Quotes About Faith

The LORD has taken away your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. Israelís King, the LORD, is among you; no longer will you fear any harm.

On that day they will say to Jerusalem: “Do not fear, O Zion; do not let your hands fall limp.

“I will gather those among you who grieve over the appointed feasts, so that you will no longer suffer reproach.

At that time I will bring you in; yes, at that time I will gather you. For I will give you fame and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your captives before your very eyes,” says the LORD.

that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ëThe time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.í”

Then the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying:

“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”

Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.

Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD.

Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. So the people feared the LORD.

Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, delivered the message of the LORD to the people: “I am with you,” declares the LORD.

So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God,

On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying:

“Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and also to the remnant of the people. Ask them,

But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work! For I am with you, declares the LORD of Hosts.

This is the promise I made to you when you came out of Egypt. And My Spirit remains among you; do not be afraid.”

The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of Hosts.

The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the LORD of Hosts. And in this place I will provide peace, declares the LORD of Hosts.”

On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet, saying,

“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ëAsk the priests for a ruling.

Now consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,

from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.

Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORDís temple was laid—consider carefully: