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Money promises us freedom, but Qoheleth shows us that actually money doesn’t mean enjoyment, it is a burden, it is never enough and we lose it all anyway. He is poking us towards the true treasure that never burdens us, is always enough and will be ours forever.

We all long for power in one form or another. Whether it's influence, recognition, security or control, power promises to make life better. Yet Ecclesiastes exposes power's darker side. It can oppress the weak, corrupt those who possess it, and ultimately cannot protect us from the realities of sin, death or our own limitations. Even the greatest rulers are soon forgotten, and every human empire eventually fades. This week we'll explore what Ecclesiastes teaches about the limits of power, why our hearts are so drawn to it, and how Jesus - the true King - shows us a completely different way. Rather than using power to exalt himself, he humbled himself to serve, laying down his life to rescue us from every power that enslaves us. In him we discover a better kind of strength: one that is shaped by love, service and trust in God's sovereign rule.

Life unfolds in seasons. There are times of joy and sorrow, gain and loss, laughter and tears. Yet while we long to control our lives and understand God's timing, much of life remains beyond our grasp. In Ecclesiastes 3:1-15, the Preacher reminds us that every season has its place under God's sovereign hand. Though we cannot always see what God is doing, we can trust that he is working out His good purposes in every moment. This week we'll discover how to receive each season as God's gift, learn what it means to fear and trust him, and find lasting hope in Jesus - the Lord of time, who entered history to redeem us and who will one day make all things new.

Ecclesiastes tells us what we already know - that work is hard, frustrating, and offers only fleeting satisfaction. What does that mean for how we should approach work? Is there any hope that work might offer us something more?

The Preacher in Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 tries every pleasure under the sun but finds that nothing satisfies him. We find that pleasures are fleeting, easily one upped and never certain, ultimately always failing to bring lasting satisfaction. We'll look at what we are therefore to do with the pleasures of the world and how viewing them as gifts from God shifts how we are to enjoy them and points to Jesus as the true source of satisfaction