KEY SCRIPTURE: Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, the governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest:

2 “The Lord of Armies says this: These people say: The time has not come for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt.”

3 The word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai: 4 “Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins? ” 5 Now, the Lord of Armies says this: “Think carefully about your ways:

6 You have planted much but harvested little.

You eat but never have enough to be satisfied.

You drink but never have enough to be happy.

You put on clothes but never have enough to get warm.

The wage earner puts his wages into a bag with a hole in it.”

7 The Lord of Armies says this: “Think carefully about your ways. 8 Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house; and I will be pleased with it and be glorified,” says the Lord. 9 “You expected much, but then it amounted to little. When you brought the harvest to your house, I ruined it. Why? ” This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies. “Because my house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.

10 So on your account, the skies have withheld the dew and the land its crops.

11 I have summoned a drought on the fields and the hills, on the grain, new wine, fresh oil,

and whatever the ground yields, on people and animals, and on all that your hands produce.”

12 Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and the entire remnant of the people obeyed the Lord their God and the words of the prophet Haggai, because the Lord their God had sent him. So the people feared the Lord.

13 Then Haggai, the Lord’s messenger, delivered the Lord’s message to the people: “I am with you ​— ​this is the Lord’s declaration.” -- Haggai 1:1-13 (CSB)

SLIDE: Paying attention to how we feel in certain situations reveals much about our priorities.

SLIDE: What holds authority in our lives is revealed in the choices we make, and choices have consequences.

SLIDE: A loving God disciplines His people by allowing the ramification of sins to affect their lives.

SLIDE: What does it mean to fear the Lord? What does it mean to fear other people/things above the Lord?

KEY SCRIPTURE: 7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and discipline. -- Proverbs 1:7 (CSB)

SLIDE: In our fear of the Lord, we gain wisdom because we cling to the Father.

SLIDE: In our fear of the Lord, we will look to Christ as our source of wisdom.

SLIDE: We anchor ourselves to wisdom by looking to Christ.

SLIDE: Anchoring Ourselves in Christ’s Truth

(List found in “You are a Theologian” by Wilken and English pg 133)

In Christ, you are/have:

FORGIVEN (Acts 5:31)

SAVED (2 Timothy 1:9; Titus 3:5)

JUSTIFIED (Galatians 2:16)

RECONCILED (Romans 5:11)

LOVED (1 John 3:16)

ADOPTED (Galatians 4:5)

CLEANSED (Acts 15:9; Ephesians 5:26)

HEALED (1 Peter 2:24)

REDEEMED (Hebrew 9:15; Galatians 3:13)

FREE (Revelation 1:5)

RESCUED(Galatians 1:4)

TRIUMPHANT (Colossians 2:15)

HOPE (Colossians 1:27)

INHERITANCE (1 Peter 1:4

PEACE (Colossians 1:20)

REST (Hebrews 4:3)

slide- Fear of the Lord requires that we let the Holy Spirit guide us.

SLIDE: The Holy Spirit will guide us:

To TRUTH (John 16:13)

To what is RIGHT (Galatians 5:16)

Through our WEAKNESSES (Romans 8:26)

To SELF CONTROL (2 TIMOTHY 3:16)

Connecting us to the POWER of the Father (Acts 1:8)

To ABIDE with the Father (1 John 3:24)

To DISCERN scripture (Hebrews 4:12)

To ASSURANCE of salvation (Ephesians 1:13)

To SHARE (Luke 4:18)

To LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS, AND SELF-CONTROL. (Galatians 5:22-23)

SLIDE: We are to fear God which results in us seeking God.

SLIDE: We are to pray to the Father, in Jesus’s name, through the power of the Holy Spirit in us- believing in His promises.

SLIDE: The fear of the Lord leads us to wisdom because it leads us to Him.

DAILY TRAINING: Seek the character of God. Cling to Him through silence and prayer.