28 Jan 2018

BUILD YOUR KINGDOM HERE 2. DEALING WITH DISCOURAGEMENT (Haggai 2:1-9)

1. Don’t Look To the Past (v1-3)

  • Negative Nostalgia
  • Don’t despise the day of small things
  • Unfavourable comparisons between the present and the past undermine all incentives to persevere.

2. Hear God’s Promise in the Present (v4-5)

  • Be strong!
  • I am with you!
  • This is My work – so it matters!
  • You have the presence of the Spirit!
  • Do not fear!

3. Believe the Facts for the Future (v6-9)

  • I will shake
  • I will fill
  • I will grant peace
  • God’s Kingdom Cannot Be Shaken
  • The Architect’s Plans Cannot be Thwarted