Backwards Living--Lesson 12--Set Yourself Up to Live--Ecclesiastes 11

Discussion Questions:

1.  How good are you at taking risks?  How do you know what are good risks to take versus foolish risks? 

2.  What struggles do you have with balancing God’s work with your work?  In the face of so many things that you don’t know, how does one move forward instead of getting stuck in the wilderness?

3.  Why do people tend to get more stiff (less pliable) as the get older?  How does this affect your spiritual life?  What kinds of things help people to stay more flexible and pliable? 

4.  How can Solomon talk about rejoicing in life and life being meaningless and a vapor in the same context?  In a world with so many unknown things facing us, how can one maintain a spirit of rejoicing?

5.  What is the benefit of remembering your Creator and Judge?  How do these two emphases guide one to hold fast to the plan God has for our lives?