{"id":65860,"date":"2024-01-13T16:57:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T22:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?page_id=65860"},"modified":"2024-01-13T17:02:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T23:02:49","slug":"what-makes-life-better","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/searching-for-my-friend\/what-makes-life-better\/","title":{"rendered":"What Makes Life Better"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h1>What Makes Life Better<\/h1>\n<p>by Jeffrey W. Hamilton<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Being satisfied &#8211; Ecclesiastes 2:24-25<\/li>\n<li>Waiting for the right time, patience\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 3:1, 10-11<\/li>\n<li>See the good in what you do and fear God\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 3:12-14<\/li>\n<li>Be happy with the present\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 3:22<\/li>\n<li>Take time to rest\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 4:6<\/li>\n<li>Have friends\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 4:9-12<\/li>\n<li>Learn &#8211; Ecclesiastes 4:13<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy what you produce\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 5:18-20<\/li>\n<li>A good reputation\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 7:1<\/li>\n<li>Experience sorrow\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 7:2-3<\/li>\n<li>Correction\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 7:5<\/li>\n<li>Finishing things and having patience\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 7:8<\/li>\n<li>Accept things as they are\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 7:14<\/li>\n<li>Be righteous, fear God but accept the fact you won&#8217;t be perfect\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 7:18<\/li>\n<li>Know that God made men to be righteous\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 7:29<\/li>\n<li>Fear God openly\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 8:12<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy life\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 8:15<\/li>\n<li>Be optimistic\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 9:4<\/li>\n<li>Live a life approved by God\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 9:7<\/li>\n<li>Take care of yourself\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 9:8<\/li>\n<li>Get married\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 9:9<\/li>\n<li>Work hard, don&#8217;t procrastinate\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 9:10<\/li>\n<li>Be wise, learn wisdom\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 9:13-18; 10:10<\/li>\n<li>Not having self-indulgent rulers\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 10:17<\/li>\n<li>Have alternative plans\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 11:6<\/li>\n<li>Get outside and enjoy life\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 11:7-8<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy childhood and youth, follow impulses without sin &#8211; Ecclesiastes 11:9<\/li>\n<li>Serve God from youth\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 12:1<\/li>\n<li>Respect God and obey Him\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 12:13-14<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/searching-for-my-friend\/what-life-isnt-about\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrior Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/searching-for-my-friend\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSearching for My Friend\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/searching-for-my-friend\/choice\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNext Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Makes Life Better by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Being satisfied &#8211; Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 Waiting for the right time, patience\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 3:1, 10-11 See the good in what you do and fear God\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 3:12-14 Be happy with the present\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 3:22 Take time to rest\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 4:6 Have friends\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 Learn &#8211; Ecclesiastes 4:13&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":25976,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-65860","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22530,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/survey-of-the-bible\/survey-of-the-bible-ecclesiastes\/","url_meta":{"origin":65860,"position":0},"title":"Survey of the Bible: Ecclesiastes","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 18, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Survey of the Bible: Ecclesiastes Text: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0About the book \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The name of the book means \u201cpreacher\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It comes from a Hebrew term, qoheleth, which is only found in Ecclesiastes - Ecclesiastes 1:1-2, 12; 7:27; 12:8-10 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It means one who addresses an assembly \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Septuagint translated it to\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":65855,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/searching-for-my-friend\/what-life-isnt-about\/","url_meta":{"origin":65860,"position":1},"title":"What Life Isn\u2019t About","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 13, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"What Life Isn't About by Jeffrey W. 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