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What makes a happy life? What brings true happiness, meaning and fulfillment? A 75 year Harvard study has been trying to find the answer. We know one thing they’ve discovered – happiness is not found by accident by winning the lottery of life. Solomon was searching for the answer to this question as well, and
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Obstacles we Encounter in Our Search for True Meaning, Fulfillment, Happiness “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” (Viktor Frankl) Solomon describes some of the obstacles under the sun that we encounter in our search for true meaning, fulfillment and happiness. As we recognize these obstacles
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It is not happy people who are thankful–it is thankful people who are happy “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1 Thessalonians 5:16–18 ESV). What a difference one word makes. We are commanded to be thankful IN all circumstances,
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“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
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“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
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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
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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
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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
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“A gulf has opened up in our culture between the visibility of evil and the intellectual resources available for coping with it” –Andrew Deblanco, Columbia University. Since secular society rejects the notion of Good or Evil–everything has to be explained in terms of social or psychological forces. However, “As the twentieth century has gone on,
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Be Strong in the Lord and in the Power of His Might Think about some of the great men of faith. Solomon was the wisest of all men, he had great wealth and great power. Samson was the strongest of all men, able to kill 1,000 men with a jawbone. David was the most devoted,
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