I preached a sermon from Haggai this past Sunday titled "Seek First His Kingdom and His Righteousness." I believe the biblical principle that we can distill from Haggai is the same as the title I gave the sermon. In this short, two chapter book of admonition, God really reminds His people (specifically the remnant) to seek first His Kingdom (rebuilding the temple; His house) before seeking their own (rebuilding their own homes).
The biblical principle from Haggai can easily be applied to our own lives as Christians today by living a "Matthew 6.33 Life."
Below are some practical practices of developing a Matthew 6.33 Life:
- Train Yourself for Godliness (1 Timothy 4.7) – You can't run a marathon if you can't run a mile.
- Tithe your time
- Daily personal prayer and worship time
- Balanced Prayer life
- Praise
- Thanksgiving
- Confession
- Petition
- Intercesion
- Change your view of God
- "He must increase" – you must decrease
- Begin to look for opportunities where God is already working around you.
- See the grocery store as more than just a place to buy groceries
- See the coffee shop as more than just a place to buy coffee
- Start seeing the places in your community as places to join God in what He's already doing
- Do something out of the ordinary for our Extra-Ordinary God
- Get out of your comfort zone
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