We ALL are BLESSED

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We ALL can sacrifice

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The Second Temple

• Then God stirred the hearts of the priests and
  Levites and the leaders of the tribes of Judah
  and Benjamin to return to Jerusalem to rebuild
  the Temple of the LORD. 6And all their neighbors
  assisted by giving them vessels of silver and
  gold, supplies for the journey, and livestock.
  They gave them many choice gifts in addition to
  all the freewill offerings. Ezra 15,6 NLT

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Discouragement

• 4Then the local residents tried to discourage
  and frighten the people of Judah to keep them
  from their work. 5They bribed agents to work
  against them and to frustrate their aims. This
  went on during the entire reign of King Cyrus of
  Persia and lasted until King Darius of Persia
  took the throne.6Years later when Xerxes began
  his reign, the enemies of Judah wrote him a
  letter of accusation against the people of Judah
  and Jerusalem. 44-6

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Prophets

• At that time the prophets Haggai and Zechariah
  son of Iddo prophesied in the name of the God of
  Israel to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem.
  2Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of
  Jehozadak responded by beginning the task of
  rebuilding the Temple of God in Jerusalem. And
  the prophets of God were with them and helped
  them.

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• Why are you living in luxurious houses while my
  house lies in ruins? 5This is what the LORD
  Almighty says Consider how things are going for
  you! 6You have planted much but harvested little.
  You have food to eat, but not enough to fill you
  up. You have wine to drink, but not enough to
  satisfy your thirst. You have clothing to wear,
  but not enough to keep you warm. Your wages
  disappear as though you were putting them in
  pockets filled with holes! Haggai 14-6 NLT

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• 9You hoped for rich harvests, but they were
  poor. And when you brought your harvest home, I
  blew it away. Why? Because my house lies in
  ruins, says the LORD Almighty, while you are all
  busy building your own fine houses. 10That is why
  the heavens have withheld the dew and the earth
  has withheld its crops. 11I have called for a
  drought on your fields and hillsa drought to
  wither the grain and grapes and olives and all
  your other crops, a drought to starve both you
  and your cattle and to ruin everything you have
  worked so hard to get. 19-11

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Sacrifice

• I do not believe one can settle how much we ought
  to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to
  give more than we can spare. C.S. Lewis
• If you give what you do not need, it isn't
  giving. Mother Teresa.

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• Do not store up for yourselves treasures on
  earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where
  thieves break in and steal. 20But store up for
  yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and
  rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not
  break in and steal. 21For where your treasure is,
  there your heart will be also. Mt. 619-21 NIV

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