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 Well, we begin our worship this morning by singing to God's praise in Psalm 32,

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 the Scottish Psalter version, Psalm 32. We're going to sing from verse 7 to 11.

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 It's page 244.

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 Thou art my hiding place, thou shalt from trouble keep me free.

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 Thou with songs of deliverance about shalt compass me.

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 I will instruct thee and they teach the way that thou shalt go.

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 And with my eye upon thee set, I will direction show.

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 We'll sing from verse 7 to 11 to God's praise.

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 The song of deliverance about shalt compass me.

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 I will instruct thee and lead thee, the way that thou shalt go.

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 And with my eye upon thee set, I will direction show.

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 Then be not like the horse or mule, which you not understand.

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 I will instruct thee, the way that thou shalt go.

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 Unto the love that we hid his sorrow shall burn.

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 At him that trusteth in the Lord mercy shall compass Christ.

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 Yea, righteous him the Lord be glad, in him to hear thee joys.

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 O he that upright tar in heart, for joy lift a pure voice.

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 Bow our heads in a short word of prayer. Let us pray.

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 Amen.

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 As we gather here in the church and as the young ones soon go out to the Sunday school and the tweenies and the Bible class.

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 We do pray your blessing on each one.

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 Thankful for the teachers, the children and for your promise to meet with us.

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 For your promise to speak to us through your word.

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 And may we all have that longing, that hunger to hear what you have to say to us.

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 We thank you for your word, the Bible that we have before us.

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 For it is your truth.

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 And help us to lean upon it and rely on it.

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 For all that it tells us.

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 For all that it warns us of.

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 And all the blessings that it tells us that are ours in Christ Jesus.

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 So hear our prayers.

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 Continue with us.

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 Go before us in all of this day.

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 And we ask it all over the forgiveness of our sins.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well before the young ones go out.

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 Just want to say a few words to you.

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 One of the questions that we are often asked.

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 Maybe even as you were coming into the church this morning.

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 Somebody asked you this question.

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 Maybe when you got up in the morning.

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 Somebody asked you this question.

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 It's the question.

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 How are you?

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 Remember when Mordor Campbell was preaching here at the Communions.

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 That was one of the questions he was asking us as a congregation.

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 How are you?

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 It's a very personal question.

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 And it's a question we're going to be thinking about this morning in our service.

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 As we look at a man called Habakkuk.

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 We've been looking at the book of Habakkuk.

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 And seeing how God was speaking to him.

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 And reminding him.

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 And teaching him of all the things that God was going to do.

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 And one of the questions I would love to ask of Habakkuk is.

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 How are you?

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 And I think today we're going to be seeing that really at the end of the book of Habakkuk.

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 We get an answer to that question of how are you Habakkuk.

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 But how would you answer that question?

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 How are you?

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 And what about when we think of God and what he's saying to us.

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 When we think of his Bible.

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 And how he speaks to us through it.

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 And he's really asking us all today.

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 How are you?

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 How are you when you come to my word?

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 How are you in life?

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 How are you getting on?

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 What are you trusting in?

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 What are you believing in?

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 I want to just tell you a wee story about a little girl called Mary Jones.

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 And she lived in Wales over 200 years ago.

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 And when she was the age of nine.

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 She used to love going to church.

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 And she used to love hearing the minister speaking from the Bible.

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 And she was so aware that God was speaking to her through it.

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 And at that age she thought to herself.

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 I would love a Bible for myself.

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 Now we've probably all got Bibles in our homes.

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 I'm sure many have got Bibles in front of you today.

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 Or maybe on your phone or something like that.

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 Bibles are so easy to get.

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 But when Mary Jones was living in Wales in that time.

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 The late 1700s.

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 The Bibles weren't as common as they are today.

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 And her parents didn't have much money.

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 And Bibles were expensive to buy.

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 And she told her mum that she really wanted a Bible.

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 And she knew how difficult it was.

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 So she said to her mother.

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 I'm going to save up to buy a Bible.

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 I'm going to work.

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 To work for different people.

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 And get paid little bits of work.

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 And I'm going to save up to buy a Bible.

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 And it took her six years.

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 Till she was the age of 15.

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 She didn't give up.

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 She kept saving all her money that she was earning.

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 All so she could go and buy a Bible.

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 And when she had enough money.

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 She had to go a long way to get the Bible.

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 It wasn't a case of jumping in the car.

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 Or jumping on a bus.

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 She had to go and walk to a village.

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 To buy a Bible.

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 A village that was 25 miles away.

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 But even that didn't put her off.

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 So she set out one day.

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 Took her money.

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 And she walked all that way.

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 It was just rough paths and over hills.

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 It was hard going.

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 But she was so determined.

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 She wanted a Bible.

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 And when she got to the town.

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 The village.

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 She bought a Bible.

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 And then she made the journey back home.

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 25 miles back.

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 And she had her own Bible.

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 And this was the most precious thing to her.

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 Because she knew now she could read of God.

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 Asking her.

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 How are you?

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 Every day.

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 Whenever she wanted to.

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 She could learn more of God.

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 And it's so important for us today.

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 To see how precious God's Word is.

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 And to have that same longing.

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 That same desire.

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 As Mary Jones.

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 To have the Bible for ourselves.

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 And I'm sure we don't have to save up six years.

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 We can go home today.

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 And we've got the Bible in front of us.

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 And start looking at it.

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 Reading it.

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 And seeing for yourself.

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 The wonder of how God speaks.

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 And how precious He is.

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 So may God bless these thoughts to us all.

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 We'll say the Lord's Prayer together now.

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 Amen.

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 Our Father which art in heaven.

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 Hallowed be thy name.

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 Thy kingdom come.

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 Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

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 Give us this day our daily bread.

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 And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.

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 And lead us not into temptation.

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 But deliver us from evil.

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 For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 I will again sing to God's praise.

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 Now we're going to sing in Psalm 40.

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 In the Scottish.

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 In the Sing Psalms version.

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 Psalm 40.

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 On page 59 of the Psalm books.

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 Sorry, it's not page 59.

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 It's page 50.

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 Page 50 of the Psalm books.

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 Psalm 40.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to verse 5.

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 I waited long upon the Lord.

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 He heard my cry and turned to me.

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 He raised me from the slimy pit and from the mire.

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 He pulled me free.

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 We'll sing Psalm 40 verse 1 to 5 to God's praise.

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 I waited long upon the Lord.

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 He heard my cry and turned to me.

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 He raised me from the slimy pit and from the mire.

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 He pulled me free.

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 He said my feet on solid rock.

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 A place to stand both firm and strong.

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 He heard my cry and forth.

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 He heard my cry and turned to me.

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 He heard my cry and turned to me.

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 A joyful hymn of praise to God.

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 Then he will live with godly cheer, and on the Lord alone rely.

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 Blessed are they who trust the Lord, who shan the pride and cross the night.

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 The wonders you have done, O Lord, how many and how great they are.

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 Your plans for us are far beyond, our power to number or defame.

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 We're going to turn to read now in the book of Habakkuk in the Old Testament.

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 You'll find this around page 950 of the Bibles.

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 Habakkuk, we're going to read chapter 3.

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 We have Habakkuk's prayer, as we've looked at previously.

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 And then this morning we're going to be looking at the last part, verse 7 to 19.

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 But we'll read the whole of this chapter.

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 A prayer of Habakkuk, the prophet, according to Shaganoth.

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 O Lord, I have heard the report of you, and your work, O Lord, do I fear.

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 In the midst of the years, revive it.

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 In the midst of the years, make it known.

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 In wrath, remember mercy.

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 God came from Taman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran.

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 His splendor covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.

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 His brightness was like the light.

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 Rays flashed from his hand, and there he veiled his power.

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 Before him went pestilence and plague followed at his heels.

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 He stood and measured the earth.

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 He looked and shook the nations.

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 Then the eternal mountains were scattered.

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 The everlasting hills sank low.

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 Whose were the everlasting ways?

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 I saw the tents of cushion in affliction.

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 The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

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 Was your wrath against the rivers, O Lord?

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 Was your anger against the rivers?

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 Or your indignation against the sea?

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 When you rode on your horses, on your chariot of salvation.

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 You stripped the sheath from your bow, calling for many arrows.

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 You split the earth with rivers.

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 The mountains saw you and writhed.

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 The raging waters swept on.

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 The deep gave forth its voice.

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 It lifted its hands on high.

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 The sun and moon stood still in their place.

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 At the light of your arrows as they sped.

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 At the flash of your glittering spear.

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 You marched through the earth in fury.

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 You threshed the nations in anger.

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 You went out for the salvation of your people.

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 For the salvation of your anointed.

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 You crushed the head of the house of the wicked.

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 Laying him bare from thigh to neck.

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 You pierced with his own arrows the heads of his warriors.

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 Who came like a whirlwind to scatter me.

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 Rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.

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 You trampled the sea with your horses.

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 The surging of mighty waters.

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 I hear and my body trembles.

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 My lips quiver at the sound.

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 Rottenness enters into my bones.

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 My legs tremble beneath me.

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 Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble to come upon people who invade us.

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 Though the fig tree should not blossom.

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 Nor fruit beyond the vines.

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 The produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food.

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 The flock be cut off from the fold.

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 And there be no herd in the stalls.

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 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord.

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 I will take joy in the God of my salvation.

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 God the Lord is my strength.

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 He makes my feet like the deer.

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 He makes me tread on my high places.

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 To the choirmaster with stringed instruments.

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 May God bless that reading from his word.

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 And again just bow our heads in a word of prayer.

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 Let us pray.

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 Lord our gracious God as we continue in our worship of you.

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 We thank you again for your word.

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 For your truth.

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 A truth that we would seek to hold precious.

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 A truth that we would seek to honour with our lives and with all that we are.

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 A truth that we would follow.

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 For in following your commandments our blessing.

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 And in turning away we see your blessings so often taken away.

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 And we pray Lord that you would heal our land.

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 That you would heal our land from the turning away from your word.

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 From the rejection of it.

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 Even the forbidding of it in so many ways and places.

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 It's turning more violent in so many ways.

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 And we just see an anger that comes about as we turn away from you.

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 As we look to our own ways and our own paths.

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 As we lean on our own understanding and wisdom.

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 We recognise the foolishness of it as we see your word.

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 And yet so often we get caught up in it.

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 And so we pray Lord that you will teach us.

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 That you will humble us.

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 That we would not come to see days like Habakkuk.

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 When there was so much destruction and devastation.

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 When there was so much violence and wickedness.

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 Although we see it in part around us Lord.

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 We know that days could so easily become worse.

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 But we pray Lord that we would see.

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 That in wrath you would remember mercy.

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 That you as Lord and God of all would have mercy upon us.

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 That you would revive your work in our midst.

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 That you would revive your work in our day.

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 That we would see your blessing poured out upon us.

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 And we know that comes through obedience to you.

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 And so humble us before you today.

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 Teach us through your truth.

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 Bring us into that relationship where we would say.

