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Ecclesiastes: SatisfiedFlies, Snakes and BirdsJune 30, 2013Please turn in you Bibles to Ecclesiastes 9:13-10:20Today\u2019s Goal: recognizing that foolishness in making decisions or taking actions undercuts the strength of wisdom. It\u2019s urgent that we learn to use wisdom as we navigate our way through life.Flies (9:13-10:4): Foolish decisions are like a fly in the ointment.\u201cThe race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong\u2026\u201dEcclesiastes 9:11Wisdom makes one wise person more powerful than ten rulers in a city.\u201d \u201dBrains are better than brawn.\u201d Ecclesiastes 7:19 App: to be receptive to wisdom no matter whom it may come fromSnakes (10:5-11): Foolish actions bite like a snake.App: What are those areas in life that you need to sharpen in order to be most effective? Birds (10:12-20): Untamed tongues and stool-pigeonsApp: Guard your thoughts and words \u201cI am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.\u201d Matthew 10:16Be very careful, then, how you live\u2014not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord\u2019s will is. Ephesians 5:15-17Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God\u2019s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God\u2014this is your true and proper worship. 2Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God\u2019s will is\u2014His good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:1-2What is God\u2019s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?