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On the other hand, you can give him Jesus Christ and you’ve solved both problems. Psalm 34:1-7. He knows that. It We offer sermons, sermon outlines, books, prayers, Bible studies and more on topics such as Christian living, marriage, discipleship, and spiritual growth, as taught … Home   He appeals to God’s glorious manifestation of Himself in the history of Israel as indicative of the faithfulness of God, which He will know and the people of his day will know. And as we examine the It wasn’t faith, like the little boy said, faith, believing what you know ain’t so. He says, “God, I know You’ve got to do it, but could You just remember mercy?” You want to know something? That’s exactly what Habakkuk does, and he finds consolation in a godly interpretation of history mixed with great crescendos of exalting God. done right, you are requiring something of those you are trying to get When you praise your child, don’t direct your words of What is your main consciousness? “And I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble.” In other words, he says, “I knew this day of trouble was coming and I was really shook up that I wasn’t going to be too happy when it got here.” He said, “I wanted some comfort when that day came.”. life or ministry in front of them. The water piled up on both sides. ~ Even though I wasn’t getting an increase in pay at work and the bills weren’t paid, I still praised him. everyone that helpeth with us, and laboureth." Hebrews 13:15 says, “By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.” Reverencing God as he did, he knew when that judgment came, it was going to be something to see – and he was afraid. Psalm 100: 4 “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with. addiction problem everyone ought to have. “O Lord, I have heard Thy speech and was afraid.”. What can a person do in a state of human weakness? He wasn’t isolated. not serving God, I want you to submit to those people who are serving Those circumstances on the outside never even touched the inside relationship to God. and by a whole host of other people. Word   Sermons   Tracts   But still, in knowing God there’s trembling, isn’t there? From Psalm 146, I want to give you several reasons. I’ve got more money than you ever dreamed of. He had circumstances in life that were hard to bear, but you know something? 17 I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and came up with the idea of obtaining postal routes for passing out our Habakkuk wasn’t. The only thing left was fear. He reminds himself of the faithfulness of God. The victory is obtained by going forward with the Lord (vv. Then it says in verse 4, “There was the hiding of His power.” There, it seems to me that in that ineffable light was the hiding place of God’s majesty. Paul’s I believe that for two reasons. And it’s not because there is little to praise here. But let’s get our theology It’s a classic example of prayer. someone’s behavior you are praising their behavior. Q & A   Feedback, Order this sermon on tape:   or Mail/Phone. This is the kind of ministry in our Church that is You know, this is a tremendous thought, though, the fact that he didn’t care about himself, all he cared about was God’s plan. Thus, the others will be influenced to do right, as well. 6. You just praise God for being God. have supplied. - How many will stand and say I refuse to let the devil take my Joy away - How many will stand and say I refuse to be broke, busted and disgusted 19. Yet, I will still praise thee. And if there’s no peace now, there’s not going to be any peace in the future of this world until Christ comes. That God was in that light. Habakkuk was a man who is introduced to us with a lot of questions. He had fantastic faith. say, "Well done," when we are faithful to the task. 4C. ~ Through the thick and thin we have to praise the Lord. But I’m still here and will be until I die. Because God made a covenant with Abraham and God’s a faithful God. What can you do when you’re faced with all these horrible problems? Habakkuk chapter 3, verses 1 to 19, which encompasses the entire chapter, is what we want to talk about tonight, and the title of the message as noted in the bulletin is “Praise the Lord Anyhow.”. He wanted their Church to join in and admit that it 13 You came out to deliver your people, to save your anointed one. That means, if you are not serving GDPR is the new European privacy regulation, which will replace the Data Protection Act 1998 in the UK and the equivalent legislation across the EU Member States. You see, in this way your praise means more to It’s convenient that He does that from time to time because if you had to wait for a direct line to Him, He might never get to talked to from some people. And that’s what – exactly what it is. But there’s another aspect of our praise of God. right. He knows the principle of God’s wrath is in operation. Amen? Our whole orientation as we gather together should be that this building is transformed into a tabernacle where God comes near to receive the sacrifice of the praise of his people. Sometimes I work hard and I get very tired and I don’t like to be very tired. I’ll tell you if he could have done any of those, he probably would have, in the state that he was in. It seems that there is trouble on every hand and that the Lord’s people are suffering under unnecessary burdens. And Jesus said, “I will never” – what? Paul does not call them good people. After clicking 'Register', you will receive an email with a link to verify your account and to complete your registration. It wasn’t that at all. 3) Great sermons illustrate the point - The moral of any story usually leaves the most significant impression on the listener. house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that to do right, and you are recognizing what those folks did right to going on . supplied it. “When I heard, my belly trembled,” isn’t that vivid? Please contact the publisher to obtain copies of this resource. And what person is really being honest when he tries to let on that personal praise of God. You're not getting anything back. Intro: Ill. We live in difficult days. they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,). If they've had a good week, they praise and worship God with all their heart. ~ Habakkuk 3: 17-18. Those two don’t even belong together. He was really facing some fantastic problems and he was honest. Let’s look first of all at his petition in verse 2. 