Ecclesiastes 1:2-3 ESV: "Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?"

The unsatisfied life

• "No matter how much we see...we are not content" (Ecclesiastes 1:8 NLT).
• 1 Timothy 6:6-8 ESV: "But godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content."
• "I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind" (Ecclesiastes 1:14 ESV).
  • EDUCATION (Ecclesiastes 1:17-18)
  • PLEASURE (Ecclesiastes 2:1)
  • OCCUPATION (Ecclesiastes 2:4-6, 10-11)
  • POSSESSIONS
  • LONG LIFE
• A time and a season (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8)

The satisfied life

• "He has made everything beautiful in its time" (Ecclesiastes 3:11 ESV).
• "In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials" (1 Peter 1:6).
• "So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal" (2 Corinthians 4:16-18 ESV).
• How to enjoy your life
  • Enjoy your FRIENDS (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12).
  • Enjoy your WORK (Ecclesiastes 5:18).
  • Enjoy your CHILDREN (Ecclesiastes 6:3).
  • Enjoy your YEARS (Ecclesiastes 6:6).
  • Enjoy your WIFE (Ecclesiastes 9:8-9).

Philippians 4:11, 13 ESV: "I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content....I can do all things through him who strengthens me."