Family Home Evening for Haggai; Zechariah 1-3; 7-14

 Read Haggai 1:2-7

 ​Thus speaketh the ​​Lord​​ of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the ​​Lord​​’s house should be built.

​​​3 ​Then came the word of the ​​Lord​​ by Haggai the prophet, saying,

​​​4 ​​Is it​ time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ​​​ceiled​ houses, and this house ​lie​ waste?

​​​5 ​Now therefore thus saith the ​​Lord​​ of hosts; ​​​Consider​ your ways.

​​​6 ​Ye have ​​​sown​ much, and bring in little; ye ​​​eat​, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that ​​​earneth​ wages earneth ​​​wages​ ​to put it​ into a bag with ​​​holes​.

​​​7 ​​Thus saith the ​​Lord​​ of hosts; ​​​Consider​ your ​​​ways​.

Discuss

The Israelites had been in captivity for a long time. When they finally went back to Jerusalem, the whole city had been destroyed. Their houses were broken up and the temple had been destroyed. The people wanted to rebuild the temple immediately, but the Lord told them that they needed to rebuild their own spiritual foundation first. 

The scriptures we just read asked us to “consider your ways.” As a family, let’s think about our ways. “Our ways” represents our habits and the things that we do everyday. Think about the phrases in verse 6. What could they mean in your family? For example, “Ye have sown much, and bring in little,” could mean that though you are busy all day, maybe you fill your day with things that don’t help you come closer to Heavenly Father, develop your talents, help others, or help you become the person that Heavenly Father wants you to be. Or “ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink,” could mean that you have your scriptures open or you sit quietly during family scripture study, but you don’t really listen to or pay attention to what is being read.

Find your own family meaning for these phrases and discuss how you could work harder to “consider your ways” and grow closer to Heavenly Father and Jesus, as a family.

• ​​​​Ye have ​​​sown​ much, and bring in little

• Ye ​​​eat​, but ye have not enough 

• Ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink

• Ye clothe you, but there is none warm

• He that ​​​earneth​ wages earneth ​​​wages​ ​to put it​ into a bag with ​​​holes

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