Book of Small Prophet
Haggai
Chapter
1
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1. In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, the governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest: 2. Thus says the LORD of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the LORD'S house. 3. Then the word of the LORD came by the prophet Haggai, saying: 4. Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your pangled houses, while this house lies in ruins?
(Book of Small Prophets Haggai Chapter 1 verses 1 to 4)
Oh God my Father in my heart I feel the message of this verse be written for me. As I am sharing these posts with others, I feel Your encouragement to, continue doing so. It is as if You are telling me;
I have given You so much during prayer, are you going to keep it all for yourself, no! You are to share it with others both verbally and even by means of a blog so that others will also grow by means of my Word, the message of the Good News! Go ahead and share the messages that I give you during these moments of prayer Amen.
5. Now therefore thus says the LORD of hosts; Consider how you have fared. 6. You have sown much, and harvested little; you eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and you that earn wages earn wages to put them into a bag with holes.
(Book of Small prophet Haggai Chapter 1 verses 5 to 6)
Oh God my Father, this is the story of our life, we invest a lot in work, family, science, technology, education, You name it we do it! However the return never reaches our expectations, We are never satisfied. Year after year those in education say that after all these years the average pass mark remains below the required standard and the rate of absenteeism along with those who end the educational process and still do not know how to read and write is escalating. Economists forecast recessions even though the income of the current period may be doing well. We all have something to be negative about. I pray oh God my Father that we invest in You and not in the world, for those who invest in the wind, will reap the wind, but those who invest in You will also reap You Amen.
7. Thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider how you have fared. 8. Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored, says the LORD.
(Book of Small Prophet Haggai Chapter 1 verses 7 to 8)
Oh God my Father as much as you wished that Your people build You a house of wood in which to seek pleasure, You would have been happier if they had built a place for You in their hearts. This is also my prayer oh God, that You come and dwell in me and seek pleasure as my friend, God and Father Amen. However in order to make space for You I need to continue overcome my sinful self because you and my sins cannot dwell together, therefore I pray for the needed strength in order to overcome myself and sins Amen.
9. You have looked for much, and lo, it came to little, and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the LORD of hosts.
(Book of Small Prophet Haggai Chapter 1 verse 9)
Oh God many times we invest our time and money in things or situations that are of the world which renders the bare minimum. Our God is a God of greatness and wants us to invest in things which have the biggest return. God, You are the master of Economics, You know when it is the perfect time to make an investment. now is the best time for you and me to invest in our heavenly home that is certain instead of in worldly investments that have some catch in terms and conditions Amen.
10. Therefore the heavens above you have witheld the dew, and the earth has witheld its produce. 11. And I have called for drought on the land and the hills, on the grain, the new wine, the oil, on what the soil produces, on human beings and animals, and on all their labors.
(Book of Small Prophet Haggai Chapter 1 verses 10 to 11)
Oh God my Father all is under Your control, You can water the earth and You can also refuse to do so. The wise of the earth call it global warming or changing of the seasons, however, You laugh at these false theories and hypotheses for You are aware of the real reasons for droughts or increase or decrease of rain. Amen.
12. Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of the prophet Haggai, as the LORD their God had sent him; and the people feared the LORD.
(Book of Small Prophet Haggai Chapter 1 verses 12)
Of all the people that made up Your people my God only a remnant meaning a portion of that nation remained faithful in obedience to Your voice, Oh God my Father, may we also in 2016 be counted among that group that chose to follow Your ways Amen.
13. Then Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, spoke to the people with the LORD's message, saying, I am with you, says the LORD. 14. And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, 15. on the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month.
(Book of Small Prophet Haggai Chapter 1 verses 13 to 15)
Oh God my Father on the twenty-second day of the month of September You also gave me the message that I had long been waiting for. I had recently attended an interview and yesterday I received via e-mail that I had been chosen for the post of Social Worker. I thank You for your intervention and for all the forces You unleashed to make this intervention possible I thank You, my God and Father Amen.
