The Time has Come Haggai 1:1-11

History of Israel: Return from Exile Destruction Return Foundation laid Prophets Fear and apathy Work resumes Temple completed 586 536 520 515 538 (16 years)

Consider Your Ways Misplaced priorities… Are obvious Lack of urgency Time is lent to us to be laid out in God’s service, and we cannot be too diligent in it if we consider that time is precious, short, passing, uncertain, irrevocable when gone and that for which we must be accountable. Abraham Cowley

Consider Your Ways Misplaced priorities… Are obvious Lack of urgency Lord, make me to know my end And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how transient I am. Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Psalm 39:4-5

Consider Your Ways Misplaced priorities… Are obvious Lack of urgency Love of comfort

Consider Your Ways Misplaced priorities… Are obvious Lack of urgency Love of comfort Surely I will not enter my house, nor lie on my bed; I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids; Until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob. Psalm 132:3-5

Consider Your Ways Misplaced priorities… Are obvious Have consequences Delayed worship Futility and frustration Divine opposition

Consider Your Ways Misplaced priorities… Are obvious Have consequences Can be corrected Consider Obey