Today’s Verse: Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you. ~Haggai 2:19 If you grew up in the city, you might take for granted the importance of the seeds that need to be sown and planted for fruits and vegetables. If we lived in a rural country setting, we would most likely preserve the seeds of the vegetables and fruits that we eat and replant them for a

Today’s Verse: …From this day will I bless you. ~Haggai 2:19b The word bless implies grace, approval, favor, increase, profit, success, and wellness. I don’t know anyone who does not want God’s blessings. However, we miss God’s blessings because we do not meet His conditions for blessings. The Jews had become apathetic and indifferent to finishing the construction needed on the temple. As a result, their crops and produce were meager and little. They found themselves spinning

Today’s Verse: And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, ~Haggai 1:14 When someone is stirred up, he is aroused to action. He is moved from a state of inactivity to activity. He is motivated to get something done. We are highly motivated when we a

Today’s Verse: Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. ~Haggai 1:5-6 The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most expensive places in the country to live in. Many people work long hours in their primary employment, and many oth

Today’s Verse: Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you. ~Haggai 2:19 Growing up in the city, we might take for granted the importance of the seed that needs to be sown and planted for fruits and vegetables. If we lived in a rural country setting, we would most likely preserve the seeds of the vegetables and fruits we eat, and replant those seeds for a f

Today’s Verse: Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the Lord; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean. ~Haggai 2:14 Most people do not know the name of Ignaz Phillip Semmelweiss. Back in his day, physicians and those who assisted them did not realize the importance of thoroughly washing their hands before and after treating a patient. Many physicians would treat a sick person or exami

Today’s Verse: Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built. ~Haggai 1:2 Indifference is a state of being when a person lacks interest, concern, and desire to do something. The word “apathy” is a word synonymous with indifference. Apathy or indifference comes upon us when we get accustomed to things being a certain way, and we have no interest in improving, renovating, or making it better. It is