Haggai 2:1-9

Main idea: Sometimes when discouragement looms over us like impossible situation we tend to lose faith and focus. 

• The Discouragement
  • The Comparison (vv. 1-3)
    
    • Who is left among you who saw this temple in its former glory? And how do you see it now? In comparison with it, is this not in your eyes as nothing?
  • The Command (vv.4-5)
    
    • Oh, Be strong
    • Fear not
    • Work on it
• The Encouragement
  
  • Look Back For Great History (v.3)
    
    • Who is left among you who saw this temple in its former glory? And how do you see it now? In comparison with it, is this not in your eyes as nothing?
  • Look Up For God’s Help (vv. 6-8)
    
    • 6 “For thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land; 7 and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,’ says the Lord of hosts. 8 ‘The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,’ says the Lord of hosts.
  • Look Forward For God’s Honor (v.9)
    
    • ‘The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former,’ says the Lord of hosts. ‘And in this place I will give peace,’ says the Lord of hosts.”