6/21/26 Worship Service & Sermon: Troubled Waters Under the Sun - Ecclesiastes 6:1-9

Join us for worship! 6/14/26 Sunday Service from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA. Worship Leader: Dave Dailey Speaker: Dave Royes Title: Troubled Waters Under The Sun Scripture: Ecclesiastes 6:1-9 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind: a man to whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity; it is a grievous evil. If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with life's good things, and he also has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he. For it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet if finds rest rather than he. Even though he should live a thousand years twice over, yet enjoy no good--do not all go to the one place? All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied. For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living? Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is vanity and a striving after wind. Notes: Main Point: Contentment is Christ is safety for our souls 1. Introduction A. Thomas Watson on discontentment B. Main point 2. The prevalence of discontentment observed A. Contentment has more to do with God than our possessions 3. The pain of discontentment illustrated A. The blessing of children B. The blessing of age C. The blessing of wisdom 4. The pleasure of being at peace today A. A contrast B. A higher joy 5. Application "Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus...I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me." --Philippians 4:4-7, 12-13 "Satan takes great advantage of discontent; he loves to fish in these troubled waters. Discontent doth both eclipse reason and weaken faith; and it is Satan's policy; he doth usually break over the hedge where it is weakest; discontent makes a breach in the soul, and usually at this breath the devil enters by a temptation, and storms the soul. How easily can the devil by his logic dispute Christian into sin[.]" --Thomas Watson, "The Art of Divine Contentment" #contentment #discontentment #blessing #bricklanecommunitychurch #bricklanechurch #elverson #pennsylvania #worship #sermon To connect with Brick Lane, visit our website at: https://www.brick52.org/ For more biblical teaching, you can also listen to audio sermons at: https://www.brick52.org/audio-sermons
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