1. JANUARY SERMON SERIES

2. The Silent Treatment

3. Habakkuk 1.2-3
O Lord, how long shall I cry, and you will not hear? Even cry out to You, “Violence!” and You will not save. Why do You show me iniquity, and cause me to see

4. trouble? For plundering and violence are before me; there is strife, and contention arises.

5. 1. Situations of silence
There are times when God doesn’t seem very close

6. God is sometimes silent:
Unrestrained evil Psalms Despair seems to be a stronger force than hope
Unexplained suffering
Why?
Unrelenting desire for direction
Job 31.35

7. Sometimes we cannot detect God’s clear direction
Sounds of silence
Job 37.5 “God’s voice thunders in
marvelous ways”

8. God does not hear us
Isaiah ; Psalms 66.18;
Zechariah 7.13
We do not hear God
God may have a better plan
Romans 5.3-4

9. The Silent Treatment