Category Archives: relationship with God

acceptance and joy

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

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 →

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accountable

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

LIFE MATTERS Ecclesiastes 3:12-15 12 I figured out that there is nothing better for them than to be joyous and to do good as long as they live; 13 also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in … Continue reading →

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all the pleasures

Posted on December 26, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

ARE YOU UNIQUE? Ecclesiastes 2:4-9 4 I increased projects. I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself. 5 I made myself gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees. 6 I made myself pools … Continue reading →

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heart test on a holiday

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

ENJOY, BUT REMEMBER … Ecclesiastes 2:1-3 1 I said in my heart, “Walk on now, I will evaluate you with pleasure; enjoy yourself.” But watch, this also was impermanent. 2 I said of laughter, “It is insane,” and of pleasure, … Continue reading →

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science is hard work

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

A WORD OF APPRECIATION FOR ALL SCIENTISTS Ecclesiastes 1:12-15 12 I the Collector, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 And I gave my heart to seek and to search out in wisdom all that is done under the … Continue reading →

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happened already

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

WHAT IS REALLY WORTH STRIVING FOR? Ecclesiastes 1:9-11 9 Whatever has happened is what will happen, and whatever has been done is what will be done, and there is not anything new under the sun. 10 Is there a thing … Continue reading →

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absolutely impermanent

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

WHAT DRIVES YOU? Ecclesiastes 1:1-4 1 Words from a collector, a son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 “Absolutely impermanent,” the collector says, “absolutely impermanent, everything is impermanent.” 3 What does a man get for doing all his hard work … Continue reading →

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don’t shoot the messenger

Posted on November 7, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

DO YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO SAY WHO IS REALLY BOSS? Mark 12:1-5 1 Then he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a wall around it, dug a pit for the wine press, … Continue reading →

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worship and theology disconnect

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

Mark 7:6-13 6 He said to them, “Isaiah rightly prophesied about you hypocrites, when he wrote, ‘This people honours me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; 7 in vain do they worship me, while teaching human … Continue reading →

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revival is not enough

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

Isaiah 66:1-4 1 Thus says Yahveh: The sky is my throne and the land is my footstool; where is this house that you would build for me, and where is this — my resting place? 2 All these things my … Continue reading →

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