Ecclesiastes 7

1. Involves Choices (1-14)

a. Choose to Live in Fact not Fiction (1-6)

b. Choose to Live in Righteousness not Rashness (7-12)

c. Choose to Live in Concession not Complaint (13,14)

2. Involves Accuracy (15-22)

a. An Accurate View of Righteousness and Wickedness (15-18)

b. An Accurate View of Blessed and Broken (19,20)

c. An Accurate View of Others and Self (21,22)

3. Involves Struggle (23-29)

a. Struggle for Wisdom (23,24)

b. Struggle through Foolishness (25-28)

c. Struggle with Sin (29)

Ecclesiastes 5:8 – 6:12

1. My Heart Affections Must be Regularly Addressed (5:8-17)

a. Self- Serving? (8,9)

b. Self-content? (10)

c. Self-focused? (11,12)

d. Self-sufficient? (13-17)

2. My Heart Affections Must Be Constantly Adjusted (5:18-20)

a. Money Can be Enjoyed, but not Worshipped (18)

b. Money is a Gift, Not a Right (19)

c. Money is Temporal, not Eternal (20)

3. My Heart Affections Must Be Consistently Aligned (6:1-12)

a. Christ Sufficient (1,2)

b. Christ Focused (3-6)

c. Christ Content (7-9)

d. Christ Serving (10-12)