1. Living By Fai h
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2. Rejoicing in God’s Faithfulness
Habakkuk 3:1-19

3. Introduction MTD = Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
1. A god exists who created and ordered the world and watches over human life on earth.
2. God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other, as taught in the Bible and by most world religions.
3. The central goal of life is to be happy and to feel good about oneself.
4. God does not need to be particularly involved in one’s life except when God is needed to resolve a problem.
5. Good people go to heaven when they die.

4. 3:1-2 This chapter is a prayer, or even a psalm or emotional poem.
Habakkuk asks God to revive His work, make it known, and to remember mercy.

5. 3:3-15 God is depicted as the God who conquers.
The creation and the nations cannot stand against God.

6. 3:16-19
Habakkuk resolves to rejoice in God regardless of the circumstances around him, even though it looks grim.

7. Main Idea
Lean on God’s faithfulness into the future because of His faithfulness in the past.

8. Application Remember what God has done for you.
Resolve to rejoice in God.
Recognize that we live by faith every day.
Reorganize your life to have Jesus as the center.