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Hello faithful followers, I apologize for missing last week's message and likely this week's will be delayed as well.  For those of you who have not seen or heard, my nephew has been in the ICU following a pediatric stroke.  It is with a heavy heart that I let you all know that he passed away last night.  I have no doubt that I will see him again in heaven, but our hearts still break today.  I ask for your prayers for his parents and the whole family.  If you would like to help financially, there is a gofundme page  https://www.gofundme.com/tfu6ay7p

Hello and welcome to Grace Outpost!   I am delighted to have you join me today.   This past week has been a tough and discouraging week.   I honestly thought about skipping today's message altogether and just have a stress free day.   However, I ran across the passage that we will look at today.   I kept running into this message throughout the week from more than one angle and place, it became obvious to me this morning that God was speaking to me and my discouragement today.   Before we can jump into Haggai we have to understand the scene upon which Haggai chapter 1 begins.   For this background we need to look in the book of Ezra, chapters 3 & 4, which give us the backstory of what Haggai will speak into.   These books cover a return to Jerusalem after the 70-year exile in Babylon.   King Cyrus who was king of the Persians sent out a decree allowing those from Jerusalem to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple.   Zerruba...

Welcome to Grace Outpost!   I hope you have had a great week!   If you are new to Grace Outpost, Welcome!   I am glad to have you join us.   If you have become a regular here, Welcome as well!   I am so glad to have you back and I would love to know how I can be praying for you.   Have you ever noticed something that moved you in a way that you had to act?   Perhaps it was someone being bullied and you had to speak up, or maybe a person about to wander into traffic, etc etc.    I can recall one time while having lunch with my wife at a McDonalds when we lived in California that this happened to me.   It was a Friday afternoon and the place was surprisingly full with kids, little kids mostly.   My wife and I had just sat down when a group of high school age kids came in and sat down right behind me.   They were rowdy and excited, which made me smile.   I used to be one of those kids, who was always having a good time w...