Sermon
“What Are Your Achievements Under the Sun" (Ecclesiastes 2:1-26)
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Transcript
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Saab you possessory more neither in my chin and passport.
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Excuse me so first evangelical Reformed Church says Singapore
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and the concern one was originally page that's 2021 and
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about 24 Tayo that your support allowing us to proclaim this
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sermon in Omaha. OK, Singapore election.
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So yes and political commentary busy you Hannahs boom by some
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other news, conf call, some other campaigns and political
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rallies and I know Nikita and observe and even around us, but
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you know they don't even someone else's snapping politicians.
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Ohh no, no, no, no. In a passport in which they
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explain Panama. Yeah, the Internet and the
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political. And then in Milan beat young
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Boko Philippines. Excuse me again, no, you know,
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go out for example, America, No, no presidential candidates
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number powerful enough that they will create jobs, but you
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stablished and universal healthcare.
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I'm sorry but establishing universal healthcare and
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building you more promise to bring World Peace when you learn
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better locally. Personal full term saw office
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Melbourne man back on personality and equals
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presidential candidates socialites Samantha Panel.
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Pero you miss Apple at the end. Contrary to what I said, the
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healthcare system and Madam Party conflicts all around us.
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What breaking achievements? Any of the boys apart can be
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studied and agreements, you know, all across the world, many
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commitments. You, you know what?
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They're not cheap, The man. Let's say few years after right
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now conflicts with it. What was it cheap for example,
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after you put down World War One so number ohh, you League of
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Nations finally promote your World Peace.
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So yes, something was achieved payroll and you know so you were
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Part 2 putting worse, you really had a some can you blame someone
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Philippines bodies and they live happily ever after is indeed for
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you. That did exist under the sun.
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I mean you go for your language and English accents.
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It doesn't exist under the sun, and it is because life under the
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sun is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Yahoo yes, we achieve things, but I mean in this life, but
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many achievements are they last week what I said Chapter 1
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Chapter 2 The book of Ecclesiastes.
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Even though me Solomon new meaning and value of his
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achievements and work it have a leading undertaking Chapter
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cancellation Bonina know someone was studying in Yuma person that
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people are now finding that thing you know Paul you or as in
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us not even the Domingo in better than in East Spain.
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Ohh look at that but in the main demands so that no lingo.
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Any interested in that decade that being assigned being
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Serbian and use so I don't get that a lot of us are job
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interview. How do you see yourself in five
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years? And it's what happens about
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Dito. So finally in your Google the
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horn so people you know of any other paying Solomon consider
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sobering thoughts in one points for nothing.
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Firstly, achievements under the sun are not being and #2
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Secondly, achievements under the sun are being announced so far
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contradicting statements. What this means as we talk about
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Chocolate 2 and Book of English Estates.
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And well before we continue, let us all pray to the Lord already
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done apart from your Spirit, and we cannot truly hear or
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understand your bird. And now as we open the book of
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Iglesias is each of us to listen and feel that rests in your
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promises. So, Lord, silence every thought
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within us that exalts our human wisdom and glad that we may hear
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your voice calling us to contentment and joy in your door
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so loudly. Military minds to decide what is
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true and internal in the midst of the vanities of this world.
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So give us attentiveness to the preaching of your word that we
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may receive it to smear human speech.
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But as you're living and active word that is powerful to convey,
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to comfort us and even to renewals, So lead us your people
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to be pulled Christ, in whom all meaning and satisfaction are
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fun. And we ask this all for the
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glory of her name and for the building of of your church
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through Jesus Christ our Saviour Amen.
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So let's begin with OK so such a nice week.
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So we need to do something he saw the more you question now
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your marriage experience similar had no not experience about and
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again and explain each of experiences and any point of
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exhaustive containing the ponytail.
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This is something so various 13 and I apply to my heart to seek
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and to search out by wisdom or that is done under heaven.
