Is your anger right?
Misguided anger makes us miss the mercy of God
Our anger gets misguided
God’s anger is perfect
Our mercy runs out
God’s mercy overflows
What Are You Doing Here?
Seeing reality sets us up to serve with joy.
You are here: a clearer view of ourselves (9-10)
Here I am: a greater vision of God (11-14)
Here we go: God’s invitation of grace (15-18)
Can These Bones Live?
Things are much worse than we think
Life is much more than we imagine.
God’s grace takes us beyond our hope.
What if there was more?
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What’s in Your Hand?
Ordinary things consecrated to God become instruments of his divine purpose
God’s purpose requires God’s instrument
God’s instrument requires God’s ownership
God’s ownership requires our consecration
Where Are You?
When we lose ourselves, he finds us. To find us, he loses himself.
Losing life by finding ourselves (Genesis 3:1-7)
Finding out that we have lost out (Genesis 3:8-24)
Losing himself to find us (Romans 5:12-21)
Finding life by losing ourselves (Romans 6:1-11)
The End of the Matter
The Caveat: Under the sun will always be insufficient
The Caution: There is nothing better than God’s word
The Conclusion: God alone will give you meaning in the mist
How to Be Old
Rejoice in the life you have
Remove all your vexation
Remember your Creator before it’s too late
The Final Word
Jesus arose to be the final word of your life
Pardon from all of yesterday’s sins
Glory as your guaranteed tomorrow
Power to live in newness of life today
The Fulfilled Word
Monday's Temple Clearing: Is what I bring enough?
Thursday's Passover Makeover: Is what I do enough?
Friday’s Torn Veil: Is who I am enough?
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Need To Not Know Basis
Life tells us everything we don’t know
Light gives us what we long for
Better Ain’t Best
Wisdom is limited and can’t give you real meaning
Wisdom is vulnerable and can be ruined by a little folly
Wisdom is risky and doesn’t guarantee everything goes well
Wisdom is restricted and won’t stop fools from being fools
Living in the Light of Death
We avoid the one certainty of life
We cling to the uncertainties around us
There’s a good life waiting in between
Reconciling the Wisdom Gap
The gap with civil obedience
The gap with justice and retribution
The gap with experiencing God
Piecing Together the Paradox
Righteousness and wickedness don’t make the pieces fit
Human nature and reasoning won’t make the pieces fit
Jesus alone can pick up the paradox pieces
Leaning in to Life’s Limitations
Limitations of life give us depth
Limitations of escapes gives us wisdom
Limitations of wisdom gives us mystery
It’s Never Enough
• Wealth slips away (5:8-17)
• Life is a gift for the living (5:18-20)
• Wealth won’t fulfill your life (6:1-12)
• The giver of life gave his life to make you rich (2 Corinthians 8:9)
The Conclusion:
• Life is a gift, not gain. Jesus is the gift and the gain.
Silence is Golden
Worship life that pleases God is…
Less talking and more listening
Less promising and more obeying.
Alone in the Crowd
Times of trouble become unbearable
Accomplishments become rivalry
Sacrifice becomes waste
Friendship becomes vacant
Influence becomes vapor
O Say What You See
We see obvious injustice
We say what we believe about it
Limited seeing results in limited believing
Seeing further recalibrates our belief