1. Living Under a Burden or a Blessing?
Matthew 11:29-30, Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Habakkuk 1:5, 2:1-4, Romans 1:17, Galatians 3:11, Hebrews 10:38, Habakkuk 3:1, 17-18
Dr. Bob Nichols
June 5, 2016 AM Service

2. Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

3. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Matthew 11:30
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

4. The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.

5. The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.

6. Habakkuk 1:2
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!

7. Habakkuk 1:3
Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.

8. Habakkuk 1:4
Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

9. There are inequities in life all around us.

10. Habakkuk 1:5
Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days which ye will not believe, though it be told you.

11. Believe for greater…

12. Habakkuk 2:1
I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

13. Take time to hear what God will say in His Word.

14. Habakkuk 2:2
And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

15. Habakkuk 2:3
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

16. Habakkuk 2:4
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

17. Faith keeps us alive and on track

18. Romans 1:17
For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

19. Galatians 3:11
But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

20. Hebrews 10:38
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

21. A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.

22. Habakkuk 3:17
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

23. Get that “Although” in your spirit And, look above what you’re not seeing.

24. Where’s your character? Where’s your commitment?

25. Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Habakkuk 3:18
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

26. Praise & worship is not a filler: Praise & worship is the currency of Heaven!

27. Will you live by a burden? (Or, will you pray?)

28. Will you live by a burden
Will you live by a burden? (Or, will you praise and rejoice in the God of your salvation?)