How to Enjoy Life
Sermon by Pastor Brent Snook / August 31, 2025
Series: Living Life Backward
Text: Ecclesiastes 9
Why do so few people enjoy life? Because they are trying to be happy without God.
Three Timeless Principles to Enjoy Life
I. DEATH IS SURE
Solomon gives us 3 responses in the face of death:
A. Examination
Read Ecclesiastes 9:1-3
B. Endurance
Read Ecclesiastes 9:4-6
Solomon’s response to death is: CHOOSE LIFE!
C. Enjoyment
Jim Elliott – “Wherever you are be all there. Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.”
II. LIFE IS SURPRISING
A. Life holds unfair
Read Ecclesiastes 9:11
B. Life holds unexpected
Read Ecclesiastes 9:12
III. WISDOM IS SUPERIOR
Read Ecclesiastes 9:13-15 …. The Illustration
Read Ecclesiastes 9:16-18a …. The application
Three Ways Wisdom Comes
A. Wisdom comes through a
Read Proverbs 3:13, Proverbs 9:10
B. Wisdom comes through
C. Wisdom comes through
Read Ecclesiastes 9:8b