Once upon a time, there was a man named Solomon who built a mighty temple.

But before long, the people of Judah turned away from God and began to worship foreign gods and idols.

One day, God allowed the Babylonians to attack Judah and destroy the whole city, including God's temple.

The people of Judah remained in captivity until one day, God raised up the prophet Haggai to inspire the people to get back to work saying the time is now.

It is an honor to have all of you with us that all of our life churches and our network churches.

And I wanted to speak specifically to our church online family, especially those of you in Europe.

And I know we have hundreds and hundreds every week that join us in France and in Paris.

And I just wanted to express my love for all of you.

And I pray that you would understand that you're extended family in Christ.

We hurt with you. We stand with you in prayer.

And we believe that greater is the one who dwells within us than the one who is in this world.

And so I pray you feel our love today.

And the message is specifically designed for those who are discouraged.

If you're hurting in your life right now, it's my prayer that this will speak to you.

I know so many people are.

If you're just joining with us, we're actually in the second part of a three-part message series on the Old Testament minor prophet Haggai or Haggai.

Both pronunciations are acceptable.

If you missed last week, I want to give you the backstory just so you'll understand the main story.

And we'll dive in to part two of this series called The Time Is Now.

If you missed last week, we talked all the way back to when King Solomon built for God the most magnificent temple.

It was mind-blowing how incredible this was.

People came from all over the world to worship God to show him honor.

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