Browse 3 real sermons on purpose from 3 churches across the MinistryHelper network, each turned into a full set of devotionals, discussion guides, and study content.
Solomon's final words call young people to orient their entire lives around God before hardship and decline make that choice more difficult.
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Solomon's ancient memoir confronts the emptiness of a life spent chasing satisfaction in the things of this world.
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When life does not go as planned, God may be positioning you for the very moment you are standing in.
See what this sermon became →Each one was written from a different sermon on purpose, in that pastor's own voice. Pick a sermon and read all five days free.
“Solomon knew that feeling. He was one of the wealthiest, wisest men who ever lived. He had tried everything life under the sun could offer, achievement, pleasure, knowledge, power. And at the end of it all, he said it felt empty.”
Read all 5 days of the devotional“Understanding the Truth Have you ever worked hard to get something you really wanted, and then got it, and still felt a little empty inside?”
Read all 5 days of the devotionalReady-to-lead discussion questions, each set drawn from one sermon on purpose. Open one and take it to your group this week.
“The sermon described 'fearing God' not as cowering in terror but as living with a reverential awe, like people who live near an active volcano and order their entire lives around that reality.”
Open the discussion guide“Solomon tried everything to find satisfaction, wisdom, work, wealth, wine, relationships, and concluded that none of it ultimately satisfied. The pastor said the world is constantly making 'promises of satisfaction guaranteed' that it cannot keep.”
Open the discussion guide“Small Group Discussion Guide Book of Esther Series | "For Such a Time as This" Based on Esther 4 | Taking the Next Step When You Don't Have All the Details A Note to Your…”
Open the discussion guideFor groups that want to go further. Each guide works through one sermon on purpose passage by passage.
“Ecclesiastes was written by Solomon, likely in the later years of his life, looking back on a reign of extraordinary wealth, wisdom, power, and, honestly, spiritual wandering.”
Open the deep study guideShort quizzes that check whether a sermon on purpose landed. Each one was built from that sermon's actual content.
“According to the sermon, what does the pastor say the phrase 'remember your creator' actually means, beyond just not forgetting?”
Take the sermon quiz“How many times is the word 'vanity' used in the 12 chapters of Ecclesiastes, according to the sermon?”
Take the sermon quiz“What did Pastor Craig confess about his marriage of 35 years when illustrating Esther's instinct to 'fix the symptom'?”
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