Yearly Archives: 2021

Call to Worship - Galatians 4: 4-7
4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 
5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. 
6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” 
7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.

Sermon - Galatians 1: 6-10
6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 
7 not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.
 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. 
9 As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed. 
10 For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Call to Worship - Luke 2:8-20
8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.
9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.
11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.
12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven,
    and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”

15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”

16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child,
18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.
19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

Sermon - Haggai 2:21-23
21 “Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.
22 I will overturn royal thrones and shatter the power of the foreign kingdoms. I will overthrow chariots and their drivers; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother.

23 “‘On that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘I will take you, my servant Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will make you like my signet ring, for I have chosen you,’ declares the Lord Almighty.”

Call to Worship - Luke 1:54-55
54 He has helped his servant Israel,
    remembering to be merciful

55 to Abraham and his descendants forever,
    just as he promised our ancestors.”

Sermon - Haggai 2:10-19

10 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Haggai: 
11 “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Ask the priests what the law says: 
12 If someone carries consecrated meat in the fold of their garment, and that fold touches some bread or stew, some wine, olive oil or other food, does it become consecrated?’”

The priests answered, “No.”

13 Then Haggai said, “If a person defiled by contact with a dead body touches one of these things, does it become defiled?”

“Yes,” the priests replied, “it becomes defiled.”

14 Then Haggai said, “‘So it is with this people and this nation in my sight,’ declares the Lord. ‘Whatever they do and whatever they offer there is defiled.

15 “‘Now give careful thought to this from this day on —consider how things were before one stone was laid on another in the Lord’s temple. 
16 When anyone came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When anyone went to a wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were only twenty. 
17 I struck all the work of your hands with blight, mildew and hail, yet you did not return to me,’ declares the Lord. 
18 ‘From this day on, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, give careful thought to the day when the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid. Give careful thought: 
19 Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate and the olive tree have not borne fruit.

“‘From this day on I will bless you.’”

Pastor David Lund
Haggai 2:1-9

Call to Worship - Luke 1: 68-69, 72, 78-79
68 “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
    because he has come to his people and redeemed them.
69 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us
    in the house of his servant David
72 to show mercy to our ancestors
    and to remember his holy covenant,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
    by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
79 to shine on those living in darkness
    and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace.”

Sermon - Haggai 1: 1-15
1 In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest:
2 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.’”
3 Then the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai: 
4 “Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?”
5 Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways. 
6 You have planted much, but harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.”
7 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways. 
8 Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build my house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored,” says the Lord. 
9 “You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?” declares the Lord Almighty. “Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with your own house. 
10 Therefore, because of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth its crops. 
11 I called for a drought on the fields and the mountains, on the grain, the new wine, the olive oil and everything else the ground produces, on people and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands.”
12 Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest, and the whole remnant of the people obeyed the voice of the Lord their God and the message of the prophet Haggai, because the Lord their God had sent him. And the people feared the Lord.
13 Then Haggai, the Lord’s messenger, gave this message of the Lord to the people: “I am with you,” declares the Lord. 
14 So the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of the whole remnant of the people. They came and began to work on the house of the Lord Almighty, their God, 
15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month.

Call to Worship - Adapted from Psalm 147:1-12
Praise the LORD! It is good to sing praises to our God. For praise is pleasant, and a song of praise is appropriate. The LORD rebuilds Jerusalem; He gathers Israel’s exiled people.

HE HEALS THE BROKEN-HEARTED AND BANDAGES THEIR WOUNDS.

He counts all of the stars and names them. Our Lord is great and abundant in power. His understanding is infinite.

THE LORD HELPS THE OPPRESSED, BUT BRINGS THE WICKED TO THE GROUND.

Let’s sing to the LORD with thanksgiving and play musical instruments to our God. Let’s set our attention and affection firmly on Him.

THE LORD DELIGHTS IN THOSE WHO FEAR HIM, IN THOSE WHO HOPE IN HIS FAITHFUL LOVE.

Praise the LORD, people of God! Praise your God, Church! Praise our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ! It is good to sing praises to our God.

Sermon - Haggai 1:1
1 In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest: