This sermon and Scripture were given by the Rev. Anders Edstrom at Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. The Scripture comes from Haggai 2:1-9

Encouraging the people

2 On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the Lord’s word came through Haggai the prophet: 2 Say to Judah’s governor Zerubbabel, Shealtiel’s son, and to the chief priest Joshua, Jehozadak’s son, and to the rest of the people:

3 Who among you is left who saw this house in its former glory?

How does it look to you now?

Doesn’t it appear as nothing to you?

4 So now, be strong, Zerubbabel, says the Lord.

Be strong, High Priest Joshua, Jehozadak’s son,

and be strong, all you people of the land, says the Lord.

Work, for I am with you, says the Lord of heavenly forces.

5 As with our agreement when you came out of Egypt,

my spirit stands in your midst.

Don’t fear.

6 This is what the Lord of heavenly forces says:

In just a little while, I will make the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry land quake.

7 I will make all the nations quake.

The wealth of all the nations will come.

I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of heavenly forces.

8 The silver and the gold belong to me, says the Lord of heavenly forces.

9 This house will be more glorious than its predecessor, says the Lord of heavenly forces.

I will provide prosperity in this place, says the Lord of heavenly forces.