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[Living Life] 12.09 Searching for Meaning (Ecclesiastes 1:1-11) - Daily Devotional Bible Study

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We live most of our lives thinking satisfaction is at the top of the next hill. But the people who have gone before us don’t seem to be experiencing it. This message looks at the causes of our dissatisfaction and where true satisfaction lies. 
 
 
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-------------------------------Chapters------------------------------- 
0:00 Introduction 
4:32 You never arrive 
10:17 It’s never enough 
13:20 There’s nothing new 
21:07 Closing Prayer 
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Why You're Not Satisfied | Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

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In this sermon, Pastor Dave Capoccia examines Solomon's first section of teaching in Ecclesiastes (1:3-11). Solomon provides four startling observations on the vapor-like nature of life so that you will not be deceived into living for this world. 
 
1. The earth toils in an unsatisfying circle 
2. Man toils in an unsatisfying circle 
3. Man does not experience anything truly new 
4. Man does not remember the past

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In this sermon, Pastor Dave Capoccia examines Solomon's first section of teaching in Ecclesiastes (1:3-11). Solomon provides four startling observations on the vapor-like nature of life so that you will not be deceived into living for this world.

1. The earth toils in an unsatisfying circle
2. Man toils in an unsatisfying circle
3. Man does not experience anything truly new
4. Man does not remember the past

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Big Idea: The end-of-life must reorder the manner in which you live your life. 
 
1. If all of life is a breath, what is the point? (1:1-3) 
2. Lessons from creation. (4-11)

Big Idea: The end-of-life must reorder the manner in which you live your life. 

1. If all of life is a breath, what is the point? (1:1-3)
2. Lessons from creation. (4-11)

Let's Get Honest Pt. 1 | Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 | Pastor Sam Choi

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No generation has felt emptier than this generation. In fact, this generation is set up for failure - a failure to find meaning in life. Why is that the case? And how can we find a real meaning that deeply satisfies? 
 
A Real Purpose 
Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 
Series: In Search of Meaning (Part 1) 
 
April 14, 2019 
 
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No generation has felt emptier than this generation. In fact, this generation is set up for failure - a failure to find meaning in life. Why is that the case? And how can we find a real meaning that deeply satisfies? 

A Real Purpose
Ecclesiastes 1:1-11
Series: In Search of Meaning (Part 1)

April 14, 2019

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Joel Yoon
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A Real Purpose | Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 | In Search of Meaning (Part 1)

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Ecclesiastes 1:3-11 (ESV) 
3 What does man gain by all the toil 
 at which he toils under the sun? 
4 A generation goes, and a generation comes, 
 but the earth remains forever. 
5 The sun rises, and the sun goes down, 
 and hastens to the place where it rises. 
6 The wind blows to the south 
 and goes around to the north; 
around and around goes the wind, 
 and on its circuits the wind returns. 
7 All streams run to the sea, 
 but the sea is not full; 
to the place where the streams flow, 
 there they flow again. 
8 All things are full of weariness; 
 a man cannot utter it; 
the eye is not satisfied with seeing, 
 nor the ear filled with hearing. 
9 What has been is what will be, 
 and what has been done is what will be done, 
 and there is nothing new under the sun. 
10 Is there a thing of which it is said, 
 “See, this is new”? 
It has been already 
 in the ages before us. 
11 There is no remembrance of former things, 
 nor will there be any remembrance 
of later things yet to be 
 among those who come after.

Ecclesiastes 1:3-11 (ESV)
3 What does man gain by all the toil
    at which he toils under the sun?
4 A generation goes, and a generation comes,
    but the earth remains forever.
5 The sun rises, and the sun goes down,
    and hastens to the place where it rises.
6 The wind blows to the south
    and goes around to the north;
around and around goes the wind,
    and on its circuits the wind returns.
7 All streams run to the sea,
    but the sea is not full;
to the place where the streams flow,
    there they flow again.
8 All things are full of weariness;
    a man cannot utter it;
the eye is not satisfied with seeing,
    nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 What has been is what will be,
    and what has been done is what will be done,
    and there is nothing new under the sun.
10 Is there a thing of which it is said,
    “See, this is new”?
It has been already
    in the ages before us.
11 There is no remembrance of former things,
    nor will there be any remembrance
of later thing

Wisdom Wednesday: Ecclesiastes 1:3-11

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This week, in a continuing effort to disillusion us from that thought that we might find anything in this life, apart from God, that may satisfy us and give us meaning, Solomon introduces his own personal investigations. Solomon describes his deep and thorough investigation of life and what it has to offer, and then will walk us through seven “dead-end streets” over the course of the next few weeks. 
Preached: 10/6/2019 
 
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This week, in a continuing effort to disillusion us from that thought that we might find anything in this life, apart from God, that may satisfy us and give us meaning, Solomon introduces his own personal investigations. Solomon describes his deep and thorough investigation of life and what it has to offer, and then will walk us through seven “dead-end streets” over the course of the next few weeks.
Preached: 10/6/2019

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Dead-End Pursuits Introduction | Ecclesiastes 1:8-13 | Week 3

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Cyclical view of life as nothing changes (1:4-7) and nothing’s new (1:8-11). 
 
