Discussion Questions

• Imagine that you’ve been given two million dollars: how would your life change?
• When you think of money, does it usually give you anxiety or joy?
• How do you think about your job - as a gift from God or as a duty?
• What are two ways you can purposefully use some money that will bring joy to others?

Discussion Questions

• Where in your life do you most feel the reality of hevel: fleetingness, frustration, or futility?
• Are there habits or heart-postures that keep you from enjoying God’s good gifts—like food, laughter, family, work, or rest?
• How can you practice joy as obedience this week? What "ordinary" gift do you need to receive with gratitude?

Discussion Questions

• Give a few stories from your life of injustice, rivalry, isolation, or fickle popularity.
• What are some ways to offset the vanity of the four examples above?
• How does the gospel give you hope to counteract the effects of life’s vanity?

Discussion Questions

• What season of life are you currently in? How are you resisting or receiving that season?
• What longing in your heart points to your deeper desire for eternity?
• What practices help you live joyfully and gratefully in the present, even while waiting for God to make all things right?

Sermon Title: Seek the Giver, Enjoy His Gifts

Sermon Passage: Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:26

Speaker: Jon Shepherd

Sermon Title: What's the Point? Ecclesiastes and the Gospel

Sermon Passage: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

Speaker: Jin Lee

Sermon Title: To God be the Glory

Sermon Passage: Romans 11:33-36

Speaker: Alfred Muli