Pastor Yemi Esther Adeniyi
26th July 2026
Bible Text: Haggai 2:1–9
Supporting Texts: Jeremiah 29:11, 1 Corinthians 3:16, Hebrews 12:1–2, Ephesians 3:20
Focus: Trusting God to move us from former limitations into greater glory, restoration, progress and fulfilment
This sermon declares that God is able to do exactly what He has promised.
Using Haggai 2:1–9, the message teaches that the former season does not have the final word over a believer’s life. God is able to shake heaven and earth, restore what was lost and bring His people into a greater latter glory.
The sermon calls believers to take steps of faith, reject discouragement, leave behind bitterness and past pain, and press forward into the new era God has prepared.
The sermon begins with worship declaring that God is able to do what He has promised. The song encourages believers not to give up on God because He will not give up on them. This sets the tone for a message about divine ability, fulfilled promises and movement into a new season.
The preacher leads the congregation in prayer, thanking God as the One who is able to bring His promises to pass. The prayer asks the Holy Spirit to minister through the Word, bring liberty and give beauty for ashes, reflecting the promise of restoration in Isaiah 61:3.
The message is introduced within the context of Divine Solution. A solution implies that there is a problem to be solved. The preacher therefore invites everyone to look inward and recognise the mountains, circumstances and unresolved matters in their lives that only God can handle.
The sermon then connects this divine solution to the church’s season of crossover. To cross over, a person must take a step. No one can claim to be moving forward while remaining in the same spot.
The preacher uses the picture of a small child learning to walk. At first, the child may be afraid of falling, but when the parent stretches out a helping hand, the child begins to move. In the same way, believers may feel afraid to start the business, apply for the course, make the move or obey God’s instruction, but the invisible hand of God is ready to carry them.
The main topic is then announced as The Latter House Glory, taken from Haggai 2:1–9.
In that passage, God asks the people who had seen the former temple in its glory to compare it with what they now saw. The sermon applies this personally. People may know your former story, your past struggles, your background or your beginning, but they do not have the authority to define your new season.
The preacher declares that the believer’s story is changing. Those who knew the former condition must now look again and see what God is doing. The former season may have included borrowing, delay, hardship, shame or stagnation, but the latter glory brings a new identity, a new testimony and a new chapter.
The message also applies the promise of latter glory to children and generations. The struggles of the past do not need to become the inheritance of the next generation. Because believers are in Christ, the grace and benefit they now enjoy can flow to their children.
The preacher declares that whatever took years for one generation to achieve, the next generation will not have to suffer in the same way. The latter glory changes the destiny of the seed and brings children into a better inheritance.
In Haggai 2:4–5, God repeatedly says, “Be strong,” and assures His people that He is with them. The sermon teaches that discouragement may come when a person separates themselves from former limitations, but God’s presence gives courage to continue.
God tells His people not to fear because His Spirit remains among them. Yesterday’s prosperity is not the end of His plan. The position a person currently occupies is not necessarily the final destination God has prepared.
The sermon then highlights Haggai 2:6–8, where God says He will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land, and declares that silver and gold belong to Him.
The preacher explains that when God shakes things for His people, powers, systems, structures and obstacles that had seemed immovable can begin to move. Every power standing against promotion, progress, breakthrough or settlement can be shaken by God.
Because silver and gold belong to God, believers should not suffer as though their Father lacks resources. The sermon calls the church to ask God to open their eyes to the path, entrance and direction that leads to the blessings He has already provided.
The message then returns to Haggai 2:9, where God declares that the glory of the latter temple shall be greater than the former, and that He will give peace in that place.
The preacher teaches that God does not merely restore people to where they used to be. When God restores, He adds more. He brings more blessing, more success, more victory and more peace.
The physical temple is connected to the church building, but the message also turns to the spiritual temple. 1 Corinthians 3:16 declares that believers are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in them.
Therefore, the latter glory is not only about a church building or physical space. It is also about the life of the believer. God wants to beautify His people, lift them, promote them and allow His power to work through them.
The sermon then gives practical steps for entering and enjoying the latter glory.