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It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of
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man to be busy with. So you first thing that you know
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Manya was to experience work and achievements and Aquitania
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layman achievements Anya under the sun were not being so you so
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or no point is achievements under the side was not being
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They don't give be under the sun in vain.
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So unless Assad medico that you might achievements in nothing so
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you could come on such chapter that all you need describe me
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Solomon human ambitions. Yeah, somewhere the overarching
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ambition no nanny Barbados and happy this attacks that he
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wanted to be satisfied. So something it was a very small
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one. Then Chapter 2 I said in my
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heart, come now I will test it with pleasure.
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Enjoy yourself. But behold this also was vanity.
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So see you in pleasure and Singapore.
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This faction is money but you're going to leather clothes signal
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bad now? Ohh explore component OK so far
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Williams satisfaction because impact so singularly Solomon by
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working hard he did great works. In fact suffers 40 cycle Apollo
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supersport Mickey Flanagan that he built houses and planted
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vineyards so first fight he planted gardens middle board
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charts fruit trees and silver six that did Shannon canals to
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water the trees so family pushing fruit in the street now
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Nairobi yours navigation and he enjoyed it.
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Somebody put 14 months of verse 3 into that.
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He drank his wine and subversive in a month.
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So we don't get no money shop carpet, Marami, Shambala and so
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many things through industry, industry.
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And so first it's the Chinese financier ever so many son
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entertainment industry and see Solomon in the must successful.
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So do you know what's the personality like this has is
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Google version name. So I became great and surpassed
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all who were before me in Jerusalem.
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Also my wisdom remained with me. So in other words, for so that's
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me. Come see Solomona Gusto and
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someone you know so like another one.
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He also tried to get eat satisfaction by gaining wisdom.
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So something to myself as well. So I turned to consider wisdom
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and madness and funny. See, Solomon Passy is some
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thinker, is some philosopher. It's your mother, Play some
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people as a first. Well, I'm sorry for what can the
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man do? Who comes after the king?
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Only what has already been done. So E Sabihin nice number, my
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even young legacy. So balancing the serving
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installment is ohh I know I know, the Garden of Eden please.
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Or church animals and hang on achievements you know and your
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significance. Onion legacy food Can you use
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the first name Team 90 last year, Not even one year.
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Sad and so personally when the one Melbourne singer we when you
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talk for Master Chief can you intervene but you need to work
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policy company Solomon, but I had not been young satisfaction
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and pleasure. I don't it's that Malibu
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unsatisfaction that's a good question.
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There it is human nature if I'm avoiding Candace Pascal, even
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though chocolate is a Catholic mathematician Salian.
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All men seek happiness. This is without exception
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whatever different means the employee.
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They all tend to this end because of some going to war and
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of others avoiding. It is the same desire in both
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attended with different views. Reveal never takes the least
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step. But to this object.
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This is the motive of every action of every man, even of
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those who have themselves. So seeking pleasure is a natural
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desire. So when I talk about you also we
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can enjoy the fruits of our labours with Italian and Bahai.
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And he investigates among men in the garden.
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You're gonna pay. So initially I think they even
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put up a guy in the maritime entertainment that we believe in
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our Bin Laden guiding similar. Hey, can you do you know any
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Solomon got a woman then pleasure Samantha achievements
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not him. I Hindi envy another one.
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You miss my girls. So when he couldn't eat it
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heaven and earth and had no animals, plants and even
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mankind, God said it was very good.
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So he found pleasure in his work and Hindi against indios so work
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Oregon pleasure. So in fact only deals in San
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Juan feels suck some garden bottom of tribal God planted a
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garden with fruit trees and he watered them and you know NASA
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Genesis account Superman person. So God created us to subdue the
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earth and have dominion so God created man to work.
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Can you know any Solomon is and you can put your point.
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You know any Solomon is isn't the only smoking woman in
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Charlie and yours. So like anime see Solomon and
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vineyards and orchards so that vision of course of water and
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and he didn't against angels work again on my wisdom indeed
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against Indios suggestion. Well, no, not but so that you
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protect the setting. So you know, conclude me,
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Solomon, that wisdom was good. Now inside Subversive 13.
