May 7 & 8, 2016
SUPERMOMMIES: This Thursday 5/12, 10:30am! If you are a mom
with young children at home we are celebrating you! This is our last meeting for the Summer. Lunch will be provided! WATER DRIVE: The weather is starting to get hot out and it is time for the Phoenix Rescue Mission water drive. Support PRM by donating cases of water to Desert Breeze. Just stack them up in the foyer. If you would like to help deliver them, let us know on an info card! Thanks! WOMEN’S MINISTRY BAKE SALE: May 14/15! Donate your Cookies, Cupcakes, Brownies & more and bring your appetite & purchase something yummy! Proceeds go to Women’s Ministry retreat fund. DB ANNIVERSARY COFFEE MUGS: On Sale NOW at the DB Café for the special price of $1 each! (Limit 5! While Supplies Last!) Proceeds go to DB Missions! Get yours before they’re gone! MEN’S 33 CLASSES: Men – sign up NOW for 33 Series Classes & Men’s Discipleship Opportunities at the info table! Don’t miss out! RELATIONSHIP TUNE-UP FOR COUPLES: Saturday, May 14th, 10:00am to 2:30pm. $25 per couple includes lunch. Childcare provided! Sign up Now! NEWCOMER’S PARTY: If you are new to DB or haven’t attended one nd nd of our Newcomer’s Parties join us on Sunday, May 22 right after 2 service (12:30pm) in suite #107. Meet the staff, hear what we believe and where we are going as a church! Sign up Now so we can get a head count! Pizza lunch provided! YOUTH FUNDRAISERS: Purchase your Car Wash tickets for May 21st from 9-2 @ 35th Ave. and Bell Rd. (Burger King) & Coupon Books - $20 ($10 per book sold goes directly to your student). $4500 in coupons in them and they are good until the end of the year! YOUNG ADULT SCHOLARSHIPS: We need to raise $435 to rent transportation for Young Adults to go to camp in Colorado. If you’d like to help – please mark your offering envelope “Young Adults” camp! WOMEN’S RETREAT SAVE THE DATE: August 26-28, 2016! Ladies start saving your money – registration begins in June!
Check out our website @ dbcc.com for more info & events or call the church office 602-374-4588 Wifi info: DB Guest Password: dbguest1
Teaching Series:
“Recovering AWE” (aw) n. strong feeling of amazement
May 14/15 May 21/22 May 28/29
“PERSPECTIVE” “HUMILITY” “CARPE DIEM”
Ecclesiastes 7:1-29 Ecclesiastes 8:1-17 Ecclesiastes 9:1-16
Thank You for the consistent and faithful giving of our church family. Budget Results for April 30/May 1 General Giving Budget $18,500 Actual $30,491
May 7 & 8, 2016
(aw) n. strong feeling of amazement
May 7 & 8, 2016
Sermon Notes
Ray Davis
“Contentment” Ecclesiastes6:1-12 “Not all treasure is silver & gold, mate.”--Pirates of the Caribbean Movie We live in a society that defines wealth as…How much money you make? What neighborhood you live in? How big your house is? What kind of car do you drive? “When our contentment is in Christ, it’s as durable as he is dependable. When our happiness is in Christ, we can’t lose our happiness, because we can’t lose Christ.” (Phil4:10-13) –Randy Alcorn “Happiness”
Contentment is… Eccl. 6:1-2 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on
Verses 10-11
10
Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he. The more words, the more vanity, and what is the advantage to man?
11
Accepting the fact that God is God and ____________. Pro21:30-31; Rom8:28; Gen50:20; James 4:2; 5:16
Being okay with not having all of my _________________________ this side of eternity. Deut. 29:29; Isa. 55:8-9; 1Cor13:12; Ps9:9-10
2
mankind: a 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.
_____________ what God has given you. Eccle5:18-19; 1Tim6:17
Verse 12 For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun?
Knowing the ____________ of life and what will ____________ when I die. Eccle5:20; Col.1:16; Rev4:11; Phil1:2, 3:8, 4:11-13
Verses 3-6 3 If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with life’s good things, 4 and he also has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he. For it comes in vanity and goes in darkness, and in darkness its name is covered. 5 Moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet it finds rest rather than 6 he. Even though he should live a thousand years twice over, yet enjoy no good— do not all go to the one place?
Growing Notes 1) How does American culture define wealth? Explain this quote from the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: “Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate.” Do you think Americans for the most part are contented people? Why or why not? How would you define “True Wealth” or contentment?
2) Note the contrast between Eccl. 5:18-20 and 6:1-2. What role does God have in
Having a ___________________ on people’s lives. Eccle4:9-12; Phil1:25
the satisfaction that wealth, possessions and honor can bring? How does enjoying what God has given me and sharing my life with others in a way that it impacts them for Christ make for a richer life (vv3-6; Eccle4:9-12; Phil1:25)?
Verses 7-9 7 All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.
3) What does it mean to be satisfied with the lot God has given me (v9; Ps139:13-
8
16; Job1:20-22)? Why is it important to remember that not only is God Sovereign but He is also perfect in love and infinite in wisdom as it relates to the detail of our lives (v10; Pro21:30-31; Rom8:28; Gen50:20; James4:2, 5;16)?