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 Even as Habakkuk.

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 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord.

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 For God the Lord is my strength.

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 And may we come in our own hearts and in our lives.

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 For that to be our confession.

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 And we do pray for your church oh Lord.

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 As we are part of it here.

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 And as we see it around us.

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 As people near and far.

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 We pray for you to build up your church.

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 We pray for your blessing.

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 Of your spirit upon us.

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 Leading us.

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 Guiding us.

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 And helping us.

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 In all of our ways.

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 We pray to know.

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 What it is to live.

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 By faith.

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 Even as we have seen in Habakkuk.

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 The righteous shall live by faith.

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 We pray for that faith in our own hearts.

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 And in our lives.

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 And in our congregations.

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 And in our church far and wide.

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 That we would be a people who live in dependence upon you.

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 Trusting that you are able to provide.

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 And so we lean upon you for all of these things.

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 So remember as Lord we pray.

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 As we thank you for all in our congregation.

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 We thank you again for all our young people.

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 And as the schools go on holiday this week.

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 We pray for them.

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 For the teaching staff.

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 And all the staff in our schools.

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 We pray for a time of rest and refreshment for them all.

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 A time of encouragement.

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 And a time when they will be able to step back.

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 From the busyness of life in that way.

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 But just to enjoy a time of refreshment.

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 In either staying at home or going away.

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 Or whatever it might be.

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 That your blessing would be upon all.

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 We pray too Lord for the work of our congregation.

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 We thank you for all going on in our church.

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 Not just on the Lord's days.

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 We thank you for our services.

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 Both here and in the Gaelic.

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 For the youth fellowship.

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 For the Sunday school.

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 And all the young ones.

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 We thank you for all of these things.

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 And we pray that you would bless it.

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 That you would bless abundantly the word.

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 That is proclaimed in these ways.

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 We pray that through the week as well.

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 That as the monthly meeting is taking place tomorrow evening.

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 God willing.

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 As there are meetings throughout the week.

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 We think of the vacancy committee.

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 As it meets on Tuesday.

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 Pray for wisdom and guidance.

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 For all on the committee.

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 And for the discussions that take place.

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 That your spirit would lead and guide in all of these things.

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 Pray for the prayer meetings.

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 That we would see that as such a wonderful privilege.

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 And a place where we should be if we are able.

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 That we would gather to unite our hearts.

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 And praise and worship and prayer to you.

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 That we would see your blessing on the 55+.

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 Thankful for all involved in running that.

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 And attending it.

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 Pray for the blessing of your spirit upon them.

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 This week as well.

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 And we do thank you for all of these things.

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 And many more Lord.

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 As we think of all the activities going on.

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 And we just ask for your blessing in it all.

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 We thank you for the work of the congregations around us as well.

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 We pray that together we would see the blessing of God upon us.

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 We think of the communion seasons just now.

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 As they soon draw to a close.

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 We thank you for all the preachers who have come from near and far.

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 To proclaim the wonders of the gospel.

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 And we remember them in Bach and in North Harris today.

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 As they are gathered for that purpose.

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 For remembering the Lord's death until he comes.

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 In that significant way.

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 We pray for your encouragement to the congregations there.

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 For your blessing upon them.

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 And for all the services that have taken place.

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 And will take place next weekend as well.

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 We do pray for your blessing in all of these things.

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 We thank you Lord that you are a God who is not sleeping.

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 That you are working.

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 That you are active.

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 That your word is powerful.

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 And we pray that together we would know the wonder of your salvation.

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 The wonder of the one who is your son Christ Jesus.

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 Who came into the world to save sinners.

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 That is a great gospel message.

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 And we pray that we will come to know the wonder of a personal relationship with him.

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 So hear our prayers.

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 Remember us in our homes and our families.

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 In our communities at this time.

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 In all our different needs.

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 In our sorrow and sadness of loss and grief.

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 In the uncertainties of ill health.

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 Or awaiting results.

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 Or awaiting procedures.

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 Whether we are confined to our homes.

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 Or whether we are anxious about family.

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 Work situations.

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 Whatever it may be.

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 We pray that in all our troubles.

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 Yet we might rejoice in the Lord.

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 So hear our prayers.

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 Continue with us and pardon us in all our sins.

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 We ask it all.

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 In Jesus name.

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 And for his sake.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Before we turn back to Habakkuk.

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 We are going to sing again in Psalm 4.

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 In the Sing Psalm.

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 Psalm 4.

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 It is on page 4 of the Psalm books.

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 We will sing from verse 3 down to the end of the Psalm.

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 Know that the Lord has set apart the godly as his own.

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 The Lord will hear me when I call and my request make known.

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 We will sing from verse 3 down to the end of the Psalm.

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 To God's praise.

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 The Lord will hear me when I call and my request make known.

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 In the Anger do not wake us fall.

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 In the Anger do not wake us fall.

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 Consider and be still.

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 We send a righteous sacrifice.

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 And wait upon his well.

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 And wait upon his well.

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 Oh, who can show us any good.

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 I hear so many say.

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 Oh, Lord, shine on us with your eyes.

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 Show us your face.

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 Show us your face.

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 The Lord will hear me when I call and my heart.

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 The Lord will hear me when I call and my heart.

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 I will hear me when I call and my heart.

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 You filled my heart with greater joy that others may have found,

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 as they rejoiced at harvest time when faith and wine the blend.

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 I will lie down and sleep in peace, my heart will rest with you.

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 For you alone, O gracious Lord, will keep me safe and sure.

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 We're going to turn back then to a reading in Habakkuk in chapter 3.

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 And the end of this chapter, we're in verse 17 to 19.

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 As we were saying to the young ones, one of the most common questions we'd often asked is,

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 how are you?

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 And we have a variety of answers to that question so often from the standard answer, I'm fine.

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 And we move on or to the more in-depth and more honest answers,

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 where we feel more able to pour out our hearts to the person who's asked the question.

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 We hear the question often, but I wonder how many other people you would want to ask that question of.

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 Not just people you know around us, but maybe perhaps people in different situations,

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 maybe past or present.

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 Think of perhaps world leaders today and the strains that they have in trying to lead different nations.

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 Maybe Keir Starmer or Joe Biden or someone like that.

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 Would you want to come alongside them and ask the question, you know,

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 how are you in the midst of everything that's going on?

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 Maybe it's a famous figure from history.

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 You would want to be with them in a certain situation and ask, how are you?

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 I think of John Newton, the author of Amazing Grace and other hymns,

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 and his conversion that happened while he was in a storm at sea.

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 Because of my own background, I often think of that situation.

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 I would love to have been there with him in some ways and seen him at his low point there,

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 when he's seeing just the frailty of life, his life and all that it's entailed,

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 how wrong it was, and yet he came to see the wonder of the amazing grace of God

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 and to ask him, how are you in the midst of all of that?

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 And maybe there's characters in Scripture you would want to come alongside them

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 and ask them that question, you know, how are you?

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 Think of people like Job in the Old Testament.

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 And very often when you think of that question of how are they in the midst of situations,

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 you find in Scripture an answer given.

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 Job, as you maybe know, in his life experience, he lost so much in his life.

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 There was so much devastation that came his way.

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 In chapter 1 of the book, you read of how everything just was taken from him,

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 almost in the blink of an eye.

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 He lost his livestock.

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 He lost his children.

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 There just seemed to be tragedy after tragedy coming upon him.

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 And you come alongside, how are you, Job, in the midst of all of this?

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 Well, in chapter 1, verse 21 to 22, he says this, Job himself says this,

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 Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I shall return.

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 The Lord gave.

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 The Lord has taken away.

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 Blessed be the name of the Lord.

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 You see their confidence.

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 You see their faith.

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 It says in the next verse after that,

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 In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with any wrong.

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 There was a faith in the midst of everything that was going on.

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 Think of Paul as he wrote the letter to the Philippians,

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 a letter of rejoicing.

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 But in the midst of what was happening in his experience,

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 you come alongside and ask,

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 Paul, how are you in prison?

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 How are you in the midst of everything that you're seeing happening around you?

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 Well, we see in chapter 4 of Philippians, verse 11,

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 how thankful he is that the people there have remembered him.

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 They've sent him a gift.

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 But he says in verse 13,

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 Not that I am speaking of being in need,

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 for I have learned,

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 in whatever situation I am to be content,

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 I know how to be brought low,

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 and I know how to abound.

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 In any and every circumstance,

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 I have learned the secret to facing plenty and hunger,

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 abundance and need.

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 I can do all things through Christ,

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 or through him, it says,

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 who strengthens me.

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 There is confidence in the midst of trials.

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 And so here in Habakkuk,

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 as we've been going through this book of Habakkuk,

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 we've been seeing the kind of challenges

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 that Habakkuk and the people have been facing up to.

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 We've seen in chapter 1

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 how God was going to do a work,

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 a work that they could hardly understand or comprehend.

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 Even as he told them,

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 God working in mysterious ways,

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 that he was going to bring the Babylonians upon them.

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 It didn't seem to make sense.

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 And yet we have seen

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 how Habakkuk has been with the people,

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 trying to encourage them,

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 trying to strengthen them.

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 And we've seen encouragements like

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 the righteous shall live by faith.

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 We've seen too how he had hope.

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 In chapter 2, verse 14,

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 for the earth will be filled with the knowledge

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 of the glory of the Lord

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 as the waters cover the sea.

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 There is that hope

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 that things are going to be better.

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 Chapter 3, as we've read in verse 2 there,

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 we see his prayer,

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 a prayer that in the midst of it says,

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 in the midst of the years,

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 revived in the midst of the years,

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 make it known in wrath,

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 remember mercy.

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 So Habakkuk has been living in a day

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 when things are difficult,

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 things are challenging.

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 In the darkness of the day,

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 he didn't see God and think,

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 well, God just cannot change this situation.

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 God cannot make a difference in this situation.

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 Yes, he had his questions,

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 as you see in verse 3 of chapter 1.

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 Why do you make me see iniquity?

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 Why do you idly look at wrong

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 as if God has no concern?

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 But yet, as you come alongside Habakkuk

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 and ask him the question today,

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 how are you?

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 How are you in the midst of all of this?

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 Well, today we come to our final nugget of gold.

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 That's why we've been looking at Habakkuk,

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 how in the midst of all the challenges,

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 you find these nuggets of gold,

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 precious verses that speak of the wonder of God.

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 And today we're going to look at the last one here

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 in verse 17 to 19.

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 And really it's one long nugget of gold.

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 It's Habakkuk's answer to the question,

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 how are you?

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 And that's the way we're going to look at it this morning.

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 Under that question, Habakkuk, how are you?

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 And we see that in each verse,

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 he gives us an answer.

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 And he gives us an answer

00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:34.200
 that ultimately shows that he is rejoicing.

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:38.319
 And he's rejoicing, not oblivious to the situation.

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:42.039
 He sees the reality of all that's going on around him,

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:45.299
 but he sees that he can rejoice in the Lord

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:48.660
 because God is his strength.

