Series: Haggai: Consider Your Ways
Text: Haggai 2:1-9

Finding Your Significance in God's Plan

Discouragement: A longing for obvious significance.

Encouragement: An understanding of present significance.

• God's presence with us
• God's purpose for us
  • Be strong
  • Work
  • Fear not

Encouragement: A hope in future significance.

• God will receive glory through Christ in the church.

Conclusions:

• Don't search for significance in shallow comparisons.
• Invest in God's agenda.
• Rest in the victory that will be fully revealed.

Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways. ~ Haggai 1:5

Series: Consider Your Ways
Text: Haggai 1:1-15

What does it look like to consider our ways?

One: Stop trying to justify your apathy.

Two: Examine closely the evidence of your priorities.

Three: Recognize the cause of your dissatisfaction.

Four: Take practical steps of worshipful obedience.

Four: Renew your mind with what God says.

Six: Yield to the Spirit's leading to do kingdom work.

• Romans 15:5 - Patience and Encouragement
• Romans 15:7 - Welcome
• Romans 15:14 - Goodness, Knowledge
• Romans 16:16 - Greet one another

Series: Haggai: Consider Your Ways
Text: Haggai

All Scripture is Profitable.

The Role of the Prophet: to reveal God's truth to the people by the Spirit.

Two Challenges:

1. Prophetic fog - intentional ambiguity; we don't get all the details
2. Prophetic form - the use of figurative language and a sense of imminence

The Big Question: What did the prophets say that stirred these people to do God's work?

The Theme of Haggai: Consider your ways!

Lessons for us:

• Trust God's control.
• Receive God's grace.
• Believe God's word.

Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways. ~ Haggai 1:5

Series: Beginning with Moses: Bible Overview 4 of 4
Text: Luke 24:27 And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

The New Testament

One: The Gospels: the introduction to the person and work of Jesus Christ.

Two: The Acts: the proclamation of the person and work of Jesus Christ.

Three: The Letters: the explanation of the person and work of Jesus Christ.

Four: Revelation: the consummation of the person and work of Jesus Christ.

Conclusion:

• The Old Testament is the preparation for a person.
• The New Testament is the manifestation of that person.
• The whole Bible is the revelation of the person and work of Jesus Christ.

For all the promises of God find their Yes in Jesus Christ. ~ 2 Corinthians 1:20

Series: How We Related to Each Other: a study of the "one another" passages in the New Testament.
Texts: Colossians 3:9-10, Titus 3:1-7, James 4:11-12, James 5:7-9

Series: Beginning with Moses: Bible Overview 3 of 4
Text: Luke 24:27 And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

The Books of the Prophecy

One: The Content of the Books of Prophecy.

• Preaching
• Predictions

Two: The Issue of the Books of Prophecy.

• The issue is loyalty.

Three: The Function of the Books of Prophecy

• To prepare us for a perfect Prophet with a perfect message.

Conclusion: The Old Testament is unsatisfying.

For all the promises of God find their Yes in Jesus Christ. ~ 2 Corinthians 1:20

Series: How We Related to Each Other: a study of the "one another" passages in the New Testament.
Texts: 1 Corinthians 4:6-7, 1 Corinthians 6:1, 2 Corinthians 10:12, Galatians 5:13-15, Galatians 5:26

1. Puffed up in favor of one against another
2. Taking a grievance against one another to the unrighteous
3. Comparing themselves to one another
4. Bite and devour one another
5. Conceited, provoking one another, envying one another

Series: Beginning with Moses: Bible Overview 2 of 4
Text: Luke 24:27 And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

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The Books of History

One: The Content of the Books of History

• Hope
• Disappointment

Two: The Issue of the Books of History

• The issue is Leadership

Three: The Function of the Books of History

• To prepare us for a perfect King with a perfect kingdom.

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The Books of Poetry
(Wisdom Literature)

One: The Content of the Books of Poetry

• Psalms = the will of the perfect Leader
• Proverbs = the wisdom of the perfect Leader
• Ecclesiastes = the values of the perfect Leader
• Song of Solomon = the heart of the perfect Leader

Two: The Issue of the Books of Poetry

• The issue is character

Three: The Function of the Books of Poetry

• To create a longing for the perfect Leader.

