Weekend Review 09.04.11






















Songs:
You Are Good (Brian Johnson) (@BrianJohnsonM)
He Is Faithful (Bryan & Katie Torwalt) (@BryanTorwalt) (@KatieTorwalt)
How He Loves (John Mark McMillan) (@JohnMarkMc)

Band:
Drums: Mark Monteiro
Bass: Gerald Lay
Electric Guitar: Corey Wilkins
BGV: Mary Beth Holmes
Acoustic & Lead Vocals: (Me), Jason Eaton (@JasonEatonMusic)






















So as we finish up the RETRO series we were excited to end with Solomon. Solomon's life is the perfect life to end with and see that our past doesn't disqualify our future, nor does it define who we are. We looked deep into the book of Ecclesiastes that was written by Solomon. Ecclesiastes is kind of like the memoirs of Solomon. Solomon had the riches of Bill Gates, the sex drive of Hugh Hefner, the intelligence of Albert Einstein, the success of Warren Buffet and the drive and success of Donald Trump. He had 700 wives and 300 hooker girlfriends. Solomon answers the million dollar question we all want to know... Why are we here? Solomon pursued everything under the sun... which means everything outside of a life with God. He tried it all and tells us over and over that it is all meaningless. He pursued knowledge and worldly wisdom (1:16-18), pleasure, entertainment and alcohol (2:1-3), wealth and accomplishments (2:4-9), every man's desires (2:10-11), inequity of life (2:12-17), and labor and toil (2:18-23). After pursuing all of that at the end of his life he comes to find that the whole point and satisfaction of life is behind worshipping God and trusting and living by His word.

So what does this look like in your life?

Are you living your life in a way that accomplishes God's purpose for your life?

Are you simply living day to day hanging on, not sure of where you're headed?

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