Ecclesiastes: SatisfiedBetter TogetherMay 12, 2013Please turn in you Bibles to Ecclesiastes 4:7-16:I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. John 17:20-23“What is impossible with men is possible with God.” Luke 18:27App: Pray for God to make us one.Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind. Ecclesiastes 4:6Why We’re Better Together (vs. 9-12)1.We get a better return for our work (vs. 9)App: “One is too small a number for greatness.” Together we can do more.2. We will enjoy the walk (vs. 10)App: Thank God for your encouragers. 3.We will stay warmer (vs. 11)4.We will be better prepared to withstand threats (vs. 12)App: Identify the enemy and fight together.I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name—the name you gave me—so that they may be one as we are one. John 17:11 App: For God’s desire for oneness to become ours.One: a Lonely Number (vs. 13-16)Plans fail for lack of counsel,but with many advisers they succeed. Proverbs 15:22What is God’s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?