We, at BTPC, are committed to love God and to glorify our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit by building one another up in God’s word, serving one another in love and, being united in praying and proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ; working together for the salvation of souls and the edification of Christians through the teaching of God’s word and the preaching of the gospel.

Saved Together In Christ

⁹ Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. ¹⁰ For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost." - Luke 19:9-10

Opening Prayer (Jamin)

Song: (1st svc) Because You First Loved Me / (2nd svc) Behold our God

Welcoming Time

Responsive Reading: (1st svc) Colossians 3:1-4 / Song: (2nd svc) Only A Holy God

Confession & Corporate Prayer

Song: (1st svc) Behold our God / (2nd svc) Creation Awaits

Scripture Reading: Ecclesiastes 11:1-12:8 (1st svc: Cherlyn / 2nd svc: Sophia)

Sermon: Remember Your Creator Now (Pastor Andrew Wong)

Discussion/Reflection Time

Song: Creator God

Financial Giving & Offering

Announcements

Closing Prayer & Benediction

Ecclesiastes 11:1-12:8 (NIV - New International Version)

11:1 Ship your grain across the sea;

    after many days you may receive a return.

2 Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight;

    you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.

3 If clouds are full of water,

    they pour rain on the earth.

Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north,

    in the place where it falls, there it will lie.

4 Whoever watches the wind will not plant;

    whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.

5 As you do not know the path of the wind,

    or how the body is formed[a] in a mother’s womb,

so you cannot understand the work of God,

    the Maker of all things.

6 Sow your seed in the morning,

    and at evening let your hands not be idle,

for you do not know which will succeed,

    whether this or that,

    or whether both will do equally well.

7 Light is sweet,

    and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.

8 However many years anyone may live,

    let them enjoy them all.

But let them remember the days of darkness,

    for there will be many.

    Everything to come is meaningless.

9 You who are young, be happy while you are young,

    and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth.

Follow the ways of your heart

    and whatever your eyes see,

but know that for all these things

    God will bring you into judgment.

10 So then, banish anxiety from your heart

    and cast off the troubles of your body,

    for youth and vigor are meaningless.

12:1 Remember your Creator

    in the days of your youth,

before the days of trouble come

    and the years approach when you will say,

    “I find no pleasure in them”—

2 before the sun and the light

    and the moon and the stars grow dark,

    and the clouds return after the rain;

3 when the keepers of the house tremble,

    and the strong men stoop,

when the grinders cease because they are few,

    and those looking through the windows grow dim;

4 when the doors to the street are closed

    and the sound of grinding fades;

when people rise up at the sound of birds,

    but all their songs grow faint;

5 when people are afraid of heights

    and of dangers in the streets;

when the almond tree blossoms

    and the grasshopper drags itself along

    and desire no longer is stirred.

Then people go to their eternal home

    and mourners go about the streets.

6 Remember him—before the silver cord is severed,

    and the golden bowl is broken;

before the pitcher is shattered at the spring,

    and the wheel broken at the well,

7 and the dust returns to the ground it came from,

    and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

8 “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher.[b]

    “Everything is meaningless!”

Footnotes

a. Ecclesiastes 11:5 Or know how life (or the spirit) / enters the body being formed

b. Ecclesiastes 12:8 Or the leader of the assembly; also in verses 9 and 10

Ecclesiastes 11:1-12:8

Remember Your Creator Now

Introduction

1. Live Boldly When You Can’t See the Future (11:1-6)

2. Enjoy Life With Your Eyes Open (11:7-10)

3. Remember God While It is NOW (12:1-8)

Conclusion

1. Why is it good news that Jesus never forgot His Father, even when He went to the cross? What does “remember your Creator” look like in your life right now? 
2. What areas of your life have you placed in your “later” basket that today’s passage calls you to move into the “now” basket?

• Please join us for some light refreshments at the canteen (basement level, GBHQ).
• Morning tea is from 11 am to 11.30 am.
• Do avoid the archery area at the field for safety.