Introduction:
How to Live By Faith:
(Ecclesiastes 3:1-22)
- Appreciate every season of life. (Eccl 3:1-8)
- Acknowledge there's more than this. (Eccl 3:9-11)
Deuteronomy 29:29 - The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
- Allow God to be in charge. (Eccl 3:12-15)
Deuteronomy 10:12 - And now, Israel,what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul...
- Accept injustice (for now). (Eccl 3:16-22)
Acts 17:30-31 - The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.
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Small Group Discussion
Read Ecclesiastes 3:1-22
What was your big take-away from this passage / message?
What does it mean that God “put eternity into man’s heart” (Eccl 3:11)? What are the implications of this?
How would you explain to an unbeliever that God allows even “bad” seasons into our lives (Eccl 3:1-8)?
Injustice shows our beastly side (Eccl 3:18). Can you give an example from your own life? How should faith make us adopt an attitude like Christ when He faced injustice? See 1 Peter 2:21-23.
Breakout
Pray for one another.