Like Henry David Thoreau or John Muir, the Preacher of Ecclesiastes learns from nature and witnesses divine truth in the creation. The cyclical nature of life is like what is found in nature and the seasons as in “earth” (4), “sun” (5), “wind” (6), “circular courses” (6), and “rivers” and “seas” (7). God, through his creation, reveals a natural rhythm – cyclical flow – which provides comfort like a mother rocking her toddler. And yet, this natural rhythm also leaves us weary and exhausted. 
 
People are complicated. Our psyche is multifaceted and often in conflict with itself. We are conflicted because we desire change while wanting consistency and we desire stability while fearing stagnation. We want something new; it is an innate desire of our psyche (8) but the world provides nothing new (9-10). And yet, we think things are new because our self-deception and poor memories (11). 
 
What are we to take away from this paragraph about life’s monotony? “All things are wearisome,” says verse 8 (NASB). Just as the sun, winds, streams, and all natural objects of God’s creation are weary with their ceaseless round of activities, so our existence of ceaseless rounds nothing but wearisome. Weary (yaga’) is used two other times in the Old Testament (Deuteronomy 25:18 linked with being faint and Second Samuel 17:2 linked with being exhausted). No activity, whether routine and common or new and inventive, can provide true and meaningful purpose, joy, and fulfillment. All activity becomes wearisome grinding us down rather than polishing our shine. Busyness is not fulfillment but wearisome linked with fainting and being exhausted. Think of Psalm 46:10, “Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” 
 
Search For Significance: Examination of Ecclesiastes 
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Cyclical view of life as nothing changes (1:4-7) and nothing’s new (1:8-11).  

Like Henry David Thoreau or John Muir, the Preacher of Ecclesiastes learns from nature and witnesses divine truth in the creation. The cyclical nature of life is like what is found in nature and the seasons as in “earth” (4), “sun” (5), “wind” (6), “circular courses” (6), and “rivers” and “seas” (7). God, through his creation, reveals a natural rhythm – cyclical flow – which provides comfort like a mother rocking her toddler. And yet, this natural rhythm also leaves us weary and exhausted. 

People are complicated. Our psyche is multifaceted and often in conflict with itself.  We are conflicted because we desire change while wanting consistency and we desire stability while fearing stagnation. We want something new; it is an innate desire of our psyche (8) but the world provides nothing new (9-10).  And yet, we think things are new because our self-deception and poor memories (11).

What are we to take away

Ecclesiastes Bible Study EP003 (Eccl 1:4-11) life's monotony

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Nothing New 
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Nothing New
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Sunday Service - July 17, 2022 - Russ Miller - Ecclesiastes (Week 1) : Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

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First week of our series on the book of Ecclesiastes. How to find meaning in life.

Life Under the Sun - week 1 - (Ecclesiastes 1:1-18)

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Orienting yourself to the book of Ecclesiastes. Why study it? Who is Qohelet? Where is Jesus in this book? Is life really meaningless? 
 
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What do you gain from all your toil? Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

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Christian Guidance 
 
In 1 Samuel 23 King Saul finds out that David is staying at a town called Keilah. In his 
jealous hatred for David, Saul takes his army to Keilah in order to kill him. When David 
finds out about this he inquires of the Lord using the Urim and Thummim, stored in the 
High Priest’s Ephod (v. 6). We believe the Urim and Thummim were a pair of dice 
through which the High Priest could determine God’s will. Through the Urim and 
Thummim, David is told to flee Keilah, for the inhabitants of that town will surely hand 
him over to Saul (v. 12). 
 
Do we sometimes wish we had a divine set of dice through which we could determine 
God’s will? Sadly for Christians the practice of casting lots ends with the birth of the 
church. It is never mentioned again following the disciples casting lots in Acts 1 for a 
replacement for Judas. Instead of simply telling us what to do, God wants Christians to 
make decisions for themselves, like grownups. Yet how does a Christian make decisions 
in a godly way? Proverbs 16:3 holds the key: 
 "Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed" 
 
This verse does not mean that if we place our plans in God’s hands through prayer he 
will automatically bring success. It means that if we have already committed everything 
we do in life to God’s ways, we will become the kind of people who make wise, and 
therefore successful decisions. Christian guidance is not being told what to do directly, 
it is growing in godliness to become wise in our decision making. 
If there are areas of our lives we are not fully committed to following God ways in, then 
we are on the path of foolishness. Let us instead commit ALL our ways to the Lord, and 
become the kind of Christians who make wise decisions. ‘Commit to the LORD whatever 
you do!' 
 
