Prioritizing God's Presence: Lessons from Haggai
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"God is a God the jealous God it says otherwise the anger of the Lord will wipe you off the face of the earth, that's a pretty strong warning don't you think? You know God is not gonna tolerate idolatry, he's not gonna tolerate sin and so on. Yes, he's a god a blessing, he's the God of abundance, he wants to lavish us with all of those things but there's also a warning don't you dare forget me, don't go after other gods otherwise I'll have to obliterate you from the face of the earth." [00:06:30]
"God is patient, but He will take drastic measures if necessary to correct us. We must not mistake His patience for permission to continue in disobedience. God's correction is an expression of His love, aimed at bringing us back to Him. If God can't get your attention by tickling you with a feather, he'll hit you over the head with a two-by-four. God will begin by tickling with your fella trying to get your attention but if he can't get your attention that way finally hasturs we would say lower the boom." [00:10:43]
"God says I want to come down, he said to Moses I want you to build me a house basically right in the middle of where my people live so that I can dwell among them. God wants to dwell among us, he wants to be you know relevant in every aspect of our life and so this is what God is doing here." [00:27:30]
"Consider your ways. Short little message but a very powerful word. Listen, I want you to take stock of what you're doing. When we consider something, we weigh that thing carefully, don't we? If we're gonna buy a new car, you know, we weigh up do we need a car, do we need a pickup truck, you know, we're gonna drive it X number of miles, what can we afford, you know, we consider something and God says listen take time to really examine your ways." [00:29:15]
"God says listen, you guys have got fixated on your own homes. One translation says they're sealed houses, my translation says they're paneled houses. In other words, they had focused on one thing as a priority, their own house, and God's house again was on the backburner. God's house was no longer important to them and isn't that true today?" [00:27:30]
"Jesus said, I will build my church. I will build my church. That was his number one concern, it's still his number one concern. He wasn't talking about bricks and mortar. Hebrews says whose house we are. I will build a people so that I can dwell in the midst of God wanted a people in the Old Testament where their entire life revolved around the presence of God." [00:25:30]
"God is looking for obedience in our life. The children of Israel make a choice here under the prophetic word that comes to them. They listen to the voice of God, they obey the voice of the God, they show reverence to the Lord and once we do that, once we begin to take seriously as we read the Word of God and we say Lord, I read this morning you know to love my enemies or whatever it is I'm gonna do that." [00:42:32]
"God says listen, I'm the one that blows it away. Therefore, because of you, the sky has withheld its due, the earth has withheld its projects and I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains and on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil and on what the ground produces, on men, on cattle, on all the labor of your hands. God says listen, I call for the drought, I did all of that." [00:39:27]
"God says not only will I be with you but he says I'll bless you from this moment on if you want the blessing of God it comes through obedience it comes through establishing right priorities in our life and I believe that this book is just as relevant today the principle of this book it's just as relevant because again in the New Testament seek first put me first and all these things will take care of themselves." [00:48:24]
"God's presence or God's resistance, that's really what this book is about. You can either have God's presence through obedience or God's resistance through disobedience. If we choose to disobey, God will, you know, fill our purse with holes, he will send the storms and the mildew or whatever it is, call for a drought on our spiritual life so to speak, not because he's a meanie but because he brings corrections." [00:48:24]
"God's concern for His people and house. He was concerned about his people and he was concerned about the temple. Keep that in mind now because there will be a test if you like alright but their mission then is to rebuild the house of God that's what God wants they knew clearly and Ezra said to them go up to Jerusalem and rebuild the house of God so they had a clear mandate of God's purpose in their life." [00:25:30]
"God's promise of blessing through obedience. When we obey God and prioritize His presence, He promises to bless us. This principle is timeless and applicable today. As we align our lives with God's priorities, we will find that He meets our needs and blesses us abundantly." [00:48:24]
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"God is patient, but He will take drastic measures if necessary to correct us. We must not mistake His patience for permission to continue in disobedience. God's correction is an expression of His love, aimed at bringing us back to Him. If God can't get your attention by tickling you with a feather, he'll hit you over the head with a two-by-four. God will begin by tickling with your fella trying to get your attention but if he can't get your attention that way finally hasturs we would say lower the boom." [00:10:43]
"God says I want to come down, he said to Moses I want you to build me a house basically right in the middle of where my people live so that I can dwell among them. God wants to dwell among us, he wants to be you know relevant in every aspect of our life and so this is what God is doing here." [00:27:30]
"Consider your ways. Short little message but a very powerful word. Listen, I want you to take stock of what you're doing. When we consider something, we weigh that thing carefully, don't we? If we're gonna buy a new car, you know, we weigh up do we need a car, do we need a pickup truck, you know, we're gonna drive it X number of miles, what can we afford, you know, we consider something and God says listen take time to really examine your ways." [00:29:15]
"God says listen, you guys have got fixated on your own homes. One translation says they're sealed houses, my translation says they're paneled houses. In other words, they had focused on one thing as a priority, their own house, and God's house again was on the backburner. God's house was no longer important to them and isn't that true today?" [00:27:30]
"Jesus said, I will build my church. I will build my church. That was his number one concern, it's still his number one concern. He wasn't talking about bricks and mortar. Hebrews says whose house we are. I will build a people so that I can dwell in the midst of God wanted a people in the Old Testament where their entire life revolved around the presence of God." [00:25:30]
"God is looking for obedience in our life. The children of Israel make a choice here under the prophetic word that comes to them. They listen to the voice of God, they obey the voice of the God, they show reverence to the Lord and once we do that, once we begin to take seriously as we read the Word of God and we say Lord, I read this morning you know to love my enemies or whatever it is I'm gonna do that." [00:42:32]
"God says listen, I'm the one that blows it away. Therefore, because of you, the sky has withheld its due, the earth has withheld its projects and I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains and on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil and on what the ground produces, on men, on cattle, on all the labor of your hands. God says listen, I call for the drought, I did all of that." [00:39:27]
"God says not only will I be with you but he says I'll bless you from this moment on if you want the blessing of God it comes through obedience it comes through establishing right priorities in our life and I believe that this book is just as relevant today the principle of this book it's just as relevant because again in the New Testament seek first put me first and all these things will take care of themselves." [00:48:24]
"God's presence or God's resistance, that's really what this book is about. You can either have God's presence through obedience or God's resistance through disobedience. If we choose to disobey, God will, you know, fill our purse with holes, he will send the storms and the mildew or whatever it is, call for a drought on our spiritual life so to speak, not because he's a meanie but because he brings corrections." [00:48:24]
"God's concern for His people and house. He was concerned about his people and he was concerned about the temple. Keep that in mind now because there will be a test if you like alright but their mission then is to rebuild the house of God that's what God wants they knew clearly and Ezra said to them go up to Jerusalem and rebuild the house of God so they had a clear mandate of God's purpose in their life." [00:25:30]
"God's promise of blessing through obedience. When we obey God and prioritize His presence, He promises to bless us. This principle is timeless and applicable today. As we align our lives with God's priorities, we will find that He meets our needs and blesses us abundantly." [00:48:24]
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