Sunday's sermon turned into a blog post with audio and video:
https://www.scottlapierre.org/if-you-seek-great-things-for-yourself/
God told Baruch, Jeremiah’s scribe, “If you seek great things for yourself, seek them not” (Jeremiah 45:5). As we consider why God didn’t want Baruch to seek great things, we can learn why God might not want us to seek great things.
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The men who remembered Solomon's temple wept when they saw the new foundation. It was smaller. Plainer. Poorer.
And God said its glory would be GREATER.
He wasn't talking about the building.
Haggai 2:6-9 → https://www.scottlapierre.org/second-temples-glory-was-greater/
The old men who had seen Solomon's temple wept when they saw the new foundation.
Not because the work was bad. Because it wasn't what they remembered.
God's answer to discouraged builders was one word: Work.
Haggai 2:1-5 👇
https://www.scottlapierre.org/gods-answer-to-discouragement/
