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  • Thomas Bowen avatar

    Why Am I Here?

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Feb 3, 2007
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    Looking at the world around us it would be so easy to give up. The cycles of problems and the ever declining situations we wittness. Persons of faith look through the problems and find God in the mists of trouble and pain and we can keep going.

    Why am I here? Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 This week we are looking at the first chapter of Ecclesiastes and it sounds like the most depressing scripture you could ever find. Reading the Book of Job is pretty bad, but today’s reading is so much worse. I think it is because in many ways it sounds so ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    Whispers In The Wind

    Contributed by Craig Smee on Feb 19, 2007
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    What wind fills your sails. The wind of Acts 2 or the winds of Satan

    W H I S P E R I N T H E W I N D O V E R S H A D O W M E I N T H E S H E L T E R O F Y O U R W I N G S H O L Y S P I R I T C O V E R M E O V E R S H A D O W M E O V E R S H A D O W I ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    The Let Down Of Life Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 16, 2003
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    Most of us will come or have come to the point in life where we realize that life is disappointing, that our dreams will not all come true, and that our impact on this world is marginal. The let down of life will get to us sometime, somewhere. We Christ

    The Let Down of Life (Ecclesiastes 1) Intro Note: most of these illustrations were borrowed from Sermon Central; further info on Larry Walker, the man who ascended 16,000 feet in a lawn chair with weather balloons can be found at truthorfiction.com Do a search there--it is a great illustration ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Nihilism Is Not Practical

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Dec 29, 2008
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    Life is not meaningless, we gain meaning in life through the person of Jesus Christ.

    In college one of the jobs I had was working in a medical file warehouse. Talk about mundane, boring, monotonous. These were huge warehouses that contained millions of files from hospitals all over the San Francisco Bay Area. I did one of three things: I pulled a file for a patient in a hospital ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Purposeless Driven Life Series

    Contributed by Donald Mcculley on Dec 5, 2011
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    Have you ever thought about the purposeless driven life?

    THE PURPOSELESS DRIVEN LIFE Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 Introduction: Rick Warren has caught a lot of people’s attention with his books The Purpose Driven Church and The Purpose Driven Life. Have you ever thought about the purposeless driven life? This is the first sermon in a series on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mark A. Barber avatar

    Dust In The Wind

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Nov 22, 2013
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    Only the Christian message gives meaning to life

    Dust in the Wind? Ecclesiastes 1:1-7 “Dust in the wind. All we are is dust in the wind.” These lyrics were sung by a seventies rock group called Kansas. If one were to examine all of the lyrics of the song, he or she would find them to be both cynical and depressing. They smell of ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Vanities, Poverty And Destitution Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 22, 2018
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    We must find in our heart the vast chasm, the infinite need that only Infinite Goodness and Truth and Beauty can fill.

    Thursday of the 24th Week in Course 2018 St. Vincent de Paul The book we call Ecclesiastes is often referred to as Qoheleth, for the Hebrew name of the author, here called “the Preacher.” The first words form one of the major themes of theology, that all things human are perishable, that even what ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Prayer For Our Nation Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 23, 2020
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    The problem is not something solvable by election returns, and we have to stop acting like it is.

    Thursday of the 25th Week in Course 2020 National Day of Prayer/Fasting Herod Antipas was the primo politician of Palestine two thousand years ago. As one of the few surviving offspring of Herod the Great, Antipas ruled Galilee and Perea, but he was pretty paranoid. John the Baptist had preached ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    God Sized Dreams Series

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Jul 11, 2015
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    Beginning a series of sermons from Ecclesiastes. What we learn from the Preacher will help us move forward in life.

    Dream Big July 12, 2015 Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 You need to write this very first statement in your sermon notes. It’s really profound . . . AND what’s best is I thought this up all by myself. Here it goes — I hope you’re ready!! Have you ever noticed this . . . the same ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Changed By The Stream Of The Spirit Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Aug 20, 2015
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    We all experience different situations, circumstances and opportunities. Yet each of us have been and continue to be blessed by God.

    Changed by the Stream of the Spirit We are continuing in our series on Supernatural Springs and this month we are focussing on the Stream of the Spirit. As always the question to begin: Do you seek a good life or a changed life? In our lives, we all have something that we can thank God for. We ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Victor Yap avatar

    The Chief Purpose Of Life

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Feb 4, 2017
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    Ecclesiastes 1

    https://bible.ryl.hk/web_en Grammar Bible (English) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Bah Tatabahasa Alkitab (Indonesian) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Esp Biblia de Gramática (Spanish) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Tag Gramatika Bibliya (Filipino) https://bible.ryl.hk Chinese Bible ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    I Am Not The Greatest

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Feb 4, 2017
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    Ecclesiastes 2

    I AM NOT THE GREATEST (ECCLESIASTES 2) Ecclesiastes begins with a resounding five-fold repetition of the word “vanity” in one verse, a literary abnormality even in repetition-heavy Jewish literature: Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity (Eccl 1:2). ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Chasing The Wind Pt1 Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 5, 2017
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    Catching the wind of the Holy Spirit (The Spirit of God) is crucial to finding purpose and fulfillment in life – you can chase the wind of life all you want but it won’t make you fly .

    Series: Chasing the Wind – Ecclesiastes Transition read before song: Solomon states in Ecc. 1:2-4; 8; 14: “Meaningless! MEANINGLESS!” SAYS THE TEACHER. “UTTERLY MEANINGLESS!” Everything Is meaningless.” What does man gain from his labor at which he toils under the sun? Generations come and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Anthony Zibolski avatar

    Finding Purpose In Your Life

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Apr 30, 2015
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    Maybe you are here this morning and you need to hear from the Lord concerning where you fit into the plan of God.

    Finding purpose in your life Ecclesiastes 1:1-1:9 Introduction- If you would turn to the book of Ecclesiastes. It is in the Old Testament right after Proverbs. Psalms, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. There are so many books written on finding purpose. How to make the most of your life. How to ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Restless Hearts Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 24, 2019
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    The active atheist's life is not only meaningless,. . . but tragic in the worst sense, because, absent a miracle, he turned his back on a free offer of eternal joy.

    Seventh Sunday in Course 2019 For the Catholic Students Group Today our Office readings begin a series from the book of Ecclesiastes, or Qoheleth, which means “the Teacher.” It is one of the best-known of the Wisdom books of the OT, purportedly written by King Solomon, who, at least in his youth, ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic