Hurry Up and Wait Haggai 2:1019

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Hurry Up and WaitHaggai 210-19
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Hurry Up and Wait

• Why arent we being blessed right NOW?
• Holiness is not accidental
• Defilement is insidious

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Hurry Up and Wait

• Why arent we being blessed right NOW?
• Life in a cause/effect universe
• disappointing results
• divine opposition

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hail
mildew
blasting wind
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Hurry Up and Wait

• Why arent we being blessed right NOW?
• Life in a cause/effect universe
• disappointing results
• divine opposition
• delayed blessing

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Hurry Up and Wait

• The summers extend from May to September, and are
  hot and almost completely dry. During this time,
  the main crops are harvested wheat in May and
  June, and grapes in August and September. In
  October and November the early rains were
  expected. These softened the ground and allowed
  it to be ploughed and planted with grain seed for
  the following year's crop.

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Hurry Up and Wait

• During the winter months of December, January,
  and February, the weather grew colder, with rain
  at intervals, or even with snow. The farmers
  hoped for more rain in March or April to help the
  growing grain crops to mature well. Since the
  total rainfall over the whole year was not very
  great, even small decreases could have severe
  effect on the crops, and cause real hardship to
  the people." (Pieter Verhoef, 131)

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How does God bless His people?

• Material

Every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift
is from above, coming down from the Father of
lights, with whom there is no variation, or
shifting shadow. James 117
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How does God bless His people?

• Material

And do not neglect doing good and sharing, for
with such sacrifices God is pleased. Hebrews
1316
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How does God bless His people?

• Material

And God is able to make all grace abound to you,
so that always having all sufficiency in
everything, you may have an abundance for every
good deed. 2 Corinthians 98
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How does God bless His people?

• Material
• Sufferings

For to you it has been granted for Christs sake,
not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer
for His sake. Philippians 129
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How does God bless His people?
to the degree that you share the sufferings of
Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the
revelation of His glory you may rejoice with
exultation. If you are reviled for the name of
Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of
glory and of God rests on you. 1 Peter 412-14

• Material
• Sufferings

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How does God bless His people?

• Material
• Sufferings

Blessed are those who have been persecuted for
the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven. Matthew 510
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How does God bless His people?

• Material
• Sufferings
• Spiritual

And the peace of God, which surpasses all
comprehension, will guard your hearts and your
minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 47
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How does God bless His people?

• Material
• Sufferings
• Spiritual
• Hope

Is the seed still in the barn? Even including the
vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate and the olive
tree, it has not borne fruit. Yet from this day
on I will bless you. Haggai 219
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