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:50.460
 And so that's the three things.

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:52.900
 You really got the first word of each verse

00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:54.980
 are going to be your three points.

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:57.480
 You have though in verse 17.

00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:59.700
 You have yet in verse 18.

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:02.360
 And you have God in verse 19.

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:05.839
 So we're going to go through these three things.

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:09.219
 Habakkuk, how are you?

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:12.480
 Well, in verse 17, we have though.

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:19.219
 And here is Habakkuk seeing the reality of the situation.

00:34:19.219 --> 00:34:23.980
 He's not oblivious to all that's going on around him.

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:26.919
 There's a lot of trouble around him.

00:34:27.799 --> 00:34:28.980
 Serious trouble.

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.659
 Grave trouble.

00:34:31.379 --> 00:34:33.339
 Trouble that has its consequences

00:34:33.339 --> 00:34:35.739
 from turning away from God.

00:34:36.459 --> 00:34:38.519
 As we've gone through this book of Habakkuk,

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:41.019
 we've seen the backdrop to it all

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:42.879
 is this abandonment of God.

00:34:43.399 --> 00:34:45.619
 Turning away from God.

00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:48.960
 And judgment is coming upon them.

00:34:49.779 --> 00:34:52.880
 An unbelievable hardship is coming upon them.

00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:55.219
 We read of it there in chapter 3.

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:56.859
 You see the wrath.

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.719
 You see the anger.

00:34:57.880 --> 00:35:00.460
 You see the devastation that's going on

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:01.859
 even in chapter 3.

00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:06.000
 And there are all these things going on.

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:10.339
 And God has sent this judgment upon them

00:35:10.339 --> 00:35:13.940
 through the Babylonians, this wicked enemy.

00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:18.280
 And in chapter 1, verse 5, he was saying,

00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:21.820
 I am doing a work you would not believe.

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:25.940
 It's almost through the strangest of providences,

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:29.720
 through the strangest of works, God is working.

00:35:30.720 --> 00:35:33.059
 God is still at work.

00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:35.500
 And that's a nugget in itself.

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:37.320
 Although it's hard for us to understand,

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:39.860
 as we saw looking at that part of Habakkuk,

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:42.320
 there are things that we see around us

00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:44.160
 that we cannot understand that leave us

00:35:44.160 --> 00:35:45.740
 with the same kind of questions

00:35:45.740 --> 00:35:48.240
 as Habakkuk had in chapter 1.

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:51.100
 Almost thinking, Lord, why have you left us?

00:35:52.180 --> 00:35:53.980
 And yet what it is, is God saying,

00:35:54.200 --> 00:35:55.200
 I am doing a work,

00:35:55.660 --> 00:35:57.680
 even in the strangest of providences,

00:35:58.100 --> 00:36:00.700
 I am doing a work in your midst.

00:36:01.240 --> 00:36:05.320
 And so Habakkuk has this reality.

00:36:05.320 --> 00:36:08.240
 He sees what's going on around him.

00:36:08.620 --> 00:36:12.720
 And that's the background of the though of verse 17.

00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:17.200
 There's nothing positive in verse 17.

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:19.340
 You see there, though,

00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:21.760
 the fig tree should not blossom,

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:23.940
 nor fruit beyond the vines,

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:26.160
 the produce of the olive fail,

00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:28.980
 and the fields yield no food,

00:36:29.100 --> 00:36:31.539
 the flock be cut off from the fold,

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:34.619
 and there be no herd in the stalls.

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:38.579
 There's nothing positive here.

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:43.599
 Though, and all of these things are going on.

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:46.000
 What are they saying to us?

00:36:46.139 --> 00:36:47.259
 What's verse 17?

00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:49.779
 What's Habakkuk saying to us in terms of,

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:51.059
 how are you, Habakkuk?

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:53.300
 Well, this is what is happening.

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:55.259
 This is what is going on,

00:36:55.300 --> 00:36:56.900
 not just in my experience, he's saying,

00:36:57.259 --> 00:36:59.460
 but in our experience as a people,

00:36:59.460 --> 00:37:00.240
 he is saying,

00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:02.619
 the fig trees not blossoming,

00:37:02.720 --> 00:37:04.260
 the fruit is not on the vine,

00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:06.539
 the produce of the olive has failed,

00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:08.099
 the fields have no food,

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:10.480
 the flock is cut off from the fold,

00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:12.099
 there is no herd in the stalls,

00:37:12.659 --> 00:37:15.380
 there is devastation all around.

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:18.840
 And they are speaking of two things.

00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:23.280
 One is the destruction of the Babylonians,

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:26.000
 the devastation that has come upon

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:29.400
 an invasion from the Babylonians.

00:37:30.699 --> 00:37:33.980
 Things have been destroyed by them.

00:37:34.719 --> 00:37:36.579
 Everything that was important to them

00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:39.860
 as a people has been almost destroyed.

00:37:41.340 --> 00:37:44.000
 But it's not just about an invading army.

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:46.960
 More importantly and more seriously,

00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:50.019
 it's about the withdrawal of God's blessing

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:53.159
 and God's favor upon them.

00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:56.820
 When you look through that list in verse 17,

00:37:56.980 --> 00:38:00.059
 the those, the fig trees and the vines

00:38:00.059 --> 00:38:02.000
 were so important for the economy

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:04.739
 because great produce meant

00:38:04.739 --> 00:38:07.440
 it was so financially important.

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:10.840
 The economy suffered without it.

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:13.579
 The fields producing no flock,

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:15.340
 the food and the flocks being taken,

00:38:15.860 --> 00:38:18.000
 this meant hardship for the people.

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:19.900
 The people were suffering.

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:22.780
 And this was the work of the enemy,

00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:26.860
 but God was behind it as well.

00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:30.460
 And we see that as you look back

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:31.219
 in the scriptures.

00:38:31.719 --> 00:38:33.420
 Obedience meant blessing,

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:36.320
 but disobedience had consequences.

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:39.199
 You just have to go back to Leviticus,

00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:40.940
 chapter 26,

00:38:41.039 --> 00:38:44.079
 where God outlines the importance of obedience

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:47.679
 and what disobedience leads to.

00:38:47.739 --> 00:38:50.779
 And so much of it is to do with the flocks,

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:52.440
 the herds and the harvest.

00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:57.159
 Because a rich harvest was always seen

00:38:57.159 --> 00:38:58.619
 as the blessing of God.

00:38:59.719 --> 00:39:02.779
 And he says in Leviticus 26, verse 3,

00:39:02.780 --> 00:39:04.519
 If you walk in my statutes

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:05.820
 and observe my commandments

00:39:05.820 --> 00:39:06.480
 and do them,

00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:08.880
 then I will give you your rains

00:39:08.880 --> 00:39:09.740
 and their season,

00:39:10.140 --> 00:39:12.120
 and the land shall yield its increase,

00:39:12.200 --> 00:39:13.460
 and the trees of the field

00:39:13.460 --> 00:39:14.720
 shall yield their fruit.

00:39:15.240 --> 00:39:16.720
 Your threshing shall last

00:39:16.720 --> 00:39:18.600
 to the time of the grape harvest,

00:39:19.060 --> 00:39:20.500
 and the grape harvest shall last

00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:21.680
 to the time for sowing,

00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:23.100
 and you shall eat your bread

00:39:23.100 --> 00:39:23.800
 and be full

00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:26.040
 and dwell in your land securely.

00:39:26.140 --> 00:39:28.280
 There was blessing from obedience.

00:39:28.280 --> 00:39:30.480
 But disobedience,

00:39:30.620 --> 00:39:31.460
 turning from God,

00:39:31.740 --> 00:39:32.840
 had consequences.

00:39:33.360 --> 00:39:34.400
 In that same chapter,

00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:36.980
 Leviticus 26, verse 20,

00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:39.780
 it says when you turn away from God,

00:39:39.880 --> 00:39:41.960
 your strength shall be spent in vain,

00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:44.440
 your land shall not yield its increase,

00:39:44.600 --> 00:39:46.220
 the trees of the land

00:39:46.220 --> 00:39:48.560
 shall not yield their fruit.

00:39:49.620 --> 00:39:53.100
 There is consequences to disobedience.

00:39:54.200 --> 00:39:56.380
 And Habakkuk's day was one that saw

00:39:56.380 --> 00:39:58.720
 the reality of the devastation

00:39:58.720 --> 00:40:00.079
 of rejecting God.

00:40:01.220 --> 00:40:02.940
 The those that you have here

00:40:02.940 --> 00:40:06.519
 are the woes that came upon the people.

00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:11.079
 And when we look at this verse for ourselves,

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:13.820
 how are you?

00:40:16.220 --> 00:40:17.740
 Though, it says,

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:20.860
 well, what are our those today?

00:40:21.700 --> 00:40:23.860
 We will all have our those.

00:40:23.860 --> 00:40:26.599
 We will all have the things that we see

00:40:26.599 --> 00:40:28.059
 going on around us

00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:28.940
 or even within us

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:31.120
 that leave us feeling like Habakkuk here.

00:40:32.160 --> 00:40:33.460
 You see the world.

00:40:34.420 --> 00:40:35.599
 And like Babylonia,

00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:38.280
 a cruel nation inflicting pain.

00:40:38.559 --> 00:40:39.660
 You look at the world today

00:40:39.660 --> 00:40:42.019
 and you see so many parts of the world

00:40:42.019 --> 00:40:43.820
 where there's pain inflicted

00:40:43.820 --> 00:40:45.539
 through wickedness and evil.

00:40:46.420 --> 00:40:47.519
 People are suffering.

00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:50.059
 We look at our leaders.

00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:51.420
 We look at our economy.

00:40:51.500 --> 00:40:52.099
 And what do we see?

00:40:52.099 --> 00:40:52.980
 We see greed.

00:40:53.659 --> 00:40:55.440
 And we see a people going without,

00:40:55.579 --> 00:40:57.799
 a people suffering in that way as well.

00:40:59.299 --> 00:41:00.759
 We look around ourselves

00:41:00.759 --> 00:41:02.480
 as an island here.

00:41:02.559 --> 00:41:03.360
 And you think of even just

00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:04.719
 these last few days

00:41:04.719 --> 00:41:06.219
 and what's been in the news

00:41:06.219 --> 00:41:09.179
 about Tesco seeking to open on a Sunday.

00:41:10.039 --> 00:41:11.980
 And you see all that going on

00:41:11.980 --> 00:41:14.860
 and you see how it goes against our culture,

00:41:14.940 --> 00:41:16.079
 as so many people say,

00:41:16.159 --> 00:41:17.199
 but more importantly,

00:41:17.659 --> 00:41:18.900
 against our faith,

00:41:19.799 --> 00:41:21.960
 against what the Word of God says.

00:41:22.099 --> 00:41:25.099
 You look at the church today

00:41:25.099 --> 00:41:28.400
 and we see a lack of interest

00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:30.199
 in so many ways in the church.

