Lesson Summary:

Haggai rebukes the remnant of Israel for misplaced priorities and encourages them to finish rebuilding the Temple.

Focus Passage: Haggai 1

Outline and Lesson Goal

Principles and Applications

I. The Rebuke of the Remnant (Haggai 1:1-6)

Principle: God Desires to be the First Priority of His People.
Application: What or who in your life has become a higher priority than your relationship with God and His will for your life?
Scripture Reference

⁴“Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!
⁵You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
⁶These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart.
Deuteronomy 6:4-6 (NASB)

II. The Remedy for the Remnant (Haggai 1:7-11)

- Principle: God’s People Won’t Experience His Blessings Without Obedience.
- Application: What has the Lord called you to do that you have put off for far too long?
- Scripture Reference

How blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,Who walks in His ways.
²When you shall eat of the fruit of your hands,You will be happy and it will be well with you.
³Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine Within your house,
Your children like olive plants Around your table.
⁴Behold, for thus shall the man be blessed Who fears the Lord.
Psalms 128:1-4 (NASB)

III. The Response of the Remnant (Haggai 1:12-15)

- Principle: God Will Empower His Obedient People to Accomplish His Will.
- Application: What encouragement do you receive knowing that the Lord is with you in what He has called you to do?
- Scripture Reference

³¹Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’
³²For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
³³But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Matthew 6:31-33 (NASB)