habakkuk

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Outline of HabakkukChap 1: Wondering and WrestlingChap 2: Watching and WaitingChap 3: Worshiping and Witnessing

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habakkuk 2-3

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“The tyranny of human empires may seem to succeed in the short run. But in the larger perspective, it becomes clear that all human tyranny has within it the

seeds of its own destruction.” --Peter C. Craigie

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Five “woes” against:1. Selfish ambition v. 6-82. Self-sufficiency v. 9-113. Exploitation of others v. 12-134. Drunkenness & immorality v. 15-175. Idolatry v. 18-19

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homo in se incurvatus

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Habakkuk 3:How to live through difficult times

1. Pray for a revival of the work of God v. 1-2

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“The trouble with steeling yourself against the harshness of reality is that the same steel that secures your life

against being destroyed secures your life also against being opened up and

transformed by the holy power that life itself comes from. You can even prevail on your own. But you cannot become

human on your own.” --Fredrick Buechner, The Sacred Journey

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Habakkuk 3:How to live through difficult times

1. Pray for a revival of the work of God v. 1-2

2. Ponder the power of God v. 3-15

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"No religion has ever been greater than its idea of God.”

--A. W. Tozer

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Habakkuk 3:How to live through difficult times

1. Pray for a revival of the work of God v. 1-2

2. Ponder the power of God v. 3-153. Purpose to glorify God v. 16-19

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“The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.

If heed is not paid to this, it is not true music but a diabolical

bawling and twanging.”--J. S. Bach

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