Alan Taylor at Ivy MCR on Ecclesiastes 2

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 Haagan Daas ice cream advert – says it gives you the desires of your heart in a way that lasts and lasts. Yeah, right. Advertisers know we are wired for pleasure What’s that got to do with God? It has everything to do with him because you were made to be a worshipper Where are your desires? Do you enjoy God? If you do, you can have everything else! Solomon’s wealth has been estimated at $126 Billion! We live in a hedonistic world. Check out the student lifestyle- sex and drugs and party to truly be ALIVE. It promises life. The bible warns of the evil desires of youth. Some never grow up! Pleasure in anything else but God will not satisfy, neither will performance. How do we know? Solomon tested it. Other are testing it now and being broken in the tests. Wine and folly: 33,000 deaths in UK every year through alcohol. Look at any casualty dept to see this incredible brokenness. 40% in casualty there through alcohol. Do not be drunk with wine, be filled […]