Category: Haggai
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Haggai: First Things First (Part 7 of Short Books, Long Shadows)
What happens when God’s people get so busy building their own lives that they neglect what matters most? Haggai’s message is a call to consider our ways, put first things first, and trust the God who is with us while we rebuild. And buried in this little book is a promise that points all the…
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Day 262: It’s About the Heart, Not the House (Haggai 1:2-4)
Haggai reminds the exiles—and us—that God is after our hearts, not our houses. From David to Solomon to the exiles, His presence has never depended on a building.
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Day 262: Why the Second Temple Was So… Meh (Haggai 2:3)
A Spurgeon Snapshot “‘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?”Haggai 2:3 ESV One of the remarkable features of Zerubbabel’s temple was that it wasn’t that remarkable at all. We get the first clue that it’s…