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Provision sneaks up on you We talked about obedience to the Lord recognizing that our worldly shortfalls usually have a spiritual source We also talked about reprioritizing your life in a biblical manner Primarily, placing the Lord and worship above everything Many of us know what we have to do But many…

Introduction Haggai 2:10-19 is where we will be this morning. Let’s Read and pray and we will dive into the text. 10 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Haggai: 11 “This is what the Lord of Armies says: Ask the priests for…

“Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.” - Matthew 2:2 Haggai 2 1 On the twenty-first of the seventh month, the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet saying, 2 “Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor…

The Background Foundation matters. Today we journey to a time when a call to action is being issued to the remnant. The Cyrus decree (539 B.C.) had been issued, the remnant about 50,000 Jews returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple and the city according to Ezra and the work had started but stalled,…

10 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, 11 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Ask the priests about the law: 12 ‘If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment and touches with his fold bread or stew or wine or…

Context: Where does this fit in the Big Picture of God's Glory? Overview: What's going on here? On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai: “Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and…

Webster defines time this way: a nonspatial continuum that is measured in terms of events ( priorities ) which succeed one another from past through present to future “I don’t have enough time” “I will get to it when I find time” “I wish I had more time” Quotes on time Time is free, but it’s priceless.…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

Haggai 2:10–19 : God’s Word Calls US to Make His Presence the Priority of Our life Part 3 Big Idea : God’s Word Calls Us to Make His Presence the Priority of Our life, because sin creeps in, but God’s presence cleanses from within so He can bless us. Purpose : Realize God does not enjoy see us turn His…

10 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, 11 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Ask the priests about the law: 12 ‘If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment and touches with his fold bread or stew or wine or…

Sometimes life is about pig slop and fish guts. That was true for the prodigal son and for Jonah. The prodigal son ( Luke 15 ) ended up squandering his father’s wealth and eating pig slop. Jonah rebelled from God’s command to preach to Nineveh and ended up in the guts of a big fish. In The Story we will…

“Is He—Quite safe?” In my office, I have a poster of a painting that hangs in the Wade Center at Wheaton College. The painting is named Aslan, and it was painted by Sally Brestin. It’s very large, and it hangs on a wall all by itself. It feels imposing to stand in its presence. When I stood there and…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

Title : Rebuilding Had a different message in mind last week, but after praying, felt led to let that sit and stew on a back burner for a while, let it marinate a while longer… and today we’re diving into the minor prophet, Haggai. Text : Haggai 1:1-11 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth…

Introduction Well good morning once again. It’s good to be with you today. Go ahead and turn in your Bible to the book of Hebrews, chapter 3. We are going to be diving into verses 7-19 this morning. As you do that I want to call your attention to a couple of additional announcements. On June 26 we are…

Introduction We will be in Haggai this morning. We finished 1 Peter last week, just a friendly reminder we record all those sermons, so if you desire you can go back and listen from the church’s website, fbcira.com. All the sermons I have preached are up unless we have technical difficulties. So Luke,…

Exodus 27:20-30:10 Review In our last Torah Portions We have talked about different topics The Torah is the manual how to serve God- gives a sense of direction, like a compass W/o direction you do not know where you are going or what you are doing. the yes, I do The unanimous and unhesitating response…

God dispersed the people for their own good, then later He united the peoples out of His mercy.

Does anyone know what this picture represents? This might be the most amazing data picture you see in a lifetime! It shows the 63,779 cross-references in the Bible. The white bars along the bottom represent each Bible chapter, Gen. 1 - Rev. 22 . The line’s color shows the reference’s distance from the…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Psalm 31 . Prayer Intro Good morning, again! August 5, 2001 was a beautiful night in Cleveland, Ohio at Jacobs Field, especially if you were a Seattle Mariners fan. The Mariners coming into the game were 80-30, they had won the first two games of the series, and seemed…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Lam 3:21-26 . God of creation. God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God of the covenant. You are merciful, and gracious, slower to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and sin, but you are also…

I’m Going Fishing Its a few days later the men have gone back to Galilee where most of them live Peter decides to go fishing Peter Thomas John James Nathanael 2 others, Andrew and Phillip Peter and Thomas Peter the one who denied Jesus and needs to be recommissioned at the end of this chapter Thomas…

What do you believe about God? What God do you serve?

Last Spring, we studied through the Sermon on the Mount. One of the great themes of Matthew is the coming kingdom. The Book of Revelation speaks of the time when that new kingdom is fully realized. I shared with our Elders a week ago an observation that I gleaned about songs describing Heaven. Historically…