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Non-english Justice 2 Foolishness and makes the muscle
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risk 14. It helps a man to see not only
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incorporate the something woman phone Nan pleasure in
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achievements and in work and wisdom is OK, but how many good
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versus one. Somebody can pull nothing to
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navigate me. Solomon come now, I will test
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you with pleasure. Enjoy yourself, do the tyre,
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come back in some spiritual power with the lights of Solomon
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and pleasure. Payroll the word for pleasure.
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It means joy, and we know that the chief end of man is to
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glorify God and to enjoy Him forever.
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Now only you don't even know where I'm going in the game.
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And we have to understand now, pleasure meeting among sinful
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pleasure, so simple pleasure, Godly pleasure.
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So one of my legs, but enjoying the Malabar guy.
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English you know something I didn't sound first event is 617
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nine escape trip passage when I think I need okay.
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As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be
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healthy, not to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches,
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but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
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Careful Amazon, you enjoy summer, bargain in again on
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yours. This difference between sinful
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and guilty joy. Now you see, don't see Solomon.
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That's a Cabila. No wisdom.
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The marriage that he still gave himself to sinful pleasure as I
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got this. Yes, and we know his body in
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parallel and propaganda Sapunaru and universe or your own chapter
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2 and I hope that happens in your partner your well, then you
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verse 8 some difficult passage that I V and SV.
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Then another day to see you eat the whole Natalie that Sana with
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the thought of the sentence. For musical instruments, it
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translated as concubines and using this word suffice value
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completed by young legitimate pleasure completely that you're
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a simple thing. OK, I said things out the
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original word like actually footnotes again.
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I D new King James and better than SV survival senior digital
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marketing manager knows another guy.
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No there's sadly no these young exact meaning as the double
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check pusha someone interlinear accessible aboriginal word that
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resources the mechanical. So with this and we know now the
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girl she Solomon my concubines later in life and you I sinful
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pleasure so branding in your point some partner if they
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thought about musical instruments.
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So as far as we can tell in this specific passage into some
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context. So your visions need Solomon
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really legitimate. So you know what they do?
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Nothing, no, no pleasure by working used in the Garden of
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Eden. Okay Bob, so this is what we do
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might be work hard, we very fluid.
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We have children, we raise them So now for the pain and
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pleasure. Contract Tirana from behind
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siding Sam or you hung up? What's that among the
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achievements? Nothing.
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So achievements in addition with God's wisdom, your qualification
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with God's wisdom are not being so the early exit 10 mean and
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commanded by that in Tamil Nadu pleasure simulator Paul suffers
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24 in a month. There's nothing better for a
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person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in
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his toilet. Is also a saw is from the hand
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of God is completely Bundesarchiv spicy Solomon.
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The managements here was in absolute satisfaction indeed
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when I realised to hurt them. Other achievements nya.
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In the end I win so nothing subsecond point.
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So I need Sabina think Kanina work is good, but work is being
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in the end ultimately, and Pamela, but in another way for
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intelligence of the Scripture as it says developments are verse
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11 situations is 2 verse 11. Then I considered all that my
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hands had done and the toilet I had expanded in doing it.
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And behold all of us, vanity and striving after winning, and
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there's nothing to be gained under the sun.
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Lucky Dahil Yamato start again gunman Karami, you achieve more
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in your life. Something a little self respect
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anyone? Or what about homo?
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Say about I'm good your mother not going home where because
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sometimes a person was toiled with wisdom and knowledge and
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skill must give everything to be enjoyed by the by someone who
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did not toil for you. This also is valid and a dream
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Even so another one. Wisdom is also good synonym in
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Kanina. But in the end it is to be
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service overseen the month. Then I said in my heart what
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happens to the fool will happen to me also.
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Why then have I been so very wise?