00:41:30.339 --> 00:41:32.659
 We see a turning away from the church.

00:41:32.779 --> 00:41:35.619
 We see so little encouragement at times

00:41:35.619 --> 00:41:36.480
 in the church.

00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:40.219
 We look at our own lives,

00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:41.579
 our individual lives,

00:41:41.619 --> 00:41:43.539
 and the difficulties we may have,

00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:45.319
 the challenges that we're going through.

00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:48.220
 We all have our those.

00:41:49.780 --> 00:41:51.240
 And we could list them off,

00:41:51.559 --> 00:41:53.780
 just like Habakkuk does here.

00:41:53.860 --> 00:41:55.440
 Though the fig tree should not blossom,

00:41:55.920 --> 00:41:58.120
 we have things that we could say for ourselves.

00:41:59.019 --> 00:42:00.180
 Though we're seeing hardship,

00:42:00.380 --> 00:42:01.640
 though we're seeing suffering,

00:42:02.240 --> 00:42:04.080
 though we're seeing attacks on our faith,

00:42:04.160 --> 00:42:05.980
 though we're seeing difficulties in our lives,

00:42:06.019 --> 00:42:08.480
 we all have our those.

00:42:08.480 --> 00:42:12.240
 Some may be seen as inflicted by others,

00:42:12.340 --> 00:42:15.820
 but some as a result of turning against God.

00:42:17.159 --> 00:42:19.219
 So what can we do?

00:42:20.659 --> 00:42:22.579
 Well, Habakkuk has his those.

00:42:22.920 --> 00:42:23.659
 How are you?

00:42:24.079 --> 00:42:25.740
 Well, there's all these challenges.

00:42:26.820 --> 00:42:29.059
 But the second thing we see is in verse 18.

00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:30.460
 How are you, Habakkuk?

00:42:30.460 --> 00:42:31.559
 Well, he says,

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:34.880
 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord.

00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:39.519
 I will take joy in the God of my salvation.

00:42:42.360 --> 00:42:44.519
 In the midst of all of those,

00:42:44.659 --> 00:42:47.059
 the things that are difficult and trying,

00:42:47.720 --> 00:42:48.119
 he says,

00:42:48.380 --> 00:42:51.780
 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord.

00:42:52.320 --> 00:42:54.280
 We saw before how the realization

00:42:54.280 --> 00:42:56.720
 and understanding of the situation

00:42:56.720 --> 00:42:59.019
 of Habakkuk's day led to a boldness

00:42:59.019 --> 00:43:01.860
 and an urgency in Habakkuk coming

00:43:01.860 --> 00:43:03.739
 and pleading with God.

00:43:04.619 --> 00:43:05.900
 In the midst of the years,

00:43:06.159 --> 00:43:07.679
 revive it, he's crying out.

00:43:08.139 --> 00:43:10.500
 In wrath, remember, mercy.

00:43:11.460 --> 00:43:12.759
 And we see it also here

00:43:12.759 --> 00:43:14.219
 in the realities of the those.

00:43:14.360 --> 00:43:15.259
 We ask Habakkuk,

00:43:15.619 --> 00:43:16.280
 How are you?

00:43:16.300 --> 00:43:16.639
 And he says,

00:43:16.719 --> 00:43:19.019
 I am rejoicing in the Lord,

00:43:19.380 --> 00:43:21.500
 the God of my salvation.

00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:24.340
 And if you ask yourself today,

00:43:24.519 --> 00:43:26.719
 How are you in the midst of your those?

00:43:27.280 --> 00:43:28.440
 Of the things that you're seeing

00:43:28.440 --> 00:43:29.440
 going on around you

00:43:29.440 --> 00:43:31.400
 or in your own circumstances?

00:43:31.619 --> 00:43:32.320
 How are you?

00:43:32.740 --> 00:43:33.840
 Are you able to say,

00:43:34.220 --> 00:43:36.800
 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord.

00:43:38.440 --> 00:43:40.599
 I will take joy in the God

00:43:40.599 --> 00:43:42.980
 of my salvation.

00:43:44.360 --> 00:43:46.079
 Is that what you have?

00:43:46.720 --> 00:43:48.659
 In the midst of everything going on,

00:43:48.700 --> 00:43:50.480
 do you have that rejoicing?

00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:53.000
 The rejoicing that Paul had

00:43:53.000 --> 00:43:54.340
 in that letter to the Philippines

00:43:54.340 --> 00:43:54.860
 where he says,

00:43:55.280 --> 00:43:56.780
 Rejoice in the Lord always.

00:43:56.780 --> 00:43:58.120
 Again, I will say,

00:43:58.480 --> 00:43:59.240
 Rejoice.

00:43:59.960 --> 00:44:01.380
 In the midst of his own hardship,

00:44:01.480 --> 00:44:02.780
 he's able to rejoice.

00:44:04.500 --> 00:44:08.240
 Do we have that rejoicing in the Lord?

00:44:09.200 --> 00:44:12.100
 And why could Habakkuk say it?

00:44:12.100 --> 00:44:14.940
 Why can we rejoice in the Lord today?

00:44:15.840 --> 00:44:16.440
 Well, you see,

00:44:16.600 --> 00:44:19.180
 there's in the midst of all the trouble around him,

00:44:19.440 --> 00:44:22.580
 there's other nuggets that come to mind as well.

00:44:22.579 --> 00:44:24.799
 In verse 13 of this chapter,

00:44:25.239 --> 00:44:26.779
 in the midst of all that's going on,

00:44:26.819 --> 00:44:27.199
 it says,

00:44:27.360 --> 00:44:29.960
 You went out for the salvation of your people,

00:44:30.219 --> 00:44:33.539
 for the salvation of your anointed.

00:44:33.799 --> 00:44:35.679
 God was not idle.

00:44:36.579 --> 00:44:40.659
 God has gone out for the salvation of his people.

00:44:40.759 --> 00:44:42.659
 It would be true for Habakkuk's day.

00:44:43.139 --> 00:44:45.279
 It would be true in the New Testament days.

00:44:45.280 --> 00:44:50.519
 It's true in our day that God has gone out for the salvation of his people,

00:44:51.060 --> 00:44:52.980
 through his anointed.

00:44:54.980 --> 00:44:57.240
 For us, we can say it's through the Messiah,

00:44:58.240 --> 00:45:00.220
 the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:45:00.620 --> 00:45:04.120
 God has gone out to save his people.

00:45:04.119 --> 00:45:05.839
 So you can say,

00:45:06.319 --> 00:45:09.059
 almost like Habakkuk's prayer is answered,

00:45:09.199 --> 00:45:10.739
 in the midst of wrath,

00:45:11.599 --> 00:45:13.500
 remember mercy, he was pleading,

00:45:14.679 --> 00:45:16.239
 and God has shown mercy.

00:45:17.799 --> 00:45:18.880
 And still today,

00:45:19.319 --> 00:45:21.059
 in the midst of God's judgment,

00:45:21.299 --> 00:45:22.920
 in the midst of God's anger,

00:45:23.639 --> 00:45:25.059
 there is still mercy.

00:45:25.739 --> 00:45:27.059
 For God has gone out

00:45:27.059 --> 00:45:29.960
 for the salvation of his people.

00:45:31.079 --> 00:45:33.480
 And that is a reason to rejoice.

00:45:33.480 --> 00:45:37.500
 I will take joy in the God of my salvation,

00:45:37.679 --> 00:45:38.539
 Habakkuk says.

00:45:39.699 --> 00:45:41.400
 Can we say that today?

00:45:41.880 --> 00:45:45.300
 Do we see how God has gone out for our salvation?

00:45:45.480 --> 00:45:47.820
 And can we not rejoice in that?

00:45:48.599 --> 00:45:50.679
 When you think of salvation,

00:45:50.679 --> 00:45:52.480
 as you see it in the New Testament,

00:45:53.280 --> 00:45:55.380
 when you see it in Matthew chapter 1,

00:45:56.599 --> 00:45:57.820
 she will bear a son,

00:45:57.900 --> 00:45:59.659
 and she shall call his name Jesus,

00:45:59.659 --> 00:46:03.559
 for he shall save his people from their sins.

00:46:04.559 --> 00:46:06.980
 God has sent his son.

00:46:08.019 --> 00:46:10.859
 When you see it in the book of Acts chapter 4,

00:46:11.460 --> 00:46:13.659
 when Peter is preaching at Pentecost,

00:46:14.460 --> 00:46:15.839
 and he reminds the people,

00:46:16.139 --> 00:46:18.399
 there is salvation in no one else,

00:46:18.819 --> 00:46:20.679
 for there is no other name under heaven

00:46:20.679 --> 00:46:21.759
 given among men

00:46:21.759 --> 00:46:23.839
 by which we must be saved.

00:46:23.840 --> 00:46:26.660
 It is the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:46:28.860 --> 00:46:30.660
 John, in his letters,

00:46:31.019 --> 00:46:33.820
 in 1 John chapter 4, verse 14,

00:46:33.960 --> 00:46:34.440
 says this,

00:46:34.440 --> 00:46:36.079
 We have seen and testified

00:46:36.079 --> 00:46:38.340
 that the Father has sent his Son

00:46:38.340 --> 00:46:40.980
 to be the Savior of the world.

00:46:40.980 --> 00:46:45.340
 I will rejoice in the Lord.

00:46:45.460 --> 00:46:48.740
 I will take joy in the God of my salvation,

00:46:49.199 --> 00:46:53.940
 that God has sent salvation for his people.

00:46:54.679 --> 00:46:57.240
 Do you rejoice in that today?

00:46:57.320 --> 00:46:58.699
 In the midst of your those,

00:46:58.800 --> 00:46:59.980
 in the midst of the those

00:46:59.980 --> 00:47:02.000
 that are so often woes,

00:47:02.760 --> 00:47:05.119
 can you rejoice in the Lord?

00:47:06.159 --> 00:47:07.639
 That the Lord is not idle.

00:47:08.559 --> 00:47:09.900
 That the Lord is working.

00:47:09.900 --> 00:47:12.160
 That the Lord is able to save.

00:47:12.660 --> 00:47:14.400
 That the Lord, in the midst of wrath,

00:47:14.500 --> 00:47:17.079
 is able to remember mercy.

00:47:19.180 --> 00:47:23.300
 There is rejoicing in the God of salvation.

00:47:23.440 --> 00:47:26.059
 In the midst of all are those.

00:47:26.980 --> 00:47:29.280
 Think of Joni Erikson Tadda.

00:47:30.400 --> 00:47:32.980
 Maybe you've heard of her writings.

00:47:33.440 --> 00:47:34.380
 A Christian woman.

00:47:35.099 --> 00:47:36.180
 She was a great swimmer,

00:47:36.240 --> 00:47:38.559
 but in a diving accident at the age of 17,

00:47:38.559 --> 00:47:39.500
 she was paralyzed.

00:47:39.900 --> 00:47:44.760
 And she, for a time, struggled with her faith.

