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The Search for Meaning, Fulfillment, Happiness

“There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.” – Blaise Pascal

Solomon spent years searching for meaning, fulfillment and happiness in all the wrong ways and all the wrong places. Instead of finding what he was looking for, his search ended in frustration and despair. What he finally realized was that true meaning, fulfillment and happiness cannot be found apart from God – it can only be found in God. | AUDIO | TEXT PDF

“Power, popularity, prestige, pleasure–nothing can fill the God–shaped void in man’s life but God Himself! But seen from God’s perspective, life takes on meaning and purpose, causing Solomon to exclaim, “Rejoice…do good…live joyfully…fear God…keep His commandments!” Skepticism and despair melt away when life is viewed as a daily gift from God.” (NKJ Introduction to Ecclesiastes)

Wisdom for the Storms of Life 3

The Wisdom of Solomon

“I went in through the treasury of wisdom, and drew for myself the waters of understanding.” –Queen of Sheba, 10th century inscription

Solomon’s wisdom was so great that even rulers and royalty were eager to cross deserts to hear his wisdom. This wisdom was given to Solomon by God, and now given to you through God’s word the Bible. You don’t have to cross a desert to gain this wisdom, except the desert wasteland of worldly wisdom and false ideologies. Let’s learn about the wisdom, the failures, and the realizations of Solomon. This is wisdom from above for the storms of life. AUDIO | TEXT PDF

Wisdom for the Storms of Life

7 Reasons Why We Should Study Ecclesiastes

Life is difficult, and sometimes very difficult. We’ve all experienced the storms of life, and it seems that we’re either just coming out of a storm, or in the middle of a storm, or about to enter another one! God has provided wisdom for the storms of life in the Bible. But the wisdom from above is not just for the storms of life, it is also for a life well lived. God Gives Us Real Wisdom, for Real Life, for a Life Well Lived. | TEXT PDF | AUDIO

“God cannot give us happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.”
C. S. Lewis

7 Reasons Why We Should Study Ecclesiastes

The Christian’s Armor – part 3

Put on the whole armor of God to stand against the schemes of the devil

When fighting a war, it helps to know who the actual enemy is. Asymmetrical warfare is designed to confuse a nation’s defenses so they don’t know who the enemy is until it’s too late. False-Flag operations, like a computer virus that disables a weapons system–but leaves the digital fingerprints of a different Nation-State; Or terrorist attacks or assassinations that leave no obvious trace to the true attackers.
Our Enemy uses any tactic to deceive: Lies, False-Flags, False-Fronts, False-Teachers, False-Doctrines, Propaganda, Deception, Transference, Blame, Control. But God has equipped us with Spiritual Armor because our Battle is a Spiritual Battle. AUDIO | TEXT PDF

Armor of God part 3

The Christian’s Armor – part 2

We are constantly bombarded with lies in this world. There are a Billion Lies – but Only One Truth. A Billion Forms of Self-Righteousness–but Only One Righteousness of God. A Billion different man-made gospels–but Only One Gospel with the Power to Save. Thankfully God has equipped the Christian with the spiritual armor of Truth, Righteousness and Gospel Peace. | AUDIO | TEXT PDF

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. (Ephesians 6:11-13)

The Christian’s Armor part 2