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And I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
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I love you more was decisions about finances that the mother
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efforts nothing for example, any signal then come Hulu or society
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is about Ponzi scheme in camera Anna where you know that you
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verify your ballerina so classy investments made on cash,
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Samanco bonds, equities, parallel management risk and
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paramount enhanced yield and return.
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I know, but I mean finance people who dito I'm gonna go get
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code. It means time.
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It all goes up. Thank you.
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Nothing, you know nothing. Turn style doesn't come in.
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All the assets are lost so safely by the realised nothing
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that you've seen a pattern visible who failed again.
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And then you'll see there's some wise investor calculating is.
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If not, then what's so good about being wise?
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It's obvious over 16 how the wise studies just like the food.
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So this says to us that even the wise men can't escape death.
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It is. Achievements and wisdom are
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good. Then why are they being back in
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your vein? Because of death and
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imperfection? Yes.
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New on the seeker may not achieve nothing.
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You see me 87 full and she said achievements was a very nice
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name being and clinical man you maman was in the machine.
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I like more young inheritance meaning anymore Subway Surfers
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anyone? And This is why life is
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frustrating young. Yes, I can see you how to be
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wise in our finances and treasures, for example, Perosa.
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Holy my Mama baby will die. What a cheerful advice.
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Go ahead. But she doesn't blame my mother.
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And indeed nothing Alam you anymore.
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Spending example, we'll be spoiling on start again mission
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leader position. Any bad you shake hands with
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people who will curse your name next time?
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Only one, Maybe Italian. You don't know what I'm doing.
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Yes, medical China hai. Yes, we're good day, Malaga.
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Someone thinking time updates so not playing this bulletin.
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Let's say it's about with nothing but you'll slowly so
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therefore that some problems cannot be fixed.
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Now when I look at Nikitas imperfection not in a
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millionaire in church bulletin is spreading lunatic.
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My experience it pulling up now may experience for nothing and
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you know what is is being analysed me Solomon now Hindi
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unities my wisdom and Hindi lahar beneath again.
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Nampara Home chances 36 Genocide Ditto that God gives wisdom,
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knowledge, enjoy to those he is pleased to give and going on in
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your maman wedding Bowie individuals you can't manually
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or ever again as it pleases him. Some get more, others get less
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and you need frustrating. Some of us are still learning
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this lesson, not women in our lives.
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We believe that you gadgets, appliances that sabai Internet
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beside you, so we fight in us by gaining some frustration
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whenever it is tired. Is it not in the minimalist way
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now at this point nothing more than happy to make deals in
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Providence of God inside? Or can I done everything quality
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in some of our frustration penalty, possibly now he is it
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not the bucket. For example, done the
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opportunity and then you put your people of my liking here
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advertisement and nothing you you bought an Indianapolis
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vital, but 12 113 above got this my uniform now someone really
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good. So take my example.
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Some of the advertisements spin up paras.
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Yes, life is broken. Second Pier for this one, and
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you can see that which is true. What is crooked cannot be
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mainstream, and only snacking cannot be counted in England.
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Another having now been nothing one Solomon again, but he was
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trying to find satisfaction in the got the gardens through
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trees, commercial pools. I feel this garden with animals
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and if you give your Garden of Eden anything else, you know no
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establish your ideal Malaga. But the truth is, you can't have
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heaven on earth. There's no such thing as utopia
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Labrador because of the city S South America the building
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animated movies. You like this one?
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Running Wonder in Ohh good don't exist.
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This isn't even on earth anymore and you you're not realise this
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horrible I'm sitting in your nagging reaction needs Solomon
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upon upon realising those things because nothing works.
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All achievements are being even though wise die and no one gets
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what they're supposed to get. Pusha people suffer straight
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into what has a man from all the oil is striving of hope with
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which she toys beneath the sun on the towel.
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No truth or vanity in his work. In life, you need a nagging
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reaction. Is Mama.
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Thank you. Unfortunately, others decide to
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end their lives when I'm in silicon.