 
Timestamps: 
00:00 - Intro - Edge of tomorrow 
04:31 - 3 Points 
05:27 - The Teacher's Purpose 
12:18 - The Teacher's Lesson 
18:49 - Jesus' Purpose and Lesson 
 
 
Bible Passage: 
Ecclesiastes 1: 1-11 
 
Preacher: Brendan McLaughlin 
 
Reflection Questions: 
- How often do you stop and ask the ‘why’ of your whole life? 
- Have you been deceived into pursuing meaning in worldly ends? 
- How can being aligned with Jesus give our life real meaning?

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In 1 Samuel 23 King Saul finds out that David is staying at a town called Keilah. In his
jealous hatred for David, Saul takes his army to Keilah in order to kill him. When David
finds out about this he inquires of the Lord using the Urim and Thummim, stored in the
High Priest’s Ephod (v. 6). We believe the Urim and Thummim were a pair of dice
through which the High Priest could determine God’s will. Through the Urim and
Thummim, David is told to flee Keilah, for the inhabitants of that town will surely hand
him over to Saul (v. 12).

Do we sometimes wish we had a divine set of dice through which we could determine
God’s will? Sadly for Christians the practice of casting lots ends with the birth of the
church. It is never mentioned again following the disciples casting lots in Acts 1 for a
replacement for Judas. Instead of simply telling us what to do, God wants Christians to
make decisions for themselves, like gro

Meaningless! Meaningless! - Ecclesiastes  1: 1-11 [sermon]

Scripture Verse By Verse (4) Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 
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Scripture Verse By Verse (4) Ecclesiastes 1:1-18
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Scripture Verse By Verse (4) Ecclesiastes 1:1-18

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Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 (ESV) 
The words of the Preacher,[a] the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 
2 Vanity[b] of vanities, says the Preacher, 
 vanity of vanities! All is vanity. 
3 What does man gain by all the toil 
 at which he toils under the sun? 
4 A generation goes, and a generation comes, 
 but the earth remains forever. 
5 The sun rises, and the sun goes down, 
 and hastens[c] to the place where it rises. 
6 The wind blows to the south 
 and goes around to the north; 
around and around goes the wind, 
 and on its circuits the wind returns. 
7 All streams run to the sea, 
 but the sea is not full; 
to the place where the streams flow, 
 there they flow again. 
8 All things are full of weariness; 
 a man cannot utter it; 
the eye is not satisfied with seeing, 
 nor the ear filled with hearing. 
9 What has been is what will be, 
 and what has been done is what will be done, 
 and there is nothing new under the sun. 
10 Is there a thing of which it is said, 
 “See, this is new”? 
It has been already 
 in the ages before us. 
11 There is no remembrance of former things,[d] 
 nor will there be any remembrance 
of later things[e] yet to be 
 among those who come after. 
 
12 I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 And I applied my heart[f] to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. 14 I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity[g] and a striving after wind.[h] 15 What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is lacking cannot be counted. 
16 I said in my heart, “I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.” 17 And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind. 18 For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 (ESV) 
The words of the Preacher,[a] the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 Vanity[b] of vanities, says the Preacher,
    vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
3 What does man gain by all the toil
    at which he toils under the sun?
4 A generation goes, and a generation comes,
    but the earth remains forever.
5 The sun rises, and the sun goes down,
    and hastens[c] to the place where it rises.
6 The wind blows to the south
    and goes around to the north;
around and around goes the wind,
    and on its circuits the wind returns.
7 All streams run to the sea,
    but the sea is not full;
to the place where the streams flow,
    there they flow again.
8 All things are full of weariness;
    a man cannot utter it;
the eye is not satisfied with seeing,
    nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 What has been is what will be,
    and what has been done is what will be done,
    and there is nothing new under the sun.
10 Is there a thing of which it is said,
    “See, this

Ecclesiastes 1:1-18...Same Old, Same Old

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Ecclesiastes 1: 9 says The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. 
 
And, 1Peter 4: 12 says Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 
 
God speaking to Joshua in Joshua 1: 5-6 said, …… Be strong and of a good courage …… 
 
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Ecclesiastes 1: 9 says The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

And, 1Peter 4: 12 says Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

God speaking to Joshua in Joshua 1: 5-6 said, …… Be strong and of a good courage …… 

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Ecclesiastes 1:8-11