You are to view life as a gift, not as a right.

Dr. Tony Evans says even though the world owes us nothing,

the Lord offers us everything.

To live a thankful life for the benefits that God gives you

is to have a God perspective under the sun.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of

Dr. Tony Evans.

Healthy ambition can drive us to improve and succeed.

But Dr. Evans says when that morphs into greed, a lot of what we get isn't what we want. Today, he'll talk about how to

live a more meaningful life, punctuated with God's provision and presence. Let's join him as he

takes us to the book of Ecclesiastes. We got to the middle part of chapter five last time,

and let me pick it up at verse 13. there is a grievous evil which I have seen

under the sun. Riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt. So he's seeing greed and how destructive

it can be when those riches were lost through bad investments and that he had fathered

a son, then there was nothing to support him. Of course, bad decisions regarding money affects

the next generation. As he had come naked from his mother's womb, solely returned as he came.

He will take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hands.

So he wants you to know you're leaving it all behind.

So then you must then look at material, physical things, in this case money, for what it really is.

It is a tool to be used, not a God to be worshipped.

Okay?

Because you can't take it with you.

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