00:47:46.119 --> 00:47:47.380
 But as she went on,

00:47:47.720 --> 00:47:50.300
 her testimony became more and more powerful

00:47:50.300 --> 00:47:53.619
 to the wonder of the salvation of God.

00:47:54.180 --> 00:47:55.860
 That she could rejoice in that.

00:47:55.920 --> 00:47:56.860
 And she said this,

00:47:56.860 --> 00:48:01.180
 when we learn to lean back to God's sovereignty,

00:48:01.180 --> 00:48:05.940
 fixing and settling our thoughts on that unshakable,

00:48:06.099 --> 00:48:07.340
 unmovable reality,

00:48:07.340 --> 00:48:10.440
 we can experience great inner peace.

00:48:11.140 --> 00:48:13.220
 Our troubles may not change.

00:48:13.400 --> 00:48:15.300
 Our pain may not diminish.

00:48:15.480 --> 00:48:17.480
 Our loss may not be restored.

00:48:17.740 --> 00:48:20.880
 Our problems may not fade with the new dawn.

00:48:20.880 --> 00:48:24.500
 But the power of those things to harm us is broken.

00:48:24.900 --> 00:48:28.360
 As we rest in the fact that God is in control.

00:48:28.360 --> 00:48:33.720
 Yet, I will rejoice in the Lord.

00:48:33.780 --> 00:48:36.820
 I will take joy in the God of my salvation.

00:48:36.940 --> 00:48:38.860
 In the midst of our own circumstances,

00:48:39.760 --> 00:48:42.960
 the righteous shall live by faith.

00:48:42.960 --> 00:48:47.220
 And what faith does for us

00:48:47.220 --> 00:48:50.139
 is give us that rejoicing in the Lord.

00:48:50.220 --> 00:48:52.220
 Another one, John,

00:48:52.980 --> 00:48:55.039
 this man called John of the Cross,

00:48:55.099 --> 00:48:56.860
 I was reading a comment that he made.

00:48:57.579 --> 00:48:58.000
 He said,

00:48:58.000 --> 00:49:17.940
 And when you think of Habakkuk,

00:49:18.000 --> 00:49:20.760
 how he thought God was forgetting him.

00:49:21.219 --> 00:49:24.659
 And yet here we see his rejoicing in the Lord.

00:49:25.519 --> 00:49:27.659
 Yet, I will rejoice in the Lord.

00:49:27.659 --> 00:49:31.420
 I take joy in the God of my salvation.

00:49:32.019 --> 00:49:33.339
 Despite the those,

00:49:33.859 --> 00:49:36.000
 he is still rejoicing.

00:49:36.940 --> 00:49:38.980
 The final thing we take from this

00:49:38.980 --> 00:49:40.679
 is the last verse there.

00:49:41.579 --> 00:49:44.739
 God the Lord is my strength.

00:49:45.920 --> 00:49:48.159
 The source of this rejoicing

00:49:48.159 --> 00:49:50.480
 is God the Lord.

00:49:51.480 --> 00:49:53.159
 What a difference God makes

00:49:53.159 --> 00:49:55.139
 in the lives of his people.

00:49:55.960 --> 00:49:57.399
 What a difference God makes

00:49:57.400 --> 00:49:58.720
 in the life of Habakkuk

00:49:58.720 --> 00:50:00.119
 or Job

00:50:00.119 --> 00:50:01.720
 or Paul

00:50:01.720 --> 00:50:03.760
 or Joni, Erickson, Tadda

00:50:03.760 --> 00:50:05.880
 or all of us as Christians.

00:50:06.019 --> 00:50:06.720
 What a difference

00:50:06.720 --> 00:50:08.860
 having the Lord does for us

00:50:08.860 --> 00:50:11.460
 in the midst of all our those.

00:50:12.119 --> 00:50:14.700
 As we think of the question to Habakkuk,

00:50:15.139 --> 00:50:16.019
 how are you?

00:50:16.019 --> 00:50:17.559
 Well, he's saying,

00:50:17.559 --> 00:50:20.759
 God the Lord is my strength.

00:50:21.940 --> 00:50:24.259
 A minister called George Campbell Morgan,

00:50:24.639 --> 00:50:28.619
 he said this about looking at Habakkuk's life

00:50:28.619 --> 00:50:30.179
 and circumstances.

00:50:30.400 --> 00:50:33.159
 He says he was perplexed,

00:50:33.159 --> 00:50:35.940
 as you see in Habakkuk 1, verse 3.

00:50:35.940 --> 00:50:39.480
 But when he waited and listened to God,

00:50:40.179 --> 00:50:42.679
 he sang one of the greatest praise songs

00:50:42.679 --> 00:50:43.780
 in the Bible.

00:50:44.659 --> 00:50:46.340
 And that's these verses here.

00:50:47.039 --> 00:50:49.920
 From perplexity to praise.

00:50:50.480 --> 00:50:51.900
 And the praise that you see

00:50:51.900 --> 00:50:53.480
 in verse 17 to 19

00:50:53.480 --> 00:50:54.539
 is just that.

00:50:55.720 --> 00:50:56.059
 Though,

00:50:56.559 --> 00:50:58.679
 though all of these things are going on,

00:50:58.820 --> 00:50:59.280
 yet,

00:50:59.280 --> 00:51:00.700
 I will rejoice

00:51:00.700 --> 00:51:01.900
 in the Lord.

00:51:02.880 --> 00:51:04.500
 Lord in Habakkuk

00:51:04.500 --> 00:51:06.140
 is used 10 times.

00:51:07.140 --> 00:51:08.240
 God is used

00:51:08.240 --> 00:51:09.160
 five times.

00:51:09.280 --> 00:51:10.200
 It's a short book.

00:51:10.680 --> 00:51:10.940
 And yet,

00:51:11.019 --> 00:51:12.180
 God the Lord

00:51:12.180 --> 00:51:13.000
 is to the fore

00:51:13.000 --> 00:51:13.780
 all the time.

00:51:14.140 --> 00:51:15.280
 And as we conclude

00:51:15.280 --> 00:51:16.320
 in this book,

00:51:16.400 --> 00:51:17.120
 what we see is

00:51:17.120 --> 00:51:18.019
 it closes with

00:51:18.019 --> 00:51:19.480
 God the Lord.

00:51:20.380 --> 00:51:21.880
 He is my strength.

00:51:21.980 --> 00:51:23.019
 He makes my feet

00:51:23.019 --> 00:51:23.840
 like the deer's.

00:51:24.060 --> 00:51:25.260
 He makes me tread

00:51:25.260 --> 00:51:26.860
 on my high places.

00:51:27.620 --> 00:51:29.220
 He lifts us up.

00:51:30.280 --> 00:51:31.120
 There is hope.

00:51:31.280 --> 00:51:32.260
 There is rejoicing

00:51:32.260 --> 00:51:33.600
 in the Lord.

00:51:34.920 --> 00:51:35.900
 Think of Isaiah,

00:51:36.100 --> 00:51:36.880
 how he wrote

00:51:36.880 --> 00:51:38.260
 to the people of God

00:51:38.260 --> 00:51:40.260
 in their own devastation.

00:51:41.300 --> 00:51:42.060
 He reminded them

00:51:42.060 --> 00:51:43.080
 in Isaiah 40

00:51:43.080 --> 00:51:44.860
 as God was speaking

00:51:44.860 --> 00:51:46.620
 words of comfort to them.

00:51:46.680 --> 00:51:47.040
 He says

00:51:47.040 --> 00:51:48.680
 later in that chapter,

00:51:48.820 --> 00:51:49.460
 verse 28,

00:51:49.560 --> 00:51:51.680
 the Lord is the everlasting God,

00:51:51.680 --> 00:51:53.320
 the creator of the ends

00:51:53.320 --> 00:51:53.940
 of the earth.

00:51:54.380 --> 00:51:55.620
 He does not faint

00:51:55.620 --> 00:51:56.500
 or grow weary.

00:51:57.000 --> 00:51:58.460
 His understanding

00:51:58.460 --> 00:51:59.679
 is unsearchable.

00:52:00.059 --> 00:52:00.980
 He gives power

00:52:00.980 --> 00:52:01.699
 to the faint

00:52:01.699 --> 00:52:02.820
 and to him

00:52:02.820 --> 00:52:04.119
 who has no might

00:52:04.119 --> 00:52:05.480
 he increases strength.

00:52:06.099 --> 00:52:06.980
 Even youths

00:52:06.980 --> 00:52:07.559
 shall faint

00:52:07.559 --> 00:52:08.220
 and be weary

00:52:08.220 --> 00:52:09.500
 and young men

00:52:09.500 --> 00:52:10.840
 shall fall exhausted.

00:52:11.619 --> 00:52:12.280
 But they

00:52:12.280 --> 00:52:12.940
 who wait

00:52:12.940 --> 00:52:13.559
 for the Lord

00:52:13.559 --> 00:52:14.260
 shall renew

00:52:14.260 --> 00:52:15.039
 their strength.

00:52:15.380 --> 00:52:16.440
 They shall mount up

00:52:16.440 --> 00:52:17.039
 with wings

00:52:17.039 --> 00:52:17.740
 like eagles.

00:52:17.880 --> 00:52:18.619
 They shall run

00:52:18.619 --> 00:52:19.900
 and not be weary.

00:52:20.019 --> 00:52:20.880
 They shall walk

00:52:20.880 --> 00:52:22.300
 and not faint.

00:52:22.300 --> 00:52:24.700
 So similar

00:52:24.700 --> 00:52:27.060
 to Habakkuk here.

00:52:27.660 --> 00:52:28.300
 He makes me

00:52:28.300 --> 00:52:28.800
 tread

00:52:28.800 --> 00:52:30.120
 on the high places.

00:52:30.460 --> 00:52:31.100
 He lifts

00:52:31.100 --> 00:52:32.200
 his people up.

00:52:33.220 --> 00:52:34.120
 God the Lord

00:52:34.120 --> 00:52:35.039
 as our strength

00:52:35.039 --> 00:52:36.780
 lifts us up.

00:52:37.460 --> 00:52:37.960
 As you come

00:52:37.960 --> 00:52:39.060
 into the New Testament,

00:52:39.780 --> 00:52:41.120
 you see God the Lord

00:52:41.120 --> 00:52:42.060
 in the person

00:52:42.060 --> 00:52:43.320
 of Jesus Christ

00:52:43.320 --> 00:52:44.000
 is still

00:52:44.000 --> 00:52:44.640
 the source

00:52:44.640 --> 00:52:45.300
 of strength

00:52:45.300 --> 00:52:46.200
 for his people.

00:52:46.680 --> 00:52:47.320
 And a hope

00:52:47.320 --> 00:52:48.480
 that lifts us up.

