
n Haggai 2, God speaks to a discouraged people who remember the former glory and look at what they are rebuilding with grief. It feels small. It feels unimpressive. It feels like nothing compared to what was lost. But God does not ask them to deny their disappointment; he calls them to be strong, keep working, and trust his presence. This message is about rebuilding with steadfast hope, working with the power of God, and believing that the glory ahead can be greater than the loss behind.

In Haggai 1, God’s people are back home, but they are still living in survival mode. Their lives are busy, strained, and unfinished — and God invites them to “give careful thought” to what they have built their lives around. This message is about misplaced priorities, holy disruption, and the promise that we do not rebuild alone: “I am with you,” declares the Lord.

Mary sees what Judas cannot. She understands what the room is too blind to honor. And when her devotion is misread, Jesus defends her.
This week, we’ll look at how the cross reveals a new kind of power: one that honors women as disciples, witnesses, prophets, and leaders in the story of redemption.

In Exodus 6, God reveals his name Yahweh through deliverance. When Pharaoh says, “I will not let them go,” and Moses says, “I am not enough,” Yahweh answers with his own “I will.” This message explores how God’s name confronts what oppresses us and calls us to trust the God who says, “I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out.”

God is portrayed as mother many times in the Scriptures. Understanding the God of Glory as mother is important to understanding who God is. God is nurturer, provider, care-taker. He is tender, and his tenderness is strength.

This sermon explores Yahweh Shalom, “The Lord Is Peace,” through Gideon’s story. God meets Gideon in fear and weakness, not after he becomes strong, and teaches him that peace comes from God’s presence. When we bring our weakness to God, shame, fear, and guilt begin to lose their power.

God sees us in our pain and suffering. God’s reasons may not make sense to us, but His presence is with us. His presence is meant to be our comfort, not the answers for why things happen the way that they do.

God as creator means that he bring our lives from chaos to order, from brokenness to wholeness and from wilderness to promise land. God is for you. God’s desire is to bring you into flourishing and to give you all that your hearts could desire. God is for your pleasure.

This is about worship God as Lord and Master, about surrendering all that we are to Him. This is about letting go of our false idols and things that we cling to that are not good for our souls.
