Be's That Keep the Honey Flowing
Steve Wagers
Ecclesiastes 5:1-20
According to a recent Gallup poll:
55% of Americans said they're ''very happy,''
40% of Americans said they're at least ''fairly happy.''
4% said that they're not ''too happy.''
One husband remarked, ''People ask us the secret of our long, and happy marriage. It's really quite simple. Two evenings a week we take time to go out to a restaurant and have a quiet dinner, soft music, some candlelight, and a slow walk home.'' He took a long pause and said, ''She goes on Tuesdays; I go Fridays.''
People are looking and longing to be happy. History shows the quest of those searching for happiness.
Happiness is not found in pleasure. Lord Byron lived such a life of pleasure if anyone did; yet, he wrote, ''The worm, the canker, and the grief are mine alone.''
Happiness is not found in possessions. Jay Gould, the American millionaire, had plenty of that. When dying, he said, ''I suppose I am the most miserable man on earth.''
Happiness is not found in position. Lord Beaconsfield enjoyed more than his share of both. He wrote, ''Youth is a mistake, manhood a struggle, and old age a regret.''
Happiness is not found in power. Alexander the Great conquered the known world in his day. Having done so, he wept in his tent because, he said, ''There are no more worlds to conquer.''
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Solomon had taken his own quest for happiness. He had more wealth/wisdom than any man. He had filled upon on labor, laughter, loot, luxury, and lust only to return empty concluding that it's all ''vanity of vanities.''
''under the sun'' - 27 times in Ecclesiastes
True happiness CANNOT be found ''under the sun'' in this life, but only ''OVER the sun'' as we live our lives for the glory of God, in preparation for the world to come.
1) Be SERIOUS about Your WORSHIP!
Eccl. 4 - Courtroom - Boardroom - Locker Room
Eccl. 5 - Worship Room
Solomon walks into the very building whose construction he ...
Steve Wagers
Ecclesiastes 5:1-20
According to a recent Gallup poll:
55% of Americans said they're ''very happy,''
40% of Americans said they're at least ''fairly happy.''
4% said that they're not ''too happy.''
One husband remarked, ''People ask us the secret of our long, and happy marriage. It's really quite simple. Two evenings a week we take time to go out to a restaurant and have a quiet dinner, soft music, some candlelight, and a slow walk home.'' He took a long pause and said, ''She goes on Tuesdays; I go Fridays.''
People are looking and longing to be happy. History shows the quest of those searching for happiness.
Happiness is not found in pleasure. Lord Byron lived such a life of pleasure if anyone did; yet, he wrote, ''The worm, the canker, and the grief are mine alone.''
Happiness is not found in possessions. Jay Gould, the American millionaire, had plenty of that. When dying, he said, ''I suppose I am the most miserable man on earth.''
Happiness is not found in position. Lord Beaconsfield enjoyed more than his share of both. He wrote, ''Youth is a mistake, manhood a struggle, and old age a regret.''
Happiness is not found in power. Alexander the Great conquered the known world in his day. Having done so, he wept in his tent because, he said, ''There are no more worlds to conquer.''
.
Solomon had taken his own quest for happiness. He had more wealth/wisdom than any man. He had filled upon on labor, laughter, loot, luxury, and lust only to return empty concluding that it's all ''vanity of vanities.''
''under the sun'' - 27 times in Ecclesiastes
True happiness CANNOT be found ''under the sun'' in this life, but only ''OVER the sun'' as we live our lives for the glory of God, in preparation for the world to come.
1) Be SERIOUS about Your WORSHIP!
Eccl. 4 - Courtroom - Boardroom - Locker Room
Eccl. 5 - Worship Room
Solomon walks into the very building whose construction he ...
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