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8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 31 And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 15, Session 4 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Feb. 2023 Summary and Goal Habakkuk is a remarkable book that records the dialogue between a confused yet…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 15, Session 4 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Feb. 2023 Summary and Goal Habakkuk is a remarkable book that records the dialogue between a confused yet…

When You See Darkness... Back in the day, when we had Bibles that had paper pages, it was not difficult to see the personal Bible of fellow Christians. What I mean by that is that if you were to take a person’s Bible and hold it up, it would be easy to see what their personal canon was, that is the books…

Habakkuk’s Complaint Lsat week, we looked at the first part of Habakkuk, where he stated his complain to God, and his complaint was that all around him, he saw people doing evil. People were doing offensive things against God. And he was not simply looking outside his own community, he was looking at…

Questioning God Justice is a popular topic these days. A lot of people are crying out for justice. However, not everyone means the same thing when they are talking about justice. Someone may say justice will come when we all have equality of wealth. Some may say justice will come when we get rid of the…

A troubling time. Judah just like Israel was under judgment from the Lord because of ungodly choices and living. They were looking like the world instead of being a light to the world. This is a oracle addressed in similar fashion as: Zephaniah and his prophesy to Judah (640-609 B.C.) Nahum pronouncing…

20 years ago life took a turn for the worst. At least that is true of our nation. But for many people life was already at a pretty low point. But it was a day when we say close to 3,000 people die, without any warning. The big problem: evil, suffering and a “good God”. This is the number one reason why…

Intro: Questions! We all have them! Much of the time we value them because we were created with a desire to know. If you have a 2 or 3 year old all the questions can be annoying. Answers to our questions give us the opportunity to make adjustments and shape our lives. We can get with reality, or choose…

Habakkuk 1:6-13 God sees the big picture. God’s ways are not our ways. God is not in the comparison business.

Introduction: If you have your Bible let me invite you to open with me to the book of Habakkuk. Habakkuk is a minor prophet, meaning it is one of the smaller prophetic books. It is only three chapters taking up two and half pages in my Bible. So feel free to use your table of contents to locate it. We…

2 O Lord , how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save? 3 Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise. 4 So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes…

We are starting a new series this morning. Titled When God Doesn’t. A study in the book of Habakkuk. if you have your bible go ahead and turn to Habakkuk 1 . If you know were it is. Habakkuk is a small book so it might be hard to find. It is found in the Old Test. a couple of book after Jonah and before…

What Does Social Justice Mean? Society - b: a community, nation, or broad grouping of people having common traditions, institutions, and collective activities and interests Justice - Definition of justice 1a: the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of…

God possesses all power. He not only has the will to do something, but the volition to be able to bring it to pass. Even the power we have has been delegated. To us To governing authorities to Satan Five Categories of the power of God Infinite power He can do whatever He pleases. We desire to do some…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

Why Do I Witness Suffering?

Confusion Over God's Purposes

Life can get weary even though we know we are blessed in many ways by God. The same was true for the people in Habakkuk's time. In this time of Advent, we're encouraged to wait. God is about to do a miraculous thing that will usher in an era so wonderful that we'll devote all we have to it.

How can I be happy? Good morning and welcome to CrossWay. Today's sermon, from the book of Habakkuk, is a continuation of our sermon series in the minor prophets titled, Eternal Questions From the Minor Prophets. Don’t let the word minor fool you. It merely means that the writings of these prophets,…

Introduction The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw. O Lord , how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save? Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise.…

As much as we may all want the world to be simple and full of easy decisions, life turns out to be a bit more complicated than that. So, what do we do when tough questions come up that don’t have any easy answers?