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Sunday Morning Service with Pastor Josh Boles Sunday Mornings at 11:00 am Keep Thy Heart

Watch The Rot of Resignation & The Renewal of Faith Pt. 1, a Haggai 1 sermon on overcoming spiritual apathy and prioritizing God's glory. In 520 BC, the Israelites who returned from exile faced a severe spiritual crisis. After experiencing opposition, they stopped rebuilding the temple and resigned themselves to prioritizing their own comfort. Pastor Richard Caldwell opens the book of Haggai to address this dangerous complacency and the ruin that follows when we value our own houses above the house of the Lord. Through expository preaching of Haggai 1, we see how easily believers can rationalize neglecting biblical priorities. The people convinced themselves that the time to serve God had not yet come, all while focusing entirely on their own earthly comfort. God sends His prophet to expose their faulty logic, confront their selfish ambition, and call them to immediate spiritual renewal. This message challenges us to examine our own hearts and evaluate what we truly value. True revival begins when we recover our sense of the greatness of God and submit to His supreme authority. We must repent of any spiritual laziness and return to sacrificial obedience, trusting that the Lord is omnipotent over all our circumstances. Key Biblical Takeaways: - God is sovereign and omniscient, knowing the hidden motives of our hearts and rejecting the human logic we use to justify disobedience. - Spiritual ruin occurs when believers become comfortable prioritizing their own personal pursuits over the clear commands of God. - The Lord is immanent and directly addresses our specific circumstances to call us away from worldly apathy and back into faithful service.

A true disciple's condition is blessed because there is the expectation of mercy to help, unfettered communion with God, and an honored place in God's house.