Behind The Message EP 2 - Haggai

August 10, 2020

During this week’s Behind The Message with Daniel & Jennifer, the conversation continues from the weekend’s sermon on Haggai. Jennifer, Pastor Daniel, and Pastor Mike discuss the importance of  “considering one’s ways” and committing to the pursuit of Kingdom priorities. 

Big Truth: God calls His people to pursue Kingdom priorities. 

Big Ideas:
-Pursue the presence of Christ.
-Pursue building up the body of Christ.
-The fruit of kingdom pursuits will not be fully known until eternity. 

Discussion Questions

-What Got You? Ask your group members to each share a take away from Sunday’s sermon or from the BTM video that got them thinking or doing.

-As a group, discuss what it means to “consider one’s ways…” How would you explain this concept to another person?

-In the BTM video, Jennifer asked an important question, “Do I create the margin needed in order to be able to consider my ways?” Consider her question. How would you answer it?

-In the sermon this past weekend, Pastor Mike identified three reasons why the Israelites were disobedient in rebuilding the temple. 
-Discuss the three reasons he mentioned. 
 -Endless Excuses
 -External Enemies
 -Everyday Distractions
-Which one challenges you the most? Why? What are some practical ways to overcome these 
challenges?

- Using these Big Ideas from the sermon, brainstorm some practical ways one can:
 -Pursue the presence of Christ
 -Pursue building up the body of Christ

 -Set an appointment with yourself to spend time this week “considering your ways.” Share with your Discussion Group the date/time of this appointment. Use the time to identify what pursuits take the most of your time, energy, money, etc. 
-Examine the motive of your heart behind each pursuit. Do these motives and pursuits reflect 
Kingdom Priorities? If not, commit to the removal of the lesser priority.
-Plan to share with one person from your Discussion Group what you discovered as you spent time “considering your ways.”