Ccr Sermons

Life Under the Sun, Pt. 6 When Things Are Going Well… By Louie Marsh, 10-2-2022 Introduction – Malawi Trip   In the Old Testament when did Israel get into the most trouble? When things were going well, not when things were going bad. There’s a lesson there!   1) REMEMBER God is in Control!   “1There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind: 2a 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.” (Ecclesiastes 6:1–2, ESV)   2) RECOGNIZE that enjoyment is a gift of God.   “7All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.” (Ecclesiastes 6:7, ESV)   We work to feed out appetites; Meanwhile our souls go hungry. Eccl. 6:7 (Mes)   3) RESIST complacency.   Without God Truth is…   DEBATABLE   “8For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduc