how do i relate to god? habakkuk 2.1-5. prayerful dependence − we speak (hab 1) how do i relate to...
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How do I relate to God?Habakkuk 2.1-5
Prayerful dependence − we speak (Hab 1)
How do I relate to God?Habakkuk 2.1-5
We don’t have to bottle it up, because God invites us to pour it out.
Prayerful dependence − we speak (Hab 1)− we listen (v1)
How do I relate to God?Habakkuk 2.1-5
Prayerful dependence − we speak (Hab 1)− we listen (v1)− God speaks (v2)
How do I relate to God?Habakkuk 2.1-5
Prayerful dependence − we speak (Hab 1)− we listen (v1)− God speaks (v2)
How do I relate to God?Habakkuk 2.1-5
As long as we judge by what we can see, we walk on earth; and while we do so, many clouds arise and Satan scatters ash in our eyes. Our judgment is darkened and we lie down confounded…. But God’s word becomes our ladder to God himself.
—Calvin
Prayerful dependence − we speak (Hab 1)− we listen (v1)− God speaks (v2)
How do I relate to God?Habakkuk 2.1-5
If we forget that the newspapers are footnotes to scripture and not the other way around, we will finally be afraid to get out of bed in the morning. The meaning of the world is most accurately given to us by God’s word.
—Eugene Petersen
Prayerful dependence − we speak (Hab 1)− we listen (v1)− God speaks (v2)− we trust (v3)
How do I relate to God?Habakkuk 2.1-5
In repentance and rest is your salvation,In quietness and trust is your strength,But you would have none of it….Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you;He rises to show you compassion.Blessed are all who wait for him.
—Isaiah 30.15, 18
Prayerful dependence − we speak (Hab 1)− we listen (v1)− God speaks (v2)− we trust (v3)
How do I relate to God?Habakkuk 2.1-5
Living by faith (v4)
Prayerful dependence − we speak (Hab 1)− we listen (v1)− God speaks (v2)− we trust (v3)
How do I relate to God?Habakkuk 2.1-5
Living by faith (v4)
In the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed…
—Romans 1.17
Prayerful dependence − we speak (Hab 1)− we listen (v1)− God speaks (v2)− we trust (v3)
How do I relate to God?Habakkuk 2.1-5
Living by faith (v4)
In the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: ‘The righteous will live by faith.’
—Romans 1.17