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SERIES: |
21 Ecclesiastes - What's the Point? - 2000 |
MESSAGE: |
What Are You Doing With Yourself? |
SPEAKER: |
Skip Heitzig |
SCRIPTURE: |
Ecclesiastes 11:1-6 |
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MESSAGE SUMMARY
When Dr. Karl Menninger was asked, "What advice do you have for someone feeling a nervous breakdown coming on?" Astonishingly he replied, "Lock up your house, go across the railway tracks, find someone in need, and do something to help that person." I think Solomon would agree. In this section he is winding down his journal with this advice: Give yourself away!
OUTLINE
- Invest Yourself (vv. 1-2)
- Be Generous
- Be Wise
- Commit Yourself (vv. 3-6)
- Be Diligent
- Be Adventurous
- Be Dependent
Pondering the Principles:
- Are you a tightfisted person? Does generosity mark you? In what ways does this tendency manifest itself in your closest relationships?
- Does the uncertainty of the future paralyze you or motivate you? How does your faith in God reveal itself in such situations?