Sermon Outline 8.16.2026

Paneled Houses, Ruined Harvests
Text: Haggai 1:1–11
Big Idea: God exposes the futility of self-first living and calls His people to build His house for His pleasure and glory.

I. The Respectable Excuse, vv. 1–4
II. The Divine Audit, vv. 5–6, 9–11
III. The Merciful Command, vv. 7–8
IV. The House Christ Is Building
V. Bring Your Lumber

Consider your ways. Go. Bring. Build.

Series Memory Verse — Haggai 2:9: “The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the LORD of hosts. And in this place I will give peace, declares the LORD of hosts.”

Around the Table
1. What is one “not yet” our family keeps saying to God? What would obedience look like this week?
2. Why is it good news that God sends futility — the “bag with holes” — instead of leaving us alone?
3. For the kids: if God’s house today is His people, how can a kid help build it this week?