous are you? When you think of how much success or failure you have in your effort to obey God, – how accurate do you think that assessment is? That is an important question because your assessment of your own righteousness controls a number of important things in your life. If your ...read more

  • Smelling Salts - Ecclesiastes 6:10-7:14 Series

    Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Mar 21, 2025
     | 54 views

    The deepest joy comes from living in reality, not the stupor of trivia. So God gives us smelling salts to wake us up.

    How do you enjoy life when things go wrong in this bent, twisted, crooked world? This passage teaches us a half dozen crucial principles on how to maintain our joy even in the face of hardship, disappointment, and even death. Ecclesiastes 6:10 Whatever exists was given its name long ago, and it is ...read more

  • Satisfaction Sold Separately - Ecclesiastes 5:8-6:9 Series

    Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Mar 20, 2025
     | 23 views

    “Don’t get all worked up when people in charge abuse their power.” Good advice, but easier said than done. This passage teaches us how to do it—joyfully!

    Ecclesiastes 5:8 If you see oppression of the poor and perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, don’t be astonished at the situation, because one official protects another official, and higher officials protect them. 9 The profit from the land is taken by all; the king is served by ...read more

  • Reverent Worship - Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 Series

    Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Mar 19, 2025
     | 48 views

    Why does Scripture speak of making vows to God? What is the purpose of making a vow? How does it help in your walk with the Lord? When should we make a vow, and when should we avoid making a vow?

    Ecclesiastes 5:1 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Better to draw near in obedience (lit. draw near to listen) than to offer the sacrifice as fools do, for they ignorantly do wrong. 2 Do not be hasty to speak, and do not be impulsive to make a speech before God. (lit. do not be ...read more

  • People > Money - Ecclesiastes 4:4-16 Series

    Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Mar 18, 2025
     | 31 views

    The more your affections reflect the relative value of things, the more you will make the right call on hard decisions. This message will help you find the relative importance of money, relationships, and comfort.

    Ecclesiastes 4:4 I saw that all labor and all skillful work is due to a man’s jealousy of his friend. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind. 5 The fool folds his arms and consumes his own flesh. 6 Better one handful with rest than two handfuls with effort and a pursuit of the wind. 7 Again, ...read more

  • When People Hurt You - Ecclesiastes 3:15-4:3 Series

    Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Mar 15, 2025
     | 61 views

    How do you avoid bitterness toward people who have hurt you and refuse to repent? Even when you affirm that God meant it for good, still, how do you not get upset over the fact that the person meant it for evil?

    Ecclesiastes 3:15 Whatever is, has already been, and whatever will be, already is. God repeats what has passed. 16 I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness. 17 I said to myself, “God will judge the righteous ...read more

  • Time For Fear - Ecclesiastes 3:1-14 Series

    Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Mar 14, 2025
     | 94 views

    The timing of all the seasons of life, positive and negative and beautifully orchestrated by God, and he has planted a desire in the human heart to see that beauty and the meaning of it all. And yet, we can’t see it. Why did God make it that way?

    Ecclesiastes 3:1 There is an occasion for everything, and a time for every activity under heaven: 2 a time to give birth and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot; 3 a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to tear down and a time to build; 4 a time to weep and a time to laugh; a ...read more

  • Liking Life For The Love Of God - Ecclesiastes 2:24-26 Series

    Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Mar 13, 2025
     | 101 views

    Is there any Biblical reason why we should ever watch a movie or a ball game? Or go on vacation or play a game or have some dessert? Or take $2000 that could feed a third world family for a year and spend it on a kitchen remodel? What's the right way to enjoy earthly pleasures?

    Ecclesiastes 2:24 There is nothing better for man than to eat, drink, and enjoy his work. I have seen that even this is from God’s hand, 25 because who can eat and who can enjoy life apart from Him? 26 For to the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to ...read more

  • Enjoyability - Ecclesiastes 1:4-2:26 Series

    Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Mar 12, 2025
     | 54 views

    Why is it that sometimes you are capable of enjoying God’s gifts, and other times you just can’t seem to get any enjoyment out of those very same gifts? And if we are to find our joy in the Lord, what role do the pleasures of this world play?

    Ecclesiastes 1:1 The words of the Preacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 "Absolute futility," says the Preacher. "Absolute futility. Everything is futile." 3 What does a man gain for all his efforts that he labors at under the sun? 4 A generation goes and a generation ...read more

  • Enjoy Your Ice Cream Cone - Ecclesiastes 1:1-3, 2:24-25 Series

    Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Mar 11, 2025
     | 93 views

    No matter how wisely you live, you can’t control outcomes. The world calls it bad luck. Christians call it hard providence. Whatever you call it, this sermon will help you learn how to enjoy whatever moment of God’s perfect plan you are currently in.

    Ecclesiastes 1:1 The words of the Preacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 "Absolute futility," says the Preacher. "Absolute futility. Everything is futile." 3 What does a man gain for all his efforts that he labors at under the sun? 2:24 There is nothing better for man ...read more