_GREED HAS AWFUL EFFECTS -- HAGGAI 1:1-6:_ If we are greedy for things it takes us away from God. Greed also leads to pride. Greed caused the people to push God down to a place of lesser importance in their life. They were concerned only about getting more. They would wait and build God's Temple lat... [ Continue Reading ]
_CONSIDER YOUR WAYS -- HAGGAI 1:7-8 _ God told the people to listen to His words and take actions on what He said. "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SEE HOW MUCH WE NEED GOD -- HAGGAI 1:9-11:_ Our failure to obey God makes it impossible for Him to bless us. These people expected much, but received only a little. Even the little that they had would soon disappear without God. The reason this happened was because they put their own needs, wishes... [ Continue Reading ]
_THERE IS HOPE WHEN WE OBEY -- HAGGAI 1:12-15:_ The people decided to listen to the message delivered by God's messengers, the prophets. "Zerubbabel and Joshua, together with the others who had returned from exile in Babylonia, obeyed the Lord's message spoken by his prophet Haggai, and they started... [ Continue Reading ]