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  • The Mystery Of The Uncertainties Of Life Series

    Contributed by Chadrick Forrester on Feb 18, 2007
    based on 13 ratings
     | 16,072 views

    This sermon deals with the problem of suffering and pain.

    The book of Ecclesiastes deals with the toughest questions in life including the problems associated with suffering and evil. Chapter 8:14 says "Here’s something that happens all the time and makes no sense at all: Good people get what’s coming to the wicked, and bad people get what’s coming to ...read more

  • Ordering Your Priorities For Max Fulfillment Series

    Contributed by Darrell Stetler Ii on May 16, 2004
    based on 64 ratings
     | 8,616 views

    There are so many things to do. . . it seems like our lives get busier every year! How do you cut through the clutter and decide what you should put first? Eccelsiastes gives us some answers. *HANDOUT INCLUDED*

    Today, I’m preaching to you about priorities. Here’s a guy who’s got his priorties mixed up: <ILLUS> Fans of the American Wild West will find in a Deadwood, South Dakota museum this inscription left by a beleaguered prospector: "I lost my gun. I lost my horse. I am out of food. The Indians are ...read more

  • It's Too Late To Give Up

    Contributed by Cathy Mangum on Jul 24, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 19,298 views

    This sermon encourages the Christian to hold on and stand firm in the race.

    It’s too Late to Give Up Ecclesiastes 9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. Thorns in ...read more

  • Enthusiastic Living Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 29, 2003
    based on 96 ratings
     | 23,405 views

    The difference between living and existing can often be traced to one’s philosophy of life. The God-given philosophy of life involves many aspects, but today I’d like to summarize part of that philosphy through three "Remember" statements.

    Enthusiastic Living (Ecclesiastes 9:7-18) Intro 1. Kids pretend things to take away boredom….. (1) We’d walk to the store pretending we are trying to lose Martians who were following us (2) Kids who need medical treatments often try to make games of things… 2. As we age, we tend to lose ...read more

  • A Fly In The Ointment (Life/Social Skills, Part One) Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 5, 2004
    based on 31 ratings
     | 10,180 views

    Developing the right life skills and social skills can make our lives so much richer, our friendships deeper, and our level of happiness higher.

    A Fly in the Ointment (Ecclesiastes 10:1-10) 1. And sometimes problems occur at just the right time: (1) the pain bothers you or the fever spikes right when you are seeing the doctor (2) or take this news story: "A flight in the United States proved lucky for a British woman who suffered a ...read more

  • Two Flies In The Ointment Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 13, 2004
    based on 21 ratings
     | 6,630 views

    Developing the right life skills and social skills can make our lives so much richer, our friendships deeper, and our level of happiness higher.

    Two Flies in the Ointment (Ecclesiastes 10:10-15) Note: This is the second part of my sermon titled, "A Fly in the Ointment" also posted on Sermon Central. INTRO 1. Talk about a rude awakening. The Reuters news service told a story about a man in January of 2004 who "woke with a jolt in the ...read more

  • Wisdom Vs Strength

    Contributed by Gregory Baskin on Sep 12, 2001
    based on 39 ratings
     | 10,055 views

    Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength. Eccl 9:16a

    WISDOM VS STRENGTH ECCLESIASTES 9:13-18 INTRO: HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU THINK WISDOM IS IN EVERYDAY CHRISTIAN LIFE? I AM SURE MOST OF US HERE WOULD SAY VERY IMPORTANT. THEN LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION. HOW MANY OF YOU PRACTICE WISDOM EVERYDAY IN YOUR LIFE? IN THE EVERYDAY COMMON STRUGGLES WE ALL GO ...read more

  • Short Of Breath

    Contributed by Brad Froese on Oct 6, 2004
    based on 16 ratings
     | 8,440 views

    Every one of us has an appointment with God in which He will assess the passion of your life based on everything we’ve done. For some, that day is remarkably near. And since none of us here knows that day of crisis, all of us should be living as though t

    I can remember two separate mornings in my life, when I woke up early because I couldn’t breathe. When I woke, my lungs had stopped breathing and I realized they weren’t taking commands from my brain. So I darted out of bed, standing in the middle of the room with my mouth wide open, prompting my ...read more

  • Hedges Around Hell

    Contributed by David Seeley on Nov 30, 2004
    based on 25 ratings
     | 3,808 views

    God has placed many roadblocks and warning signs on the road toward Hell. Those that miss Heaven will not do so without passing by and ignoring all the warnings the God has placed before them.

    Ecclesiastes 10:8 “He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him” Hedges around Hell God has placed many hedges around Hell to keep each and every one of us from going there. Some of them are 1. The Bible The Bible contains warnings of danger ...read more

  • Comes A Time

    Contributed by Camillus De Almeida on Dec 12, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,406 views

    Life is time, time is life...

    COMES A TIME “The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favour to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.” Eccl 9:11 Time is Life and Life is Time “The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and ...read more

  • Fool Proof

    Contributed by Samson Musyoki on Sep 25, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,530 views

    SUPPOSE YOU WERE ENJOYING SOME SOUP AND THEN YOU FIND A ROACH IN IT, HOW WOULD YOU REACT? HOW DOES GOD REACT TO YOUR CHARACTER?

    FOOL PROOF ECCLESIASTES 10:1 As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. Imagine yourself enjoying some delicious meal in a café or at a friend’s dinner and then as you enjoy the soup, suddenly you see a dead lizard within the gravy, or a cockroach with ...read more

  • Flies In The Ointment

    Contributed by Terry Hagedorn on Oct 6, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 19,344 views

    How to make your testimony stink.

    FLIES IN THE OINTMENT "Dead flies make the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour." Ecclessiates 10:1 Ointment was a necessary luxury in Bible times. The anointing of the hair, face, and exposed skin was an important act of hygiene and grooming in the arid regions of the Holy ...read more

  • "Living Dogs And Dead Lions"

    Contributed by Jerry Depoy on Apr 7, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 10,651 views

    There are five men in this text that I do not want to be: The Sensuous Man, The Survivor Man, The Society Man, The Social Man, and the Status Man! I want to be the Spiritual Man!

    Title: “Living Dogs and Dead Lions” Introduction: Did you take the time to read the text? If so, pretty depressing, right? You have to keep in mind that Solomon is writing this text from the view point of the natural man “under the sun.” Reread verse three. If you take God, Heaven, and ...read more

  • Live Like You Were Dying Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on May 11, 2009
    based on 12 ratings
     | 10,516 views

    16th in a series from Ecclesiastes. The fact that we are going to die ought ot impact the way that we live.

    Last Saturday, a 50-1 long shot named Mine That Bird won the 135th Kentucky Derby, surging all the way from last place to first on the final turn and the home stretch. This was an improbable victory for a horse that was purchased last year for only $9,500, a real bargain compared to the millions ...read more

  • The Power Of One Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on May 21, 2009
    based on 14 ratings
     | 11,831 views

    17th in a series from Ecclesiastes. One person can make a difference - either positive or negative - depending on what they do with the wisdom of God.

    [“Power of One” video] That video illustrates very well the overall theme of the passage that we’re going to look at this morning. Since we’re only covering six verses this morning, let’s go ahead and read this passage out loud together: 13 This wisdom I have also seen under the sun, and it ...read more