¹ The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem: ² “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” ³ What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun? ⁴ Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. ⁵ The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. ⁶ The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course. ⁷ All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again. ⁸ All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing. ⁹ What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. ¹⁰ Is there anything of which one can say, “Look! This is something new”? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time. ¹¹ No one remembers the former generations, and even those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow them… ¹⁴ I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 1:1-11,14

Solomon’s Observations

Life is a

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Life is

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Life is

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Life is

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Life is

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Life is

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• The best life without God in the center is a

and

Reveal Answer

life.

“Thou hast made us for Thyself and our heart is restless till it rests in Thee.” —St. Augustine (Theologian and Philosopher)

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them.”
Ecclesiastes 12:1

• An ordinary life with God in the center is a

and

Reveal Answer

life.

Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God…
Ecclesiastes 12:13a

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Jesus and make Him known.

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
I Corinthians 10:31

The continual lure of something better tomorrow robs us of the joy offered today.

..and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.
Ecclesiastes 12:13b

• Stay

the lines.

“Set up road signs; put up guideposts. Take note of the highway, the road that you take.”
Jeremiah 31:21

• We are

for the life we live.

For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.
Ecclesiastes 12:14

What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?
Mark 8:36

“The final destination, if God is absent from the scene, will not satisfy.” —Charles Swindoll, Living on The Ragged Edge