00:52:48.480 --> 00:52:49.659
 As he writes

00:52:49.659 --> 00:52:50.340
 in John

00:52:50.340 --> 00:52:52.820
 chapter 14

00:52:52.820 --> 00:52:53.940
 through to 17,

00:52:54.420 --> 00:52:55.539
 you see there

00:52:55.539 --> 00:52:56.300
 how he's speaking

00:52:56.300 --> 00:52:57.079
 to the disciples

00:52:57.079 --> 00:52:58.000
 about all that's

00:52:58.000 --> 00:52:58.639
 to come.

00:52:59.199 --> 00:53:00.079
 How he's showing them

00:53:00.079 --> 00:53:01.679
 and how in chapter 17

00:53:01.679 --> 00:53:03.260
 he prays for them.

00:53:03.960 --> 00:53:04.699
 But at the end

00:53:04.699 --> 00:53:06.240
 of chapter 16

00:53:06.240 --> 00:53:07.219
 at verse 33

00:53:07.219 --> 00:53:08.079
 he says this,

00:53:08.139 --> 00:53:08.760
 I have said

00:53:08.760 --> 00:53:10.039
 these things to you

00:53:10.039 --> 00:53:11.340
 that in me

00:53:11.340 --> 00:53:12.760
 you may have peace.

00:53:13.460 --> 00:53:14.240
 In the world

00:53:14.240 --> 00:53:14.760
 you will have

00:53:14.760 --> 00:53:15.579
 tribulation

00:53:15.579 --> 00:53:17.300
 but take heart

00:53:17.300 --> 00:53:19.060
 I have overcome

00:53:19.060 --> 00:53:20.240
 the world.

00:53:21.120 --> 00:53:22.280
 There is strength

00:53:22.280 --> 00:53:23.900
 for God's people

00:53:23.900 --> 00:53:24.640
 in that.

00:53:24.720 --> 00:53:25.460
 You will have

00:53:25.460 --> 00:53:26.440
 tribulation.

00:53:26.620 --> 00:53:27.220
 You will have

00:53:27.220 --> 00:53:28.400
 your those

00:53:28.400 --> 00:53:29.860
 but yet

00:53:29.860 --> 00:53:30.820
 you can rejoice

00:53:30.820 --> 00:53:31.880
 in the Lord

00:53:31.880 --> 00:53:32.860
 because God

00:53:32.860 --> 00:53:33.840
 the Lord

00:53:33.840 --> 00:53:34.840
 is my strength.

00:53:35.460 --> 00:53:35.940
 The one

00:53:35.940 --> 00:53:37.280
 who has overcome

00:53:37.280 --> 00:53:38.539
 the world.

00:53:40.200 --> 00:53:40.960
 Do you have

00:53:40.960 --> 00:53:42.039
 that source

00:53:42.039 --> 00:53:42.820
 of strength

00:53:42.820 --> 00:53:44.039
 on God

00:53:44.039 --> 00:53:44.700
 the Lord

00:53:44.700 --> 00:53:46.280
 in all of your

00:53:46.280 --> 00:53:47.160
 those today?

00:53:47.300 --> 00:53:49.760
 another man

00:53:49.760 --> 00:53:50.880
 whose name

00:53:50.880 --> 00:53:51.620
 was Horatio

00:53:51.620 --> 00:53:52.380
 Spafford.

00:53:53.200 --> 00:53:53.860
 He knew

00:53:53.860 --> 00:53:54.340
 something

00:53:54.340 --> 00:53:55.180
 of the difficulties

00:53:55.180 --> 00:53:56.460
 and challenges

00:53:56.460 --> 00:53:57.440
 of the those

00:53:57.440 --> 00:53:58.580
 of life.

00:53:59.740 --> 00:54:00.320
 He was a

00:54:00.320 --> 00:54:01.519
 successful attorney

00:54:01.519 --> 00:54:02.940
 in America

00:54:02.940 --> 00:54:03.440
 and a real

00:54:03.440 --> 00:54:04.460
 estate investor.

00:54:05.460 --> 00:54:06.180
 But in the

00:54:06.180 --> 00:54:06.740
 Great Fire

00:54:06.740 --> 00:54:07.560
 in Chicago

00:54:07.560 --> 00:54:08.980
 in 1871

00:54:08.980 --> 00:54:10.440
 he lost

00:54:10.440 --> 00:54:11.840
 almost everything.

00:54:12.940 --> 00:54:13.620
 At the same

00:54:13.620 --> 00:54:14.120
 time

00:54:14.120 --> 00:54:15.240
 his four

00:54:15.240 --> 00:54:15.660
 year old

00:54:15.660 --> 00:54:16.560
 son passed

00:54:16.559 --> 00:54:16.900
 away.

00:54:18.079 --> 00:54:18.519
 He was in

00:54:18.519 --> 00:54:18.920
 the midst

00:54:18.920 --> 00:54:19.539
 of this

00:54:19.539 --> 00:54:20.239
 devastating

00:54:20.239 --> 00:54:20.759
 time

00:54:20.759 --> 00:54:21.460
 and he

00:54:21.460 --> 00:54:21.699
 thought it

00:54:21.699 --> 00:54:21.820
 would be

00:54:21.820 --> 00:54:22.360
 good for

00:54:22.360 --> 00:54:23.139
 the rest

00:54:23.139 --> 00:54:23.420
 of his

00:54:23.420 --> 00:54:23.759
 family,

00:54:23.860 --> 00:54:24.279
 his wife

00:54:24.279 --> 00:54:24.880
 and daughters

00:54:24.880 --> 00:54:25.559
 to go to

00:54:25.559 --> 00:54:25.980
 England

00:54:25.980 --> 00:54:27.179
 for a holiday

00:54:27.179 --> 00:54:27.639
 and that he

00:54:27.639 --> 00:54:28.199
 would join

00:54:28.199 --> 00:54:28.840
 them soon

00:54:28.840 --> 00:54:29.219
 after.

00:54:30.199 --> 00:54:30.539
 And so

00:54:30.539 --> 00:54:32.000
 he sent them

00:54:32.000 --> 00:54:32.420
 over to

00:54:32.420 --> 00:54:32.619
 England.

00:54:32.759 --> 00:54:33.360
 They boarded

00:54:33.360 --> 00:54:34.239
 a ship

00:54:34.239 --> 00:54:34.639
 to make

00:54:34.639 --> 00:54:35.059
 their way

00:54:35.059 --> 00:54:35.539
 to England

00:54:35.539 --> 00:54:36.960
 and the

00:54:36.960 --> 00:54:37.380
 ship was

00:54:37.380 --> 00:54:37.940
 involved

00:54:37.940 --> 00:54:38.820
 in a

00:54:38.820 --> 00:54:39.199
 collision

00:54:39.199 --> 00:54:39.880
 at sea

00:54:39.880 --> 00:54:41.139
 and sank.

00:54:41.840 --> 00:54:42.840
 200 people

00:54:42.840 --> 00:54:43.480
 were drowned

00:54:43.480 --> 00:54:44.960
 including his

00:54:44.960 --> 00:54:45.800
 four daughters.

00:54:46.960 --> 00:54:47.579
 His wife

00:54:47.579 --> 00:54:48.420
 survived

00:54:48.420 --> 00:54:49.460
 and she

00:54:49.460 --> 00:54:49.840
 made it

00:54:49.840 --> 00:54:50.199
 back,

00:54:50.380 --> 00:54:50.840
 she made it

00:54:50.840 --> 00:54:51.259
 to England

00:54:51.259 --> 00:54:51.960
 and she

00:54:51.960 --> 00:54:52.400
 sent a

00:54:52.400 --> 00:54:52.840
 telegram

00:54:52.840 --> 00:54:54.019
 and it

00:54:54.019 --> 00:54:54.320
 said,

00:54:54.880 --> 00:54:55.000
 saved

00:54:55.000 --> 00:54:55.719
 alone,

00:54:56.300 --> 00:54:56.880
 what shall

00:54:56.880 --> 00:54:57.320
 I do?

00:54:58.779 --> 00:54:59.420
 Horatio

00:54:59.420 --> 00:55:00.599
 Spafford

00:55:00.599 --> 00:55:01.000
 immediately

00:55:01.000 --> 00:55:01.860
 set sail

00:55:01.860 --> 00:55:02.460
 for England

00:55:02.460 --> 00:55:04.360
 and the

00:55:04.360 --> 00:55:04.900
 captain of

00:55:04.900 --> 00:55:05.220
 the ship

00:55:05.220 --> 00:55:05.680
 he was on

00:55:05.680 --> 00:55:06.120
 knew what

00:55:06.120 --> 00:55:06.760
 had happened

00:55:06.760 --> 00:55:07.900
 and as

00:55:07.900 --> 00:55:08.099
 they were

00:55:08.099 --> 00:55:08.599
 making their

00:55:08.599 --> 00:55:09.140
 way across

00:55:09.140 --> 00:55:09.800
 the Atlantic

00:55:09.800 --> 00:55:10.660
 he called

00:55:10.660 --> 00:55:11.660
 Horatio up

00:55:11.660 --> 00:55:12.160
 to the bridge

00:55:12.160 --> 00:55:12.559
 one day

00:55:12.559 --> 00:55:12.860
 and said

00:55:12.860 --> 00:55:13.400
 this is the

00:55:13.400 --> 00:55:13.840
 spot

00:55:13.840 --> 00:55:14.579
 where the

00:55:14.579 --> 00:55:15.140
 ship sank.

00:55:15.220 --> 00:55:15.620
 He wanted

00:55:15.620 --> 00:55:16.360
 him to know

00:55:16.360 --> 00:55:16.960
 that they

00:55:16.960 --> 00:55:17.640
 were passing

00:55:17.640 --> 00:55:19.099
 and it was

00:55:19.099 --> 00:55:19.599
 at that

00:55:19.599 --> 00:55:20.099
 time

00:55:20.099 --> 00:55:21.320
 that words

00:55:21.320 --> 00:55:22.019
 came to

00:55:22.019 --> 00:55:22.240
 him,

00:55:22.740 --> 00:55:23.200
 words that

00:55:23.200 --> 00:55:23.620
 became

00:55:23.620 --> 00:55:24.940
 a well-known

00:55:24.940 --> 00:55:25.440
 hymn.

