1. Habakkuk 1:1-4 Pg 1079 In Church Bibles

2. the just shall live by his faith. (Habakkuk 2:4) the just shall live by his faith. (Habakkuk 2:4)

3. Habakkuk - A Man in Difficult Days

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5. 1000 800600500550650700750850900950 David Solo mon Judah Israel 722 bc Assyrian Captivity Ten Tribes of Israel 586bc Babylonian Captivity Judah taken captive Josiah 649-609 24 years decline Habakkuk Saul

6. Habakkuk - A Man in Difficult Days Habakkuk - A Man with a Burden NASB, ESV...Oracle NIV..............Prophecy.........a burden or load maśśā ʾ Burden of hard questions

7. Habakkuk - A Man in Difficult Days Habakkuk - A Man with a Burden Burden of hard questions - Burden of the sin in his people iniquity...āwen: evil that produces emptiness trouble...āmāl: wickedness, toil producing hardship plundering...šô ḏ : destruction, desolation,wasting violence... ḥ āmās: violence, wrong, cruelty strife...riy ḇ āh: controversy, contention contention...mā ḏ ôn: quarrel that cannot be stopped when started

8. Habakkuk - A Man in Difficult Days Habakkuk - A Man with a Burden Burden of hard questions - Burden of the sin in his people - Burden of spiritual ineffectiveness - Burden of judicial inequity - Burden of God not fixing WHY...will You not save What are your WHY questions?

9. Pain? Hell? Sin? Bad things? World? Unfair? Personal? What are your WHY questions?

10. Habakkuk - A Man in Difficult Days Habakkuk - A Man with a Burden Burden of hard questions - Burden of the sin in his people - Burden of spiritual ineffectiveness - Burden of judicial inequity - Burden of God not fixing WHY...will You not save What are your WHY questions?

11. Habakkuk - A Man in Difficult Days Habakkuk - A Man with a Burden Habakkuk - A Man of Real Prayer

12. Habakkuk - A Man in Difficult Days Habakkuk - A Man with a Burden Habakkuk - A Man of Real Prayer - Whole book is a conversation w/ God - Habakkuk means “to embrace” “wrestle” He Prayed with Persistence

13. Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart, Luke 18:1

14. And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? Luke 18:7

15. Habakkuk - A Man in Difficult Days Habakkuk - A Man with a Burden Habakkuk - A Man of Real Prayer - Whole book is a conversation w/ God - Habakkuk means “to embrace” “wrestle” He Prayed with Persistence He Prayed with Passion

16. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. James 5:16

17. Habakkuk - A Man in Difficult Days Habakkuk - A Man with a Burden Habakkuk - A Man of Real Prayer - Whole book is a conversation w/ God - Habakkuk means “to embrace” “wrestle” He Prayed with Persistence He Prayed with Passion He Prayed with Insight He Prayed with Honesty

18. How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? Psalm 13:1

19. My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me, And from the words of My groaning? My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me, And from the words of My groaning? Psalm 22:1-2

20. O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear; And in the night season, and am not silent. O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear; And in the night season, and am not silent. Psalm 22:1-2

21. Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord? Arise! Do not cast us off forever. Why do You hide Your face, And forget our affliction and our oppression? Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord? Arise! Do not cast us off forever. Why do You hide Your face, And forget our affliction and our oppression? Psalm 44:23-24

22. O God, how long will the adversary reproach? Will the enemy blaspheme Your name forever? O God, how long will the adversary reproach? Will the enemy blaspheme Your name forever? Psalm 74:10-11

23. Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand? Take it out of Your bosom and destroy them. Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand? Take it out of Your bosom and destroy them. Psalm 74:10-11

24. Habakkuk - A Man in Difficult Days Habakkuk - A Man with a Burden Habakkuk - A Man of Real Prayer - Whole book is a conversation w/ God - Habakkuk means “to embrace” “wrestle” He Prayed with Persistence He Prayed with Passion He Prayed with Insight He Prayed with Honesty He Prayed with Intensity

25. Give heed to the voice of my cry, My King and my God, For to You I will pray. Give heed to the voice of my cry, My King and my God, For to You I will pray. Psalm 5:2-3

26. My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up. My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up. Psalm 5:2-3

27. My soul waits for the Lord More than those who watch for the morning— Yes, more than those who watch for the morning. Psalm 130:6

28. And He said, “Let Me go, for the day breaks.” But he said, “I will not let You go unless You bless me!” Genesis 32:26

29. Habakkuk - A Man in Difficult Days Habakkuk - A Man with a Burden Habakkuk - A Man of Real Prayer - Whole book is a conversation w/ God - Habakkuk means “to embrace” “wrestle” He Prayed with Persistence He Prayed with Passion He Prayed with Insight He Prayed with Honesty He Prayed with Intensity Some question God as an excuse don’t know...don’t want to know

30. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:12-13

31. So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Luke 11:9-10

32. Habakkuk - A Man in Difficult Days Habakkuk - A Man with a Burden Habakkuk - A Man of Real Prayer - Whole book is a conversation w/ God - Habakkuk means “to embrace” “wrestle” He Prayed with Persistence He Prayed with Passion He Prayed with Insight He Prayed with Honesty He Prayed with Intensity Some question God as an excuse Some question God with shallow interest Some question God intently to know don’t know...don’t want to know obtain shallow answers.... these hear from God...find faith

33. “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You. Job 42:5

34. ‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’ Jeremiah 33:3

35. Habakkuk - A Man in Difficult Days Habakkuk - A Man with a Burden Habakkuk - A Man of Real Prayer - Whole book is a conversation w/ God - Habakkuk means “to embrace” “wrestle” He Prayed with Persistence He Prayed with Passion He Prayed with Insight He Prayed with Honesty He Prayed with Intensity Some question God as an excuse Some question God with shallow interest Some question God intently to know don’t know...don’t want to know obtain shallow answers.... these hear from God...find faith

36. Habakkuk - A Man in Difficult Days Habakkuk - A Man with a Burden Habakkuk - A Man of Real Prayer - Whole book is a conversation w/ God - Habakkuk means “to embrace” “wrestle” He Prayed with Persistence He Prayed with Passion He Prayed with Insight He Prayed with Honesty He Prayed with Intensity

37. Habakkuk - A Man in Difficult Days Habakkuk - A Man with a Burden Habakkuk - A Man of Real Prayer