For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor 9 man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living? Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Being _______________ with the lot God has given me in life. Ps139:13-16; Job1:20-22
4) How do these verses help us to accept the fact that we may not have all of our questions answered this side of eternity (Deut. 29:29; Isa. 55:8-9; 1Cor13:12; Ps9:9-10)? What is the meaning of life and how is it the epitome of contentment (Eccle5:20; Col.1:16; Rev4:11; Phil1:21, 3:8, 4:11-13)? What is God speaking to you from this study? Pray
with young children at home we are celebrating you! This is our last meeting for the Summer. Lunch will be provided! WATER DRIVE: The weather is starting to get hot out and it is time for the Phoenix Rescue Mission water drive. Support PRM by donating cases of water to Desert Breeze. Just stack them up in the foyer. If you would like to help deliver them, let us know on an info card! Thanks! WOMEN’S MINISTRY BAKE SALE: May 14/15! Donate your Cookies, Cupcakes, Brownies & more and bring your appetite & purchase something yummy! Proceeds go to Women’s Ministry retreat fund. DB ANNIVERSARY COFFEE MUGS: On Sale NOW at the DB Café for the special price of $1 each! (Limit 5! While Supplies Last!) Proceeds go to DB Missions! Get yours before they’re gone! MEN’S 33 CLASSES: Men – sign up NOW for 33 Series Classes & Men’s Discipleship Opportunities at the info table! Don’t miss out! RELATIONSHIP TUNE-UP FOR COUPLES: Saturday, May 14th, 10:00am to 2:30pm. $25 per couple includes lunch. Childcare provided! Sign up Now! NEWCOMER’S PARTY: If you are new to DB or haven’t attended one nd nd of our Newcomer’s Parties join us on Sunday, May 22 right after 2 service (12:30pm) in suite #107. Meet the staff, hear what we believe and where we are going as a church! Sign up Now so we can get a head count! Pizza lunch provided! YOUTH FUNDRAISERS: Purchase your Car Wash tickets for May 21st from 9-2 @ 35th Ave. and Bell Rd. (Burger King) & Coupon Books - $20 ($10 per book sold goes directly to your student). $4500 in coupons in them and they are good until the end of the year! YOUNG ADULT SCHOLARSHIPS: We need to raise $435 to rent transportation for Young Adults to go to camp in Colorado. If you’d like to help – please mark your offering envelope “Young Adults” camp! WOMEN’S RETREAT SAVE THE DATE: August 26-28, 2016! Ladies start saving your money – registration begins in June!
Check out our website @ dbcc.com for more info & events or call the church office 602-374-4588 Wifi info: DB Guest Password: dbguest1
Teaching Series:
“Recovering AWE” (aw) n. strong feeling of amazement
May 14/15 May 21/22 May 28/29
“PERSPECTIVE” “HUMILITY” “CARPE DIEM”
Ecclesiastes 7:1-29 Ecclesiastes 8:1-17 Ecclesiastes 9:1-16
Thank You for the consistent and faithful giving of our church family. Budget Results for April 30/May 1 General Giving Budget $18,500 Actual $30,491
May 7 & 8, 2016
(aw) n. strong feeling of amazement
May 7 & 8, 2016
Sermon Notes
Ray Davis
“Contentment” Ecclesiastes6:1-12 “Not all treasure is silver & gold, mate.”--Pirates of the Caribbean Movie We live in a society that defines wealth as…How much money you make? What neighborhood you live in? How big your house is? What kind of car do you drive? “When our contentment is in Christ, it’s as durable as he is dependable. When our happiness is in Christ, we can’t lose our happiness, because we can’t lose Christ.” (Phil4:10-13) –Randy Alcorn “Happiness”
Contentment is… Eccl. 6:1-2 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on
Verses 10-11
10
Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he. The more words, the more vanity, and what is the advantage to man?
11
Accepting the fact that God is God and ____________. Pro21:30-31; Rom8:28; Gen50:20; James 4:2; 5:16
Being okay with not having all of my _________________________ this side of eternity. Deut. 29:29; Isa. 55:8-9; 1Cor13:12; Ps9:9-10
2
mankind: a 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.
_____________ what God has given you. Eccle5:18-19; 1Tim6:17
Verse 12 For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun?
Knowing the ____________ of life and what will ____________ when I die. Eccle5:20; Col.1:16; Rev4:11; Phil1:2, 3:8, 4:11-13
Verses 3-6 3 If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with life’s good things, 4 and he also has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he. For it comes in vanity and goes in darkness, and in darkness its name is covered. 5 Moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet it finds rest rather than 6 he. Even though he should live a thousand years twice over, yet enjoy no good— do not all go to the one place?
Growing Notes 1) How does American culture define wealth? Explain this quote from the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: “Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate.” Do you think Americans for the most part are contented people? Why or why not? How would you define “True Wealth” or contentment?
2) Note the contrast between Eccl. 5:18-20 and 6:1-2. What role does God have in
Having a ___________________ on people’s lives. Eccle4:9-12; Phil1:25
the satisfaction that wealth, possessions and honor can bring? How does enjoying what God has given me and sharing my life with others in a way that it impacts them for Christ make for a richer life (vv3-6; Eccle4:9-12; Phil1:25)?
Verses 7-9 7 All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.
3) What does it mean to be satisfied with the lot God has given me (v9; Ps139:13-
8
16; Job1:20-22)? Why is it important to remember that not only is God Sovereign but He is also perfect in love and infinite in wisdom as it relates to the detail of our lives (v10; Pro21:30-31; Rom8:28; Gen50:20; James4:2, 5;16)?
For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor 9 man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living? Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Being _______________ with the lot God has given me in life. Ps139:13-16; Job1:20-22
4) How do these verses help us to accept the fact that we may not have all of our questions answered this side of eternity (Deut. 29:29; Isa. 55:8-9; 1Cor13:12; Ps9:9-10)? What is the meaning of life and how is it the epitome of contentment (Eccle5:20; Col.1:16; Rev4:11; Phil1:21, 3:8, 4:11-13)? What is God speaking to you from this study? Pray