First, believers must reflect. They must sit down and examine their lives, marriages, relationships, arguments, habits and decisions. They should ask what led them to their current position and what needs to change.
This connects with Jeremiah 29:11, which reminds believers that God’s thoughts towards them are of peace and not evil, to give them a future and a hope. If a situation does not reflect God’s good plan, it should be brought before Him with honest reflection and willingness to change.
Second, believers must try something new and move forward. The preacher encourages the congregation not to remain too long on the same mountain, echoing the principle in Deuteronomy 1:6–8. New thinking, new steps and new obedience are needed for a new season.
The message declares movement from shame to glory, from error to perfection, from scarcity to abundance, from stagnation to progress and from weeping to praise.
Hannah’s story is used to illustrate this movement. The same altar where she once wept became connected to her testimony when God gave her Samuel. Her story is recorded in 1 Samuel 1:9–20.
Third, believers must focus on God alone. God is able in the wilderness, able in difficulty, able in uncertainty and able in places where people say something cannot be done.
The preacher uses Joseph as an example. His brothers tried to bury his glory, but the glory could not remain buried. Joseph moved from betrayal to slavery, from false accusation to prison, and eventually to the palace. His story is seen across Genesis 37, Genesis 39 and Genesis 41.
The sermon declares that people may try to bury glory through envy, discouragement, accusation or opposition, but God can still bring that glory out.
The preacher then calls believers to look unto Jesus, the author and finisher of faith, as stated in Hebrews 12:2. The pressure of the present is only temporary, but the destination in God is greater.
Fourth, believers must lay aside bitterness, hatred, grudges and the pain of the past. Hebrews 12:1 teaches believers to lay aside every weight. The sermon explains that bitterness often hurts the person carrying it more than the person they are angry with.
Instead of remaining tied to pain, broken relationships or former disappointment, believers should seek the way forward and ask God what can be done better.
The preacher then gives a visual illustration of destiny being pulled back by invisible hands. The message declares that every hand trying to pull back progress, success, promotion and destiny will be destroyed by the hand of God.
Finally, the sermon uses the illustration of a car’s accelerator and brake. In the new era of latter glory, God has provided what is needed to move forward, but believers must press the accelerator of faith, obedience, courage and action.
Every power pressing the brake against progress is rebuked. No one can hijack the destiny that God is holding.
The sermon closes with a declaration of identity from 1 Peter 2:9: believers are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation and God’s special people.
The final prayer is a bold declaration: “I am unstoppable. I am going higher. My children are unstoppable.”
The sermon opens with the declaration that God is able to do what He has promised.
Believers are encouraged not to give up on God because He does not give up on His people. This reflects the assurance of Ephesians 3:20, that God is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think.
A solution implies that something needs to be solved.
The sermon invites believers to identify the mountains, situations and unresolved issues in their lives and bring them before the God who is able.
No one crosses over by remaining in the same place.
The new season requires movement, obedience and courage. Even when the step feels uncertain, God’s invisible hand is ready to uphold those who trust Him.
In Haggai 2:3, God asks who remembered the former glory.
The sermon teaches that people may remember your former condition, but they cannot cancel what God is doing now.
The message declares that the testimony of a household can change.
The past may have included lack, delay, shame or struggle, but God can bring the family into a new story and a new level of glory.
The sermon teaches that children do not need to inherit every struggle their parents endured.
In Christ, the blessing, grace and advancement God gives can create a better foundation for the next generation.
Haggai 2:4–5 repeatedly commands the people to be strong because God is with them.
Discouragement may come, but God’s presence gives strength to continue.
God says in Haggai 2:6 that He will shake heaven and earth.
The sermon applies this as a declaration that every structure, opposition and power standing against God’s purpose can be shaken for the sake of His people.
Haggai 2:8 declares that the silver and gold belong to the Lord.
The sermon teaches that believers should ask God to open their eyes to the path, entrance and direction that lead to the resources He has provided.
Haggai 2:9 declares that the latter glory shall be greater than the former.
