HABAKKUK
Chapter 1
v2 – Habakkuk had been crying out to the Lord and didn’t see his prayers being answered
-the Lord does answer prayer
-there are things that can Hinder our Prayers
(1) PRAYERLESSNESS – James 4:2
2 Points
1. The Lord Is Waiting For Us To Come To Him
-He loves to hear from His children
-You are never bothering the Lord
-You are never going to the Lord too much
-You will never receive anything until you are asked – Matthew 7:7-8
You can continually ask – Genesis 32:24-32
2. We Are Waiting On The Lord To Answer
-Wait Well
-How do we wait well?
a. Have a Now expectancy
b. Keep a great attitude
c. Declare every day that the Lord will answer
(2) PRAY ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD – 1 John 5:14-15
-when we pray in agreement with the will of God we will have what we ask for
***Pray the Word of God – Eph 1:15-19 and 3:14-19
***Pray in tongues – 1 Corinthians 14:1-3
-the same fruit and effects occur to the believer as what happened in Acts 2
verses 3-4 – The Lord showed Habakkuk the sins of Israel
– the children of Israel did not see their sins
-Israel did not want to be free
How To Be Free?
(1.) TO BE FREE, YOU HAVE TO WANT TO BE FREE – Luke 9:23
Why people remain in bondage…
***Denial
***We can solve the issues on our own
***Excuse Driven
***Hide the issue
(2.) ADMIT SOME THINGS – James 5:16
a. Admit your issues
-name them
b. Admit you need help
***WE all need help because small becomes big
-take care of a small issue because a small issue becomes a big issue
c. Admit that every issue can be solved so you can be set free
a. With God, all things r possible
b. all issues can be solved by all of the available resources today
(3.) TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ISSUES – Joshua 24:15
-Quit playing the part of the victim
-do not play the blame game
-things happen so you can discover and see what your issues are