__________ in the present.
4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O
Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of
the land, declares the LORD. Work, for I am with you, declares the LORD
of hosts, 5 according to the covenant that I made with you when you
came out of Egypt. My Spirit remains in your midst. Fear not.
The Journey from Past Pain to Future Fulfillment
Haggai 2:1-9
__________ from the past.
2 “Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah,
and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to all the
remnant of the people, and say, 3 ‘Who is left among you who saw this
house in its former glory? How do you see it now? Is it not as nothing in
your eyes?
Text Message:
o Those who would’ve seen the prior temple (“former glory”)
would be well over ______________ years old at this point.
o It is possible that the people were hearing tales of the “glory
days” and were ______________________ now.
o The lesson: Learn from the past but don’t ______ for the past!
o The past is a great ______________ but a lousy __________!
o The past can:
1) Motivate us to make __________ decisions.
2) Educate us on what ______________________ to make.
3) Help us eliminate possible pitfalls.
o But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining
forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize
of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:13b-14
o Paul did not stay in his past as a persecutor of Christ, but in
his present as a promoter of Christ.
Text Message:
o Circle the key phrase, “Be strong,” which occurs three times!
o The NRSV translates this phrase, “Take courage.”
o The solution for the present was simply ________.
o Let each one examine his thoughts, and he will find them all
occupied with the past and the future. We scarcely ever think of
the present; and if we think of it, it is only to take light from it to
arrange the future. The present is never our end. So we never live,
but we hope to live; and, as we are always preparing to be happy, it
is inevitable we should never be so. Blaise Pascal, Pascal’s Pensees
o Am I living in the present?
Do I believe that my work is valuable and will be rewarded?
o Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling
in the work of the Lord, because you know that in the Lord your
labor is not in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:58, NRSV
________ forward to the future.
6 For thus says the LORD of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will
shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. 7 And I
will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in,
and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of hosts. 8 The silver is
mine, and the gold is mine, declares the LORD of hosts. 9 The latter glory
of this house shall be greater than the former, says the LORD of hosts.
And in this place I will give peace, declares the LORD of hosts.’”
Text Message:
o We are living in the ___________________ of these verses!
o The nations are being ____________, and people from every
nation are bowing their knee to Christ!
You are now entering your mission field!
__________ in the present.
4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O
Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of
the land, declares the LORD. Work, for I am with you, declares the LORD
of hosts, 5 according to the covenant that I made with you when you
came out of Egypt. My Spirit remains in your midst. Fear not.
The Journey from Past Pain to Future Fulfillment
Haggai 2:1-9
__________ from the past.
2 “Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah,
and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to all the
remnant of the people, and say, 3 ‘Who is left among you who saw this
house in its former glory? How do you see it now? Is it not as nothing in
your eyes?
Text Message:
o Those who would’ve seen the prior temple (“former glory”)
would be well over ______________ years old at this point.
o It is possible that the people were hearing tales of the “glory
days” and were ______________________ now.
o The lesson: Learn from the past but don’t ______ for the past!
o The past is a great ______________ but a lousy __________!
o The past can:
1) Motivate us to make __________ decisions.
2) Educate us on what ______________________ to make.
3) Help us eliminate possible pitfalls.
o But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining
forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize
of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:13b-14
o Paul did not stay in his past as a persecutor of Christ, but in
his present as a promoter of Christ.
Text Message:
o Circle the key phrase, “Be strong,” which occurs three times!
o The NRSV translates this phrase, “Take courage.”
o The solution for the present was simply ________.
o Let each one examine his thoughts, and he will find them all
occupied with the past and the future. We scarcely ever think of
the present; and if we think of it, it is only to take light from it to
arrange the future. The present is never our end. So we never live,
but we hope to live; and, as we are always preparing to be happy, it
is inevitable we should never be so. Blaise Pascal, Pascal’s Pensees
o Am I living in the present?
Do I believe that my work is valuable and will be rewarded?
o Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling
in the work of the Lord, because you know that in the Lord your
labor is not in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:58, NRSV
________ forward to the future.
6 For thus says the LORD of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will
shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. 7 And I
will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in,
and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of hosts. 8 The silver is
mine, and the gold is mine, declares the LORD of hosts. 9 The latter glory
of this house shall be greater than the former, says the LORD of hosts.
And in this place I will give peace, declares the LORD of hosts.’”
Text Message:
o We are living in the ___________________ of these verses!
o The nations are being ____________, and people from every
nation are bowing their knee to Christ!
You are now entering your mission field!