00:55:26.400 --> 00:55:26.920
 In the midst

00:55:26.920 --> 00:55:27.700
 of all his

00:55:27.700 --> 00:55:28.240
 those he'd

00:55:28.240 --> 00:55:28.760
 lost his

00:55:28.760 --> 00:55:29.340
 fortune,

00:55:30.120 --> 00:55:30.539
 he'd lost

00:55:30.539 --> 00:55:31.260
 his son,

00:55:31.860 --> 00:55:32.579
 at four

00:55:32.579 --> 00:55:33.079
 years old

00:55:33.079 --> 00:55:33.500
 he'd lost

00:55:33.500 --> 00:55:33.980
 his four

00:55:33.980 --> 00:55:34.440
 daughters

00:55:34.440 --> 00:55:34.760
 in a

00:55:34.760 --> 00:55:35.300
 tragedy

00:55:35.300 --> 00:55:36.380
 and yet

00:55:36.380 --> 00:55:36.559
 he was

00:55:36.559 --> 00:55:37.039
 able to

00:55:37.039 --> 00:55:37.240
 say,

00:55:37.420 --> 00:55:37.860
 when peace

00:55:37.860 --> 00:55:38.280
 like a

00:55:38.280 --> 00:55:38.559
 river

00:55:38.559 --> 00:55:39.640
 attendeth

00:55:39.640 --> 00:55:40.059
 my way,

00:55:40.140 --> 00:55:40.800
 when sorrows

00:55:40.800 --> 00:55:41.460
 like sea

00:55:41.460 --> 00:55:41.800
 billows

00:55:41.800 --> 00:55:42.160
 roll,

00:55:42.720 --> 00:55:43.460
 whatever my

00:55:43.460 --> 00:55:43.840
 lot,

00:55:43.980 --> 00:55:44.260
 thou hast

00:55:44.260 --> 00:55:44.760
 taught me

00:55:44.760 --> 00:55:45.280
 to know,

00:55:45.720 --> 00:55:46.140
 it is

00:55:46.140 --> 00:55:46.559
 well,

00:55:46.760 --> 00:55:47.280
 it is

00:55:47.280 --> 00:55:48.280
 well with

00:55:48.280 --> 00:55:48.940
 my soul.

00:55:50.480 --> 00:55:51.000
 It's

00:55:51.000 --> 00:55:51.960
 hard sometimes

00:55:51.960 --> 00:55:52.460
 to think

00:55:52.460 --> 00:55:52.900
 how we can

00:55:52.900 --> 00:55:53.579
 see good

00:55:53.579 --> 00:55:54.559
 in the midst

00:55:54.559 --> 00:55:55.240
 of all

00:55:55.240 --> 00:55:56.039
 the those.

00:55:56.780 --> 00:55:57.059
 It's

00:55:57.059 --> 00:55:57.539
 difficult

00:55:57.539 --> 00:55:59.180
 and we

00:55:59.180 --> 00:55:59.539
 see that

00:55:59.539 --> 00:56:00.320
 with Habakkuk,

00:56:00.539 --> 00:56:01.340
 it sounds

00:56:01.340 --> 00:56:01.860
 maybe so

00:56:01.860 --> 00:56:02.220
 innocent,

00:56:02.400 --> 00:56:02.700
 though the

00:56:02.700 --> 00:56:03.180
 fig tree

00:56:03.180 --> 00:56:03.680
 shall not

00:56:03.680 --> 00:56:04.100
 blossom,

00:56:04.539 --> 00:56:05.100
 nor fruit

00:56:05.100 --> 00:56:05.600
 beyond the

00:56:05.600 --> 00:56:05.960
 vines,

00:56:06.039 --> 00:56:06.579
 the produce

00:56:06.579 --> 00:56:07.000
 of the

00:56:07.000 --> 00:56:07.720
 olive fail,

00:56:08.160 --> 00:56:08.500
 and the

00:56:08.500 --> 00:56:09.240
 fields yield

00:56:09.240 --> 00:56:09.840
 no food,

00:56:09.920 --> 00:56:10.440
 the flock

00:56:10.440 --> 00:56:11.100
 be cut off

00:56:11.100 --> 00:56:11.460
 from the

00:56:11.460 --> 00:56:11.900
 fold,

00:56:12.380 --> 00:56:12.720
 and there

00:56:12.720 --> 00:56:13.140
 be no

00:56:13.140 --> 00:56:13.740
 herd in

00:56:13.740 --> 00:56:14.360
 the stalls.

00:56:14.559 --> 00:56:15.140
 It sounds

00:56:15.140 --> 00:56:15.640
 in some

00:56:15.640 --> 00:56:16.500
 ways not

00:56:16.500 --> 00:56:17.460
 that serious,

00:56:18.780 --> 00:56:19.140
 yet it

00:56:19.140 --> 00:56:19.820
 was utter

00:56:19.820 --> 00:56:21.120
 devastation

00:56:21.120 --> 00:56:21.860
 for the

00:56:21.860 --> 00:56:22.320
 people.

00:56:23.360 --> 00:56:23.680
 It was

00:56:23.680 --> 00:56:24.400
 their lives

00:56:24.400 --> 00:56:24.800
 and their

00:56:24.800 --> 00:56:25.320
 suffering

00:56:25.320 --> 00:56:26.140
 that we

00:56:26.140 --> 00:56:26.660
 are seeing

00:56:26.660 --> 00:56:27.140
 here.

00:56:27.139 --> 00:56:28.940
 all this

00:56:28.940 --> 00:56:29.480
 was happening.

00:56:29.579 --> 00:56:29.920
 That was

00:56:29.920 --> 00:56:30.219
 there,

00:56:30.379 --> 00:56:31.779
 those we

00:56:31.779 --> 00:56:32.539
 have ours.

00:56:34.179 --> 00:56:34.480
 And yet

00:56:34.480 --> 00:56:35.639
 Habakkuk

00:56:35.639 --> 00:56:36.159
 could say,

00:56:36.359 --> 00:56:37.480
 yet I

00:56:37.480 --> 00:56:38.259
 will rejoice

00:56:38.259 --> 00:56:38.980
 in the

00:56:38.980 --> 00:56:39.299
 Lord.

00:56:39.599 --> 00:56:40.099
 I will

00:56:40.099 --> 00:56:40.879
 take joy

00:56:40.879 --> 00:56:41.619
 in the

00:56:41.619 --> 00:56:42.539
 God of

00:56:42.539 --> 00:56:43.579
 my salvation.

00:56:44.619 --> 00:56:45.159
 He had

00:56:45.159 --> 00:56:47.019
 hope because

00:56:47.019 --> 00:56:47.279
 he could

00:56:47.279 --> 00:56:48.039
 rejoice in

00:56:48.039 --> 00:56:48.500
 the Lord

00:56:48.500 --> 00:56:48.900
 who has

00:56:48.900 --> 00:56:49.980
 sent out

00:56:49.980 --> 00:56:51.019
 salvation

00:56:51.019 --> 00:56:52.179
 for his

00:56:52.179 --> 00:56:52.719
 people.

00:56:52.719 --> 00:56:53.719
 God,

00:56:53.719 --> 00:56:53.980
 and in

00:56:53.980 --> 00:56:54.399
 the midst

00:56:54.399 --> 00:56:54.919
 of that

00:56:54.919 --> 00:56:55.259
 he could

00:56:55.259 --> 00:56:55.639
 say,

00:56:56.219 --> 00:56:56.859
 God the

00:56:56.859 --> 00:56:58.079
 Lord is

00:56:58.079 --> 00:56:58.419
 my

00:56:58.419 --> 00:56:59.059
 strength.

00:57:00.259 --> 00:57:01.259
 Can you?

00:57:02.559 --> 00:57:03.459
 Can you

00:57:03.459 --> 00:57:04.059
 say these

00:57:04.059 --> 00:57:05.179
 things today?

00:57:06.000 --> 00:57:06.679
 We all

00:57:06.679 --> 00:57:07.139
 have our

00:57:07.139 --> 00:57:07.639
 those,

00:57:08.879 --> 00:57:10.359
 but in

00:57:10.359 --> 00:57:10.980
 Christ we

00:57:10.980 --> 00:57:11.659
 can come

00:57:11.659 --> 00:57:13.219
 and rejoice

00:57:13.219 --> 00:57:14.339
 in the

00:57:14.339 --> 00:57:14.679
 Lord.

00:57:14.799 --> 00:57:15.000
 I will

00:57:15.000 --> 00:57:15.739
 take joy

00:57:15.739 --> 00:57:16.480
 in the

00:57:16.480 --> 00:57:16.959
 God of

00:57:16.959 --> 00:57:17.879
 my salvation

00:57:17.879 --> 00:57:20.039
 because God

00:57:20.039 --> 00:57:21.159
 the Lord

00:57:21.159 --> 00:57:22.420
 is my

00:57:22.420 --> 00:57:23.019
 strength.

00:57:25.579 --> 00:57:26.299
 Habakkuk

00:57:26.299 --> 00:57:27.659
 came from

00:57:27.659 --> 00:57:28.699
 perplexity

00:57:28.699 --> 00:57:29.659
 at the

00:57:29.659 --> 00:57:30.179
 beginning of

00:57:30.179 --> 00:57:30.899
 chapter 1.

00:57:31.679 --> 00:57:31.940
 Why,

00:57:32.119 --> 00:57:32.359
 Lord,

00:57:32.879 --> 00:57:33.599
 where are

00:57:33.599 --> 00:57:33.819
 you?

00:57:34.639 --> 00:57:35.059
 He came

00:57:35.059 --> 00:57:35.619
 from that

00:57:35.619 --> 00:57:36.779
 to this

00:57:36.779 --> 00:57:37.579
 great song,

00:57:38.579 --> 00:57:39.239
 the song

00:57:39.239 --> 00:57:40.599
 of praise.

00:57:41.379 --> 00:57:41.859
 Though

00:57:41.859 --> 00:57:43.099
 all these

00:57:43.099 --> 00:57:43.619
 things are

00:57:43.619 --> 00:57:44.299
 going on,

00:57:44.739 --> 00:57:46.199
 yet I

00:57:46.199 --> 00:57:47.019
 will rejoice

00:57:47.019 --> 00:57:48.759
 because God

00:57:48.759 --> 00:57:49.579
 the Lord

00:57:49.579 --> 00:57:50.579
 is my

00:57:50.579 --> 00:57:51.139
 strength.

00:57:51.159 --> 00:57:52.139
 there is a

00:57:52.139 --> 00:57:53.460
 nugget that

00:57:53.460 --> 00:57:54.379
 concludes for

00:57:54.379 --> 00:57:54.799
 us this

00:57:54.799 --> 00:57:56.000
 study in

00:57:56.000 --> 00:57:56.519
 Habakkuk

00:57:56.519 --> 00:57:56.879
 where we

00:57:56.879 --> 00:57:57.559
 see nuggets

00:57:57.559 --> 00:57:57.879
 in the

00:57:57.879 --> 00:57:58.839
 midst of

00:57:58.839 --> 00:57:59.299
 so many

00:57:59.299 --> 00:57:59.920
 challenges.

00:58:01.000 --> 00:58:01.460
 May we

00:58:01.460 --> 00:58:02.639
 come to

00:58:02.639 --> 00:58:04.119
 rejoice in

00:58:04.119 --> 00:58:04.639
 the Lord

00:58:04.639 --> 00:58:05.879
 and know

00:58:05.879 --> 00:58:06.839
 God the

00:58:06.839 --> 00:58:07.859
 Lord as

00:58:07.859 --> 00:58:08.659
 our strength.

00:58:08.799 --> 00:58:09.099
 Let us

00:58:09.099 --> 00:58:09.379
 pray.