God does not merely restore people to what they had before. He can restore with addition, peace and greater honour.
The latter house glory is not only about a physical building.
1 Corinthians 3:16 teaches that believers are the temple of God. Therefore, God wants His glory to be seen in the believer’s life.
The sermon calls believers to sit down and think about their lives.
Marriage, relationships, arguments, decisions and habits should be examined honestly. Reflection helps believers identify what must change in order to enjoy the new season.
A new era requires new steps.
The sermon encourages believers to think differently, try something new and move from shame to glory, error to perfection, scarcity to abundance and stagnation to progress.
Hannah once wept at Shiloh, but that same place became connected to her testimony.
The sermon declares that the place where you once cried can become the place where God gives you your Samuel.
Joseph’s brothers tried to bury his glory, but they could not stop God’s purpose.
The sermon teaches that envy, betrayal and opposition cannot permanently bury what God has ordained to rise.
Hebrews 12:2 calls believers to look unto Jesus, the author and finisher of faith.
The pressures of the present are temporary, but the plan of God is greater.
Hebrews 12:1 teaches believers to lay aside every weight.
The sermon warns that bitterness, hatred, grudges and painful memories can tie a person down and deprive them of joy.
The preacher uses a visual illustration to show how destiny can appear to be pulled backward.
The declaration is that every invisible hand drawing back progress, success and promotion will be destroyed by the hand of God.
God has given His people a new season, but they must press forward.
Faith, obedience, courage and action become the accelerator, while fear, delay and opposition are the brakes that must be removed.
The sermon closes with a declaration of identity and victory.
Because believers belong to God as a chosen generation and holy nation, they can declare: “I am unstoppable. I am going higher. My children are unstoppable.”
Father, thank You because You are able to fulfil every promise You have made concerning me.
Ephesians 3:20
Lord, I will not give up on You because You will not give up on me.
Father, visit every unresolved situation in my life with divine solution.
Lord, give me the courage to take the step required for my crossover.
Father, let Your invisible hand carry me as I move forward in faith.
Lord, bring me into the glory of the latter house.
Haggai 2:9
Father, let my past no longer define my present or my future.
Lord, change the story of my household and establish a new testimony.
Father, let my children and generation enjoy a greater glory than I have known.
Lord, strengthen me and remove every discouragement standing against my progress.
Haggai 2:4–5
Father, shake every power, system and opposition standing against my promotion.
Haggai 2:6–7
Lord, open my eyes to the path that leads to the blessings You have provided.
Father, let the silver and gold You have prepared for my life locate me.
Haggai 2:8
Lord, restore everything I have lost and add more glory, peace and victory.
Father, let Your glory beautify my life, family, work and ministry.
Lord, help me to reflect honestly and change what must be changed.
Father, give me the grace to move from shame to glory, error to perfection and scarcity to abundance.
Lord, turn my place of tears into a place of testimony like Hannah.
1 Samuel 1:9–20
Father, bring out every glory that the enemy has tried to bury.
Lord, help me to look unto Jesus in every circumstance.
Hebrews 12:2
Father, help me to lay aside bitterness, hatred, grudges and past pain.
Lord, destroy every invisible hand drawing back my progress, promotion and success.
Father, remove every spiritual brake slowing down my destiny.
Lord, I declare that I am unstoppable, my children are unstoppable and my household is going higher.
Father, let no power of the enemy hinder me or my children in this new season.
May the Lord bring you into the glory of the latter house.
Your past will not define your future. The former struggle will not control the new season. The story of your household will change, and the glory of your children will be greater.
May God shake every power, system and opposition standing against your progress. May He open your eyes to the path of blessing, restore what has been lost and add more peace, victory and honour to your life.
Every place of shame becomes a place of glory. Every place of error becomes a place of perfection. Every place of scarcity becomes a place of abundance. Every place of stagnation becomes a place of progress.
The glory that the enemy tried to bury will rise. Every invisible hand drawing back your destiny is destroyed by the hand of God.
You are unstoppable. Your children are unstoppable. Your household is going higher.
The glory of your latter house shall be greater than the former, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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