staying positive in a negative world
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Staying Positive in a Negative World. Doubts. “Remaining calm when nothing makes sense”. Aim : To persuade YOU to remain confident in a world filled with UNCERTAINTY. It Is Time To Quit Doubting!. Why? Why in spite of all our problems do we need to cease doubting?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Staying Positive in a Negative World
Doubts
“Remaining calm when nothing makes sense”
Aim: To persuade YOU to remain confident in a world filled with
UNCERTAINTY
It Is Time To Quit Doubting!
Why? Why in spite of all our problems do we need to cease doubting?
Two TRUTHS that bring relief and peace of mind:
Two TRUTHS that bring relief and peace of mind:
1. GOD HEARS OUR GRIPES.Vs. 1-11
Conversational Dialogue
1:1-4—Habakkuk to God
1:5-11—God to Habakkuk
1:12-17—Habakkuk to God
2:1—Habakkuk to himself
2:2-20—God to Habakkuk
3:1-9—Habakkuk to God
Theme for Chapter 1: “Remaining calm when nothing makes sense”
Overall Theme of Habakkuk:“The holiness of God in judging Judah
through the instrumentality of the Chaldeans”
In Habakkuk’s day—like today:
There was wickedness and injustice
There was disregard for the law
“How many times do I have to yell, ‘Help! Murder! Police!’ before You come to the rescue?
Why do You force me to look at evil, stare trouble in the face day after day? Anarchy and violence break out, quarrels and fights all over the place.
Law and order fall to pieces. Justice is a joke. The wicked have the righteous hamstrung (to make
ineffective) and stand justice on its head.”
Habakkuk 1:2-4 (The Message)
Divine silence suggests either God is:
Unconcerned about manOr
Unable to do anything about man’s problems
Delight yourselves in God, yes, find your joy in Him at all times. Have a reputation
for gentleness, and never forget the nearness of your Lord.
Don’t worry over anything whatever; tell God every detail of your needs in earnest and thankful prayer, and the peace of God which transcends human understanding, will keep constant guard over your hearts
and minds as they rest in Christ Jesus.Philippians 4:4-7 (J.B. Phillips Edition)
It Is Time To Quit Doubting!
Two TRUTHS that bring peace of mind and relieve our doubts:
1. GOD HEARS OUR GRIPES.Vs. 1-11
2. GOD ANSWERS OUR CONCERNS.Vs. 12-17
Finances Marital problems Health issues Relational fallouts ___________OTHER
Our English word for worry:
Comes from the Greek wordmerimnao
It is a combination of two words:Merizo = To Divide
Nous = MindTogether = To Divide the Mind
“Some wish to live within sound of
church or chapel bell, I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of
hell.”“Let us not glide through this world and slip quietly
into heaven, without having blown the trumpet loud and long for our Redeemer, Jesus Christ.
Let us see to it that the devil will hold a thanksgiving service in hell, when he gets the news
of our departure from the field of battle.”
IT IS TIME TO STOP DOUBTING
WHY?The truth of the
matter is:
1. GOD HEARS OUR GRIPES—1:1-11
2. GOD ANSWERS OUR CONCERNS—
1:12-17