Prioritizing What Matters Most
Haggai 2:1-9
Part of The Jesus Story
September 17, 2023

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2 Problems Behind Misplaced Priorities

Problem #1: Broken Desires


Haggai 1:3-6


Remedy #1: Believing that only God is able to
Reveal Answer
us in a way that lasts

John 6:35, John 10:10


Problem #2: A lack of vision for what God is able to do.


Haggai 2:4b-9


Remedy #2: Hoping in the gospel as the ultimate expression of God’s
Reveal Answer
and ability to give us a better future.

Questions for reflecting on your own priorities:

How do you want to be remembered?

What example do you want to leave behind for those who will follow after you?

Is there anything you sense God calling you to prioritize, with his help, to take a step in that direction?

Questions for Discussion/Application:

  1. What challenged you, encouraged you, or stood out to you in this week’s teaching?

  2. Read Haggai 1:3-6. Tim Keller defines idolatry as taking good things and making them into ultimate things. What are some ways that you have experienced this struggle in your own life? How can believing that the gospel is enough for us help with this problem?

  3. How would you describe the effect that idolatry can have on the things that we prioritize?

  4. Read Haggai 2:4-9. How do you see God encouraging his people with a vision for what he is able to do in this passage?

  5. In what ways do you need to be encouraged by who God is and what he has done, to have a renewed vision for how God is able to work in your own life?