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Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 and Luke 12:23-23 | Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost | A Time to Be Wise Sermon Series | August 9, 2015 | Dennis Sanders, preaching

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“The purpose of this passage is not that life is pointless, but it is there to make us think about life. What are we living for? Who are we living for? The writer of this passage thinks that everything is pointless and maybe it is when we only live it for us. But what if we instead decided to live our lives for God? What if we see that God is present in our life the other six days of the week in our jobs or in our free time?”

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