“He Is Able” Celebration

1. Introduction
1. Eph. 3:20 (NAS) “Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us.”
2. Haggai 1:2-8 (NLT) ²“This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: The people are saying, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’”³Then the LORD sent this message through the prophet Haggai:⁴“Why are you living in luxurious houses while my house lies in ruins?⁵This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: Look at what’s happening to you!⁶You have planted much but harvest little. You eat but are not satisfied. You drink but are still thirsty. You put on clothes but cannot keep warm. Your wages disappear as though you were putting them in pockets filled with holes!⁷This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: Look at what’s happening to you!⁸Now go up into the hills, bring down timber, and rebuild my house. Then I will take pleasure in it and be honored, says the LORD.”
3. Haggai 1:7-8 (NLT) ⁷“This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: Look at what’s happening to you!⁸Now go up into the hills, bring down timber, and rebuild my house. Then I will take pleasure in it and be honored, says the LORD.”
4. Haggai 1:12-14 (NLT) ¹²Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the whole remnant of God’s people began to obey the message from the LORD their God. When they heard the words of the prophet Haggai, whom the LORD their God had sent, the people feared the LORD.¹³Then Haggai, the LORD’s messenger, gave the people this message from the LORD: “I am with you, says the LORD!”¹⁴So the LORD sparked the enthusiasm of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the enthusiasm of Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the enthusiasm of the whole remnant of God’s people. They began rebuilding the house of their God, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
5. Haggai 2:6-9 (NLT) ⁶“For this is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: In just a little while I will again shake the heavens and the earth, the oceans and the dry land.⁷I will shake all the nations, and the treasures of all the nations will be brought to this Temple. I will fill this place with glory, says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.⁸The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.⁹The future glory of this Temple will be greater than its past glory, says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. And in this place I will bring peace. I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!”
6. Luke 19:10 (NAS) “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
7. I John 3:18 (NAS) “Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.”
2. Conclusion