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Ecclesiastes: SatisfiedMoney, Money, Money, MoneyMay 26, 2013Please turn in you Bibles to Ecclesiastes 5:8-6:9:\u201cChiasm\u201d: A poetic writing style that uses parallel word structures to help make the point.A People Who Cannot Be Satisfied (5:8-12)B People Who Cannot Enjoy (5:13-19)Climax: Learn To Recognize and Enjoy God\u2019s Gifts to You. (5:20)B People Who Cannot Enjoy (6:1-6)A People Who Cannot Be Satisfied (6:7-9)A.People who make wealth their primary pursuit will never be satisfied.A-1 (vs. 5:8-12): Never enough money\u201cWatch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.\u201d Luke 12:15 \u201cYou have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.\u201d\u201920 \u201cBut God said to him, \u2018You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?\u201921 \u201cThis is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.\u201d Luke 12:19-21App: Become rich toward God.App: Use what we have for God\u2019s glory. A-2 (vs. 6:7-9): Never enough anythingB.It is evil when people fail to enjoy what they have.B-1 (vs. 5:13-17): When wealth harms or fails\u201cNaked I came from my mother\u2019s womb, and naked I will depart.The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised.\u201d Job 1:21 B-2 (vs. 6:1-3): Wealth as the wrong sourceApp: Find satisfaction in the Giver, not the gift.Vs. 18-20: God\u2019s Gifts to You App: Learn to celebrate what you have as God\u2019s gift to you.He has also set eternity in the human heart\u2026Ecclesiastes 3:11b (ref. Matthew 6:31-33, Philippians 4:4)What is God\u2019s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?