I would like to end this chapter with the following prayer.
Oh God my Father, when the time is right You intervene by showing Your love and mercy, by breaking down all the existing barriers so that Your justice will reign and triumph over the forces of evil. I thank You after all these years of praying and hoping for giving me the opportunity to return back to my old job as Social Worker within the Foundation of Social Work Amen. I pray that Your will continue to be done and that I will glide successfully through the six months of probation period Amen.
(Book of Small prophet Haggai Chapter 1 verses 5 to 6)
Oh God my Father, this is the story of our life, we invest a lot in work, family, science, technology, education, You name it we do it! However the return never reaches our expectations, We are never satisfied. Year after year those in education say that after all these years the average pass mark remains below the required standard and the rate of absenteeism along with those who end the educational process and still do not know how to read and write is escalating. Economists forecast recessions even though the income of the current period may be doing well. We all have something to be negative about. I pray oh God my Father that we invest in You and not in the world, for those who invest in the wind, will reap the wind, but those who invest in You will also reap You Amen.
7. Thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider how you have fared. 8. Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored, says the LORD.
(Book of Small Prophet Haggai Chapter 1 verses 7 to 8)
Oh God my Father as much as you wished that Your people build You a house of wood in which to seek pleasure, You would have been happier if they had built a place for You in their hearts. This is also my prayer oh God, that You come and dwell in me and seek pleasure as my friend, God and Father Amen. However in order to make space for You I need to continue overcome my sinful self because you and my sins cannot dwell together, therefore I pray for the needed strength in order to overcome myself and sins Amen.
9. You have looked for much, and lo, it came to little, and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the LORD of hosts.
(Book of Small Prophet Haggai Chapter 1 verse 9)
Oh God many times we invest our time and money in things or situations that are of the world which renders the bare minimum. Our God is a God of greatness and wants us to invest in things which have the biggest return. God, You are the master of Economics, You know when it is the perfect time to make an investment. now is the best time for you and me to invest in our heavenly home that is certain instead of in worldly investments that have some catch in terms and conditions Amen.
10. Therefore the heavens above you have witheld the dew, and the earth has witheld its produce. 11. And I have called for drought on the land and the hills, on the grain, the new wine, the oil, on what the soil produces, on human beings and animals, and on all their labors.
(Book of Small Prophet Haggai Chapter 1 verses 10 to 11)
Oh God my Father all is under Your control, You can water the earth and You can also refuse to do so. The wise of the earth call it global warming or changing of the seasons, however, You laugh at these false theories and hypotheses for You are aware of the real reasons for droughts or increase or decrease of rain. Amen.
12. Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of the prophet Haggai, as the LORD their God had sent him; and the people feared the LORD.
(Book of Small Prophet Haggai Chapter 1 verses 12)
Of all the people that made up Your people my God only a remnant meaning a portion of that nation remained faithful in obedience to Your voice, Oh God my Father, may we also in 2016 be counted among that group that chose to follow Your ways Amen.
13. Then Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, spoke to the people with the LORD's message, saying, I am with you, says the LORD. 14. And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, 15. on the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month.
(Book of Small Prophet Haggai Chapter 1 verses 13 to 15)
Oh God my Father on the twenty-second day of the month of September You also gave me the message that I had long been waiting for. I had recently attended an interview and yesterday I received via e-mail that I had been chosen for the post of Social Worker. I thank You for your intervention and for all the forces You unleashed to make this intervention possible I thank You, my God and Father Amen.
I would like to end this chapter with the following prayer.
Oh God my Father, when the time is right You intervene by showing Your love and mercy, by breaking down all the existing barriers so that Your justice will reign and triumph over the forces of evil. I thank You after all these years of praying and hoping for giving me the opportunity to return back to my old job as Social Worker within the Foundation of Social Work Amen. I pray that Your will continue to be done and that I will glide successfully through the six months of probation period Amen.
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