00:58:11.599 --> 00:58:12.239
 Lord,

00:58:12.319 --> 00:58:12.899
 our gracious

00:58:12.899 --> 00:58:13.399
 God,

00:58:13.480 --> 00:58:13.960
 we thank

00:58:13.960 --> 00:58:14.759
 you for

00:58:14.759 --> 00:58:15.539
 all the

00:58:15.539 --> 00:58:16.460
 words of

00:58:16.460 --> 00:58:17.019
 wisdom that

00:58:17.019 --> 00:58:17.879
 you speak

00:58:17.879 --> 00:58:18.460
 to us.

00:58:18.940 --> 00:58:19.279
 In the

00:58:19.279 --> 00:58:19.779
 midst of the

00:58:19.780 --> 00:58:20.280
 challenges

00:58:20.280 --> 00:58:21.160
 to Habakkuk

00:58:21.160 --> 00:58:21.500
 when he

00:58:21.500 --> 00:58:22.500
 sees so

00:58:22.500 --> 00:58:22.700
 much

00:58:22.700 --> 00:58:23.640
 devastation

00:58:23.640 --> 00:58:24.420
 around him,

00:58:24.840 --> 00:58:25.300
 yet he

00:58:25.300 --> 00:58:25.920
 was given

00:58:25.920 --> 00:58:27.080
 so much

00:58:27.080 --> 00:58:27.840
 insight into

00:58:27.840 --> 00:58:28.460
 the glory

00:58:28.460 --> 00:58:29.120
 of your

00:58:29.120 --> 00:58:29.460
 name.

00:58:30.100 --> 00:58:30.460
 How you

00:58:30.460 --> 00:58:31.220
 would remember

00:58:31.220 --> 00:58:32.800
 mercy in the

00:58:32.800 --> 00:58:33.380
 midst of

00:58:33.380 --> 00:58:33.780
 wrath.

00:58:34.300 --> 00:58:34.660
 How the

00:58:34.660 --> 00:58:35.700
 righteous are

00:58:35.700 --> 00:58:36.519
 to live by

00:58:36.519 --> 00:58:36.940
 faith.

00:58:37.019 --> 00:58:37.400
 How you are

00:58:37.400 --> 00:58:37.920
 able to

00:58:37.920 --> 00:58:38.720
 revive your

00:58:38.720 --> 00:58:39.680
 work in

00:58:39.680 --> 00:58:40.140
 the midst

00:58:40.140 --> 00:58:40.519
 of the

00:58:40.519 --> 00:58:40.860
 days.

00:58:40.980 --> 00:58:41.200
 And how

00:58:41.200 --> 00:58:42.240
 yet in

00:58:42.240 --> 00:58:42.580
 the midst

00:58:42.580 --> 00:58:43.060
 of all

00:58:43.060 --> 00:58:43.240
 our

00:58:43.240 --> 00:58:43.620
 those,

00:58:43.720 --> 00:58:43.980
 we can

00:58:43.980 --> 00:58:44.960
 rejoice in

00:58:44.960 --> 00:58:45.480
 the Lord,

00:58:45.920 --> 00:58:46.559
 the God

00:58:46.559 --> 00:58:47.440
 of our

00:58:47.440 --> 00:58:47.960
 strength.

00:58:48.480 --> 00:58:48.720
 And so

00:58:48.720 --> 00:58:49.380
 help us,

00:58:49.559 --> 00:58:49.639
 Lord,

00:58:49.720 --> 00:58:50.119
 to take

00:58:50.119 --> 00:58:50.579
 your word

00:58:50.579 --> 00:58:51.139
 with us,

00:58:51.420 --> 00:58:52.199
 to remember

00:58:52.199 --> 00:58:52.440
 it,

00:58:52.559 --> 00:58:53.179
 to apply

00:58:53.179 --> 00:58:53.940
 it to

00:58:53.940 --> 00:58:54.539
 ourselves

00:58:54.539 --> 00:58:54.880
 on a

00:58:54.880 --> 00:58:55.720
 daily basis.

00:58:56.280 --> 00:58:56.679
 Help us

00:58:56.679 --> 00:58:56.960
 to be

00:58:56.960 --> 00:58:57.619
 prayerful,

00:58:58.000 --> 00:58:58.280
 to be

00:58:58.280 --> 00:58:58.820
 patient,

00:58:59.360 --> 00:58:59.679
 and above

00:58:59.679 --> 00:59:00.320
 all to

00:59:00.320 --> 00:59:01.079
 praise your

00:59:01.079 --> 00:59:02.099
 great and

00:59:02.099 --> 00:59:02.699
 your glorious

00:59:02.699 --> 00:59:03.760
 name as

00:59:03.760 --> 00:59:04.340
 we ask it

00:59:04.340 --> 00:59:04.679
 all with

00:59:04.679 --> 00:59:05.360
 forgiveness of

00:59:05.360 --> 00:59:06.000
 our sins.

00:59:06.119 --> 00:59:06.579
 In Jesus'

00:59:06.579 --> 00:59:07.039
 name,

00:59:07.500 --> 00:59:07.820
 Amen.

00:59:11.059 --> 00:59:11.800
 We're going

00:59:11.800 --> 00:59:12.659
 to conclude

00:59:12.659 --> 00:59:13.360
 by singing

00:59:13.360 --> 00:59:14.220
 to God's

00:59:14.220 --> 00:59:14.660
 praise in

00:59:14.660 --> 00:59:15.480
 Psalm 18.

00:59:16.700 --> 00:59:17.240
 This is in

00:59:17.240 --> 00:59:17.660
 the Sing

00:59:17.660 --> 00:59:18.579
 Psalms version

00:59:18.579 --> 00:59:19.140
 on page

00:59:19.140 --> 00:59:20.120
 21.

00:59:21.800 --> 00:59:22.260
 We'll sing

00:59:22.260 --> 00:59:22.660
 from verse

00:59:22.660 --> 00:59:24.220
 27 to

00:59:24.220 --> 00:59:25.380
 verse 30.

00:59:26.800 --> 00:59:27.480
 You save

00:59:27.480 --> 00:59:28.099
 the humble

00:59:28.099 --> 00:59:29.059
 and the

00:59:29.059 --> 00:59:29.300
 meek,

00:59:29.360 --> 00:59:29.820
 but bring

00:59:29.820 --> 00:59:30.380
 the proud

00:59:30.380 --> 00:59:31.019
 down from

00:59:31.019 --> 00:59:31.539
 their height.

00:59:31.640 --> 00:59:31.760
 You,

00:59:31.880 --> 00:59:32.180
 Lord,

00:59:32.660 --> 00:59:33.240
 will keep

00:59:33.240 --> 00:59:33.860
 my lamp

00:59:33.860 --> 00:59:34.420
 aflame.

00:59:34.579 --> 00:59:35.360
 God turns

00:59:35.360 --> 00:59:36.300
 my darkness

00:59:36.300 --> 00:59:37.640
 into light.

00:59:38.079 --> 00:59:38.460
 We'll sing

00:59:38.460 --> 00:59:38.800
 from verse

00:59:38.800 --> 00:59:39.800
 27 to

00:59:39.800 --> 00:59:40.160
 30.

00:59:40.260 --> 00:59:40.780
 These three

00:59:40.780 --> 00:59:41.420
 stanzas

00:59:41.420 --> 00:59:42.160
 to God's

00:59:42.160 --> 00:59:42.579
 praise.

00:59:43.360 --> 00:59:50.740
 to save

00:59:50.740 --> 00:59:52.980
 the humble

00:59:52.980 --> 00:59:55.579
 and the

00:59:55.579 --> 00:59:57.320
 meek,

00:59:57.320 --> 00:59:59.860
 that bring

00:59:59.860 --> 01:00:02.200
 the pride

01:00:02.200 --> 01:00:04.500
 and from

01:00:04.500 --> 01:00:06.880
 their height.

01:00:07.220 --> 01:00:09.700
 Your heart

01:00:09.699 --> 01:00:11.819
 will keep

01:00:11.819 --> 01:00:14.159
 my lamp

01:00:14.159 --> 01:00:16.079
 aflame.

01:00:16.079 --> 01:00:18.079
 God turns

01:00:18.079 --> 01:00:21.079
 my darkness

01:00:21.079 --> 01:00:26.079
 into light.

01:00:26.079 --> 01:00:28.079
 With

01:00:28.079 --> 01:00:29.079
 help

01:00:29.079 --> 01:00:30.319
 from

01:00:30.320 --> 01:00:35.700
 God's

01:00:35.700 --> 01:00:36.700
 love.

01:00:36.700 --> 01:00:38.700
 God is

01:00:38.700 --> 01:00:39.700
 to

01:00:39.700 --> 01:00:39.940
 you

01:00:39.940 --> 01:00:41.800
 and

01:00:41.800 --> 01:00:42.700
 write

01:00:42.700 --> 01:00:43.700
 them

01:00:43.700 --> 01:00:44.700
 on.

01:00:44.700 --> 01:00:46.820
 And

01:00:46.820 --> 01:00:47.700
 with

01:00:47.700 --> 01:00:48.700
 the

01:00:48.700 --> 01:00:49.700
 end

01:00:49.700 --> 01:00:50.700
 my

01:00:50.700 --> 01:00:51.700
 God

01:00:51.700 --> 01:00:52.700
 will

01:00:52.700 --> 01:00:53.700
 give.

01:00:53.699 --> 01:00:55.819
 I

01:00:55.819 --> 01:00:56.079
 can

01:00:56.079 --> 01:00:58.079
 lead

01:00:58.079 --> 01:00:59.079
 over

01:00:59.079 --> 01:01:00.079
 any

01:01:00.079 --> 01:01:02.079
 wall.

01:01:02.079 --> 01:01:04.079
 For

01:01:04.079 --> 01:01:06.079
 perfect

01:01:06.079 --> 01:01:07.079
 is

01:01:07.079 --> 01:01:08.079
 the

01:01:08.079 --> 01:01:10.079
 way

01:01:10.079 --> 01:01:12.079
 of

01:01:12.079 --> 01:01:14.079
 God,

01:01:14.079 --> 01:01:14.460
 God.

01:01:14.460 --> 01:01:15.619
 No

01:01:15.619 --> 01:01:17.960
 father is

01:01:17.960 --> 01:01:18.460
 found

01:01:18.460 --> 01:01:20.460
 within

01:01:20.460 --> 01:01:22.460
 his

01:01:22.460 --> 01:01:23.880
 world.

01:01:23.880 --> 01:01:24.460
 To

01:01:24.460 --> 01:01:25.460
 all

01:01:25.460 --> 01:01:26.460
 who

01:01:26.460 --> 01:01:27.460
 put

01:01:27.460 --> 01:01:28.460
 their

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 trust

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 in

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 him,

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 a

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 shield

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 and

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 refuge

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 is

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 the

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 Lord.

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 After the

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 benediction, I'll go to the main door.

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 We'll close with the benediction.

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 Now may grace,

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 mercy and peace

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 from God,

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 Father,

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 Son and Holy Spirit

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 rest upon

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 and abide

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 with you all now

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 and forevermore.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.