Enjoying Your Brief Life to the Glory of God

Enjoying Your Brief Life to the Glory of God - Ecclesiastes 9:1-10

Notes:

1. Acknowledging the Enemy of Death – vv1-6

2. Defanging the Enemy of Death – vv7-10

-How should the reality of death help us enjoy life to the glory of God?

-What patterns of your thinking are robbing you of joy and are not pleasing to the Lord? What biblical truths can you meditate upon to replace that kind of thinking?

-How does your lack of joy negatively impact those around you and serve as a poor testimony to the Gospel?

-How does enjoying life as a Christian bless others and make the Gospel attractive?

-Where does lasting joy come from? How can we have this joy while still acknowledging the hard things in life?

-What gifts in life has God given you? If you are not enjoying them, what changes do you need to make?

For further study: Gen 2:18-24; Ps 16; 104:15; Pr 5:18-20; Eccl 2:24; 3:12-13; Jn 10:10; 11:25-26; 1 Cor 15:54-58; Phil 4:4-13; Col 3:23-24; 1 Th 5:10-18;1 Tim 4:3-5; 5:17; 1 Pt 1:3-9.