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

28 Jan 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