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21. Understanding Riches (3)

Ecclesiastes 5:18-20

18 Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion. 19 Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God. 20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

20. Understanding Riches (2)

By Rev. Lek Aik Wee Posted on 12 October, 2016 Posted in Sermon Notes, Prayer Meeting, Audio Sermons 2016 Tagged with Prayer Meeting, Sermon Audio, Sermon Audio 2016, Ecclesiastes, October 2016

Ecclesiastes 5:13-17

13 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. 14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand. 15 As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand. 16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind? 17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

19. Understanding Riches (1)

By Rev. Lek Aik Wee Posted on 5 October, 2016 Posted in Sermon Notes, Prayer Meeting, Audio Sermons 2016 Tagged with Audio Sermon, Prayer Meeting, Audio Sermon 2016, Ecclesiastes, October 2016

Ecclesiastes 5:8-17

8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they. 9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. 10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. 11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? 12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. 13 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. 14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand. 15 As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand. 16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind? 17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

18. Vows Made Before God

By Rev. Lek Aik Wee Posted on 28 September, 2016 Posted in Sermon Notes, Prayer Meeting, Audio Sermons 2016 Tagged with Audio Sermon 2016, Ecclesiastes, September 2016, Audio Sermon

Ecclesiastes 5:4-7

4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. 6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? 7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

17. Drawing Near to God

By Rev. Lek Aik Wee Posted on 21 September, 2016 Posted in Prayer Meeting, Audio Sermons 2016, Sermon Notes Tagged with Prayer Meeting, Audio Sermon 2016, Ecclesiastes, September 2016, Audio Sermon

Ecclesiastes 5:1-3

1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. 2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. 3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.

16. Talking of Earthly Position and Honour

By Rev. Lek Aik Wee Posted on 14 September, 2016 Posted in Sermon Notes, Prayer Meeting, Audio Sermons 2016 Tagged with Audio Sermon, Prayer Meeting, Audio Sermon 2016, Ecclesiastes, September 2016

Ecclesiastes 4:13-16

13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished. 14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor. 15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead. 16 There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

15. Talking of Loneliness and Companionship

By Rev. Lek Aik Wee Posted on 7 September, 2016 Posted in Sermon Notes, Prayer Meeting, Audio Sermons 2016 Tagged with September 2016, Audio Sermon, Prayer Meeting, Audio Sermon 2016, Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 4:7-12 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. 8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; — neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labor, and bereave — my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. 9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor. 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up — his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. 11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? 12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

14. Talking of Envy and Idleness

By Rev. Lek Aik Wee Posted on 31 August, 2016 Posted in Audio Sermons 2016, Sermon Notes, Prayer Meeting Tagged with Audio Sermon 2016, August 2016, Ecclesiastes, Audio Sermon, Prayer Meeting

Ecclesiastes 4:4-6

4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. 5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. 6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

13. Talking of Oppression

By Rev. Lek Aik Wee Posted on 24 August, 2016 Posted in Prayer Meeting, Audio Sermons 2016, Sermon Notes Tagged with Prayer Meeting, Audio Sermon 2016, August 2016, Ecclesiastes, Audio Sermon

Ecclesiastes 4:1-3 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. 2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. 3 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

12. The Knowledge of Man

By Rev. Lek Aik Wee Posted on 17 August, 2016 Posted in Sermon Notes, Prayer Meeting, Audio Sermons 2016 Tagged with Audio Sermon, Prayer Meeting, Audio Sermon 2016, August 2016, Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 3:18-22

18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. 19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. 20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. 21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? 22 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

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