Take the time to learn from what’s gone before
Thanks for joining me on this journey into the Book of Zechariah and this journey into ourselves. For every time we read about God’s interactions with other humans, we can draw out significance and...
Author: Helen Redfern
A call to return to good practice….
It’s the start of the month of October. Each month has a particular kind of character, doesn’t it? I’ve just returned from an Indian Summer yoga retreat, where the focus was putting the summer...
When rebuilding is so much harder than starting afresh…
The Book of Haggai concludes with a message specifically for Zerubbabel, governor of Jerusalem. Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, is of royal descent, being a descendant of David and the grandson of Judah’s King Jehoiachin. I am about to...
Time to consider what we’re doing and why we’re doing it….
Now we come to a tricky section in the second chapter of Haggai. It’s hard to understand and even harder to explain. So leave it out, my husband suggests, skip over it. He should...
Meet the God of rebuilding, of restoration and renewed hope and resilience
The next part of God’s message to the people of Judah who are rebuilding God’s temple is this: In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea...
In answer to the question ‘Why bother?’
Yesterday, we saw how ‘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...
Revising priorities and changing ways
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,...
There is enough to go round
Give careful thought to your ways. Haggai 1:5 Give careful thought to your ways. Haggai 1:7 This is where we left off yesterday. And I haven’t been able to let it lie. I keep...
Where do your priorities lie?
The next prophet who we have the privilege of looking at is Haggai. His message is specifically for the leaders of Judah – Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah and a descendant of...
A glimpse of restoration
We seem to have got into a bit of a cycle in Join Our Journey recently. Have you noticed? Warnings of destruction and exile followed by a glimmer of hope. More warnings of destruction...