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You attitude just now being work in Wuhan Sahul and she could
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not. You see, nothing works.
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So we are affected spiritually and emotionally.
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I don't think you know what the Solomon and this is interesting
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now mum ka Bola or in vain, but he enjoyed his achievements.
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So now being Solomon was a very straight before.
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There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat
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and drink and find enjoyment in his toy.
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It's also his, so it's from the hand of God.
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It's immediate imperfections, frustration and the hurt non
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vanity. So now join and it will be some
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bargain and people Magagawa Satin public transport system
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that then must spice by people. He says probably this.
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We wish that we were educated in this case or in that school.
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We got this or that grade. Salaam and similar
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opportunities. The maritime passage.
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Solomon shows that he could enjoy what he had.
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How? Because of surrender in
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principle. Then Nikita happens.
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Matthew 1039. Matthew 1039.
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Whether finds his life will lose it.
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And whoever loses his life for my sake will find him.
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And it will be a problem. Typing now gusto.
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Think about it. The iron knew Mama Bagai.
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Nothing. We don't gonna buy me small, are
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you? You're my Papa and Papa.
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But when Solomon surrendered, he enjoyed life in Christ.
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So to be more specific in the promises of God that pointed
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forward to Christ inside in Japan.
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Good value, no satisfaction, signal or validity of this life.
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And someone in our videos call one building in masala nothing
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designs. And that is the wisdom of
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Ecclesiastes. That is the Gospel.
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Now stop. Are you falling in the fire in
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London? Yes, there will be this one
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thing. You fall in this thing cannot
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come see your church and you study did nothing fallenness.
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We run for Christ. That's the gospel.
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Something gonna happen. So people reading we are not our
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own but belong body, soul and life and death to make faithful
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Saviour Jesus Christ and he has delivered his phone that we
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should leave unto him here No be no sign on your Simon Solomon
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survivability achievements among the enjoy your money give me a
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bonus movies. It's like, don't come back.
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It is NASA More another one. Your work and your career are
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not your salvation. They will not satisfy you.
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They're looking. Wait, there's more.
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They're falling also. We are broken and are you having
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trouble Sphere sitting behind and your singleness, family
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life, marriage, you familiar more Asawa Manana begun.
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They won't satisfy you. In a couple of trouble with
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other Christians, you won't find satisfaction in them.
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We are imperfect level, but we will give them to them, maybe
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surrender them to the Lord, that we accept their imperfections
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and in prayer we surrender them to the Lord and submission to
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Him. And then we receive them back
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from Him with Thanksgiving and illuminating, knowing that they
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are imperfect and that you are imperfect also.
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And then you can learn to enjoy them for the glory of God.
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And this is the schedule perspective end to end covenant
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Reformed Church. There are many joys in this
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broken world. But I mean good gives the
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Pinocchio than yours thing even something local church, but we
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don't see it because we have not surrendered.
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No, I saw her cheetah. I still have nothing data super
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Mamma Geeta and intelligence or manipulation addition now.
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Okay and this is the truth. You will not enjoy them because
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you are not surrendering yourself to the Lord.
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None this morning. I hope I broken every thinking.
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I'll get along so please. And his body was broken for us
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so that we might be healed in our thinking about the world and
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about our achievements. Yeah.
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My brothers and sisters, we live in this pension.
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American tension and joy and vanity in this life until we
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reach the glorious Joyce in heaven.
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Amen. Highwaymen and are needed to go
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to the Lord in prayer. Our Father, we thank you for the
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word that doesn't mean the proclaimed and for reminding us
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that all things under the sun are empty apart from Christ.
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So we ask that you fix our hearts upon the supremacy and
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sufficiency of your Son who is our wisdom righteousness in
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life. So teach us story goodness in
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him when the world turns us to fleeting pleasures and to find
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our true drain purpose in his finished work just out working
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at home and by your spirit help us to see these truths within us
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that we may walk in faith and contentment that we glorify you
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know things through Jesus Christ our Lord will play even.