In many of Paul's letters, he writes to the church to correct them and warn them about bad behavior or teaching. But in his letter to the Philippians, he is not addressing any specific thing. This is a letter of encouragement and gratitude.

In this final chapter, this morning the preacher will once again pronounce life as “hebel.” But in the midst of the confusion, he will give us a warning: Don’t waste your life.

Mike Rima shares the mission of Convoy of Hope and how God desires to use us to meet the needs of our community.

We learn, grow, study, and prepare - still, we cannot control the circumstances of life. The Preacher helps us reflect on this in chapter 9.

In chapter 8 the preacher wants us to think about how to interact with leaders and the cost of bad leadership. How do we respond to bad leadership, what are its consequences, and how do we have hope under bad leadership?

The preacher tells us two ways pride manifests in our lives: We are people with too little self-awareness and too much self-sufficiency.

Chapter 7 begins with the preacher advising us to be sober, present, and wise. We must remind ourselves the reality of the world is that God is sovereign, we are not.

One of our values is "we are becoming people who walk in honesty and authenticity.” Three members of our church body share how God has worked in their lives in this area.

The preacher brings up ideas surrounding greed and reminds us that it is a wicked thing. Greed harms the poor and the greedy. How can we protect against it?

Chapter 5 begins with the preacher focusing on the practice of sacrifice and warns that obedience is better than sacrifice. Similarly, our outward practices of worship can easily be done with other motives, we need to check our hearts as well as our priorities.