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For all the promises of God find their Yes in Jesus Christ. ~ 2 Corinthians 1:20

Series: How We Relate to Other: a study of the "one another" passages
Texts: Matthew 24:9-10, Mark 9:33-35, Luke 12:1, John 5:30-44, Acts 15:36-39, Romans 14:13

1. "And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another" - Matthew 24:9-10
2. "They had argued with one another about who was the greatest" - Mark 9:33-35
3. "When so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another" - Luke 12:1
4. "How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?" - John 5:44
5. "And there arose a sharp disagreement, so that they separated from each other." - Acts 15:39
6. "Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer" - Romans 14:13

Series: Beginning with Moses: Bible Overview 1 of 4
Text: Luke 24:27 And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

The Books of the Law
(The Torah in Hebrew; the Pentateuch in Greek = 5 books)

One: The content of the Books of the Law

• Laws
• Sacrifices

Two: The issue of the Books of the Law

• The issue is holiness.
• God is holy, and man is sinful.

Three: The function of the Books of the Law

• To prepare us for a perfect Priest with a perfect sacrifice.
• To create a longing for a better covenant.

For all the promises of God find their Yes in Jesus Christ. ~ 2 Corinthians 1:20

Series: How We Relate to Others: a study of the "one another" passages
Text: John 13:34-35

Three reasons to love one another:

1. Jesus commands you to love one another.
2. Because Jesus loved you.
3. Love marks you as a follower of Christ.

Theme: New beginnings give us hope for the New Year.

One: New beginnings are God's idea.

Two: God graciously offers us the continual hope of new beginnings.

1. New beginnings reflect the power and goodness of creation.
2. New beginnings in this life are not without groanings.
3. New beginnings are possible because of God's promises.
4. New beginnings unfold the gospel of a new creation.
5. New beginnings sustain our daily endurance.
6. New beginnings shape our future hope.

The steadfast lof of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. ~ Lamentations 3:22-23

Series: Finding Joy in the Nativity
Text: Luke 1-2
Theme: You must find joy in knowing the Savior.

Jesus is the joy!

Why do we need to be reminded that Jesus is the joy?

One: At times we want the material blessings from Jesus more than we want Jesus.

Two: At times we ask lesser things than Jesus to satisfy our craving for joy.

Three: At times we settle for partial joys of lesser things.

Four: Lest we send a mixed message about the Good News of great joy for all people.

Five: At times we think that Jesus leads to joy.

Series: Finding Joy in the Nativity
Text: Matthew 1:18-25
Theme: You should find joy in believing God's words.

One: What makes it hard to believe God's words?

Two: What does it mean to believe God's words?

• Know God's words.
• Count God's words as true.
• Be affected by God's words.

Three: What were the words to be believed?

• A successful Savior.
• A triumphant kingdom.

call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. ~ Matthew 1:21

Series: Finding Joy in the Nativity
Text: Luke 2:8-20
Theme: You should find joy in sharing your hope.

One: Hear the good news.

• A divine appointment in everyday life.
• True joy for those who need it.

Two: Believe the good news.

Three: Share the good news.

• a hint of the sharing – v.10 – for all the people
• a definition of the sharing – v.17 – they made known

Four: Rejoice in the good news.

They made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. ~ Luke 2:17

Pray: Psalm 119:18 Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things in your law.
Text to Read: 1 Peter 1:13-19
Think: Philippians 4:8 whatever is true...think about these things

Write:

• 💡 Something to see. What shines in this passage? What draws attention? What is the main idea? What character of God is displayed? What key words shape the text?
• ❓ Something to ask. What is difficult to understand? How are the connecting words used to steer the flow of thought? (for, as, therefore, so that, but, since, if/then)
• ➡️ Something to do. What should I do with these verses? What needs to change in my life in order to obey? What motivation is offered? What promise to trust? What sin to avoid? What example to follow?
• 📖 Somewhere to look. What other verse or phrase of the Bible comes to mind? Is there another passage that might help address your questions?
• 🙏 Something to pray. What should I pray based on these verses?
• 🙂 Someone to tell. Who would benefit from hearing your thoughts? Who might be able to answer your question?