1. A SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS SOLOMON IN ECCLESIASTES

2. WHAT ABOUT SOLOMON?  LARGE PORTION OF PROVERBS  SONG OF SOLOMON  PSALMS 72 AND 127  “BELOVED OF THE LORD”  LARGE KINGDOM 1 KINGS 4:21; 1 KINGS 9 : 66-68  COMMERCAIL POWER  EXTENDED PEACE  PROLIFIC BUILDER

3. SOLOMON CONTINUED..  LITERARY MAN  A NATURALIST  PENNED 3000 PROVERBS, WE HAVE 800. COMPOSED 1005 SONGS, ETC  GREAT WISDOM A GIFT FROM GOD  LEARNED FROM OTHERS  40 YEARS 1 KINGS 11:42

4. SOLOMON CONTINUED…  700 WIVES, 300 CONCUBINES  MANY WERE FOREIGN WOMEN  TURNED ASIDE HIS HEART 1 KINGS 11: 1-8  LAVISH LUXURY A BURDEN

5. THE PERSPECTIVE..  NOT AT A GOOD POINT IN HIS LIFE  HIS WISDOM DIDN’T MEAN PERFECTION  HE WAS OBVIOUSLY INFLUENCED BY OTHERS

6. WHERE CAN I FIND HAPPINESS?  WORLDLY WISDOM? ECCL.1:12,13,16; 1 KINGS 4: 32-34  MATERIAL WEALTH? 1 KINGS 10:14-23; ECCL 6:1-2  WORLDLY PLEASURE? ECCL 2:1-11  POSITION AND POWER? 2 CHRON 9:26; 1 KINGS 10:16-18 2 CHRONICLES 9: 1-9

7. CONCLUSION…  ECCLESIATES 12:13  MATTHEW 6: 19-21