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Author Archives: Jefferson Vann
acceptance and joy
KEY TO HAPPINESS Ecclesiastes 5:18-20 18 Take note of this! I have discovered that the proper and appropriate way to live is to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all your work under the sun. A person only has … Continue reading
Posted in blessings, contentment, employment, joy, relationship with God, Solomon
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bad break
THOSE WHO HAVE LOST ALL HOPE Ecclesiastes 5:13-17 13 I have noticed such a terribly wrong thing under the sun: treasures were being hoarded by their owner — even though it hurt him to do so, 14 then those treasures … Continue reading
money misery
LOVE IT, AND WATCH IT GO AWAY Ecclesiastes 5:10-12 10 Someone who loves money will never be satisfied with the money he has, nor someone who loves wealth with his current income. This fact testifies to the impermanence of money. … Continue reading
supervision
SOMEONE IS WATCHING Ecclesiastes 5:8-9 8 If you are overseeing a province and you catch someone oppressing its poor people, and doing unjust and unrighteous things, do not be surprised that it happened. Because the overseer is being watched by … Continue reading
not number one
WHOSE REPUTATION MATTERS MOST? Ecclesiastes 5:4-7 4 If you actually promise something to God, do not wait to make good your promise, because he is not pleased by such foolishness. Pay what you promise. 5 In fact, it would be … Continue reading
Posted in commitment, discernment, humility, presence of God, worship
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showing off in church
WHOSE GLORY ARE YOU SEEKING? Ecclesiastes 5:1-3 1 Watch how you walk when you go to the house of God. Drawing near for the purpose of listening is better than merely offer gifts like fools, because they do not even … Continue reading
Posted in ambition, church, giving, glory, listening, Solomon, worship
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losing touch as a leader
LONELY AT THE TOP Ecclesiastes 4:13-16 13 It was better to be a poor and wise young man than an old and foolish king who did not know how to follow good counsel. 14 Because he had gone from prison … Continue reading
partnership
ALONE DOES NOT WORK WELL Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 9 Two are better than one, since they each have someone else to benefit from their work. 10 Because even if they both fall, one of them will help his partner recover. But … Continue reading
retirement as a fix
WHAT ARE YOU REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO? Ecclesiastes 4:7-8 7 Once again I concluded that impermanence is under the sun: 8 one man can have no other dependent, neither a son nor a brother, but still work without ever resting, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecclesiastes 4
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competition
LIVE LIKE AN ARTIST Ecclesiastes 4:4-6 4 I also noticed that every project worked on, and every expertise gained by working comes from a man’s envy of his neighbour. Even this also is transient and a striving after wind. 5 … Continue reading
