The Stirring of God This message from Haggai 1 centers on the danger of allowing fear, opposition, comfort, and self-focus to replace obedience to God's assignment. Judah had been delivered from Babylon, restored to Jerusalem, given resources, authority, and a clear mandate to rebuild the temple. But when opposition came, they stopped the work and gradually turned their attention toward their own houses, possessions, and comfort. The unfinished temple became a picture of neglected kingdom priorities. God responded through Haggai with the repeated command, "Consider your ways." The people were sowing much but harvesting little, earning wages but never seeming to have enough, and working hard without satisfaction. God explained that their barrenness was not accidental; He was using their circumstances to expose that their priorities had become disordered. The message emphasizes that hardship does not always mean someone is out of fellowship with God, but every believer should regularly examine his or her ways before the Lord and ask whether fear, distraction, or self-interest has displaced what God has clearly given them to do. The turning point came when Zerubbabel, Joshua, and the remnant obeyed the voice of the Lord. Once they returned to the work, God gave them one of the most powerful assurances in the book: "I am with you." The message stresses that their greatest problem was not their past failure but their present commitment. They did not have to recover fifteen wasted years before obeying; they simply needed to turn and respond to God now. The sermon connects this truth with Elisha in 2 Kings 3, Gideon in Judges 6, and Joshua. In each example, God gave people a

Wednesday Evening service at Calvary Baptist Pastor Tracy Puckett We are an old fashioned, Independent Missionary Baptist Church, with Holy Ghost, King James preaching, and spirit filled singing. We invite you to come and be a part of our church family. Our doors are always open, and we hope that you and your family will come and experience the love of God here at Calvary! "I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. (Psalm 122:1)"

Genesis 28:10-22

Is this Psalm a wedding song about a king and the bride brought to him, or is it something else entirely? Ask why she is commanded to forget her own people and her father's house before the king desires her at all. Then ask what wife was ever told to worship her husband. So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

Grab your Bible and join us from The Savannah Mission Bible Training Center as we continue to work through the Baptist Catechism. Tonight we take up Question 53 and the words "before Me" in the first commandment—words that mean God sees everything we do, even what we try to hide. We will look at a vision in which God shows His people putting other gods in His house: a public idol at the door, secret worship in the dark, misplaced grief given to a false hope, and worshipers turning their backs on Him. The point is simple and searching: no rival god stays hidden, the Lord notices and is displeased, and the good news is that Jesus stood before the Father in our place so we can come into the light and worship Him with a whole heart.