6. Isn’t that right? This is a hint of what we will be doing in Heaven, Rev. 6C. And what it is is really a prayer. So he says, “In wrath remember mercy.”, Now, he knows that God’s judgment has to come. 9. His words are words of praise. I’ve spent an awful lot of hours with him every week and I really just kind of have a kindred spirit with Habakkuk in many, many ways, and I’m sure you do, too. Raise your staff and stretch out your Don’t let your circumstances corrupt your concept of your relation to God. . Christians, praise should be given for those traits and characteristics Though he was receiving nothing from God at the time, that he was This chapter is a great prayer. Now, you remember one thing about Moses, I think it’s the 34th chapter of Exodus, it says that Moses came down, and what was it about Moses that was so different? He reminds himself how God led them and led them and brought them to the land that was promised to them. pleased with what you did. Oh, I’ll tell you, when you can arrive at that kind of position in prayer, you have arrived. He is afraid for himself, he’s afraid for Israel. 147:1; 148:1; 149:1; 150:1. commendable behavior of the Stephanus family, he directs them to do Search for passages of the Bible that relate to the point of your sermon to help back it up with a biblical point of view. Don’t be an obstacle. 1B. exultation. they will never be addicted to serving God. And so God has completely answered his prayer, and in chapter 3 we have the response of Habakkuk to the answer of God. does not indicate that they are better than anyone else. for a loop. . Don’t worry about the problem, step back from the problem, and get concerned about the God who is and what He means to you. 7. is speaking. That you’re His and He’s yours and He cares for you and nothing will ever affect that in any way. “mercy.”  Mercy. David Edwards in his book, Worship Three Sixty Five, writes, "When we praise God, we are ringing the doorbell, making our presence known, letting Him know that we have come to see Him. properly be given only for what a person has done. I can hear Job say, “I never lost my praise” remember that whatever is happening in your life, no matter how gloomy or discouraged you may feel, even when you’re faced with what feels like the silenced of God—God is always aware of and concerned about … Remember that fellow named Job? That’s what it ought to be. Do you know that he was about to lose his house, his family, his land, his friends, his people, and to be carted off into another place? Here at Grace to You Europe we take our data protection responsibilities very seriously and, as you would expect, have undertaken a significant programme of work to ensure that we are ready for this important legislative change. of praise being improperly sought. my Christian life that I consider myself to be undeveloped, but it’s an ~ All of these things were happening but he still praised the Lord. And He said the spirit can be just glorying and the flesh can be just incapacitated. It’s always there – it’s always there. You say, “Did Paul go around doing that all the time?” Romans 9:2 says this, Paul talking: “I have continual sorrow and heaviness of heart.” I say, “Paul, how could you have continual sorrow and heaviness of heart and be rejoicing all the time?”. Are those the things that are the most troublesome to you? However, when the child of God is involved in that part of worship I’m glad the Lord made it because now I realize that every time I have a little problem, a little dilemma in my world, it doesn’t mean that my relationship to God’s all haywire. praise came for those who didn’t plan to serve God, but for those Habbakkuk says in verse 18, "Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, in the God of mine salvation." You could care less about what happens in the family of God and the church of Jesus Christ. yours: therefore acknowledge ye them that are such. 5C. But Paul bragged on such WE SHOULD PRAISE THE LORD BECAUSE- primary reasons the Christian serves Jesus Christ is for that anticipated Second, Paul Showed His Exultation In The Form Of A Not only that, Arab poetry commonly compares these rays of light to the horns of a gazelle, which are straight and kind of wound. Oh, what glory it would be Sometimes, it is easy to get defeated, discouraged and dejected. Isn’t that right? They would rather you stay as far away from God as possible and that’s why everybody … I know that the first part of Paul’s praise involves aware of, Job said, "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him." – “the flesh is weak.” Now, that is important. Had the law of God, didn’t he? And there’s one light in the sky that can pale the light of the sun. teaching and showing others what God would have us to do. or influence, or showboating, but not actually rolling up their THERE’S A SECOND VITAL PART OF EVERY ACT OF PRAISE. Christ, "Well done thou good and faithful servant." Are you going to send all this judgment?” And then he stops and says, “Wait a minute, we will not die.” Why? Does he praise them for what they are, or for what they have done?" Is your greatest worry that something might come into our fellowship and our family that would cause a stumbling block to someone else? God is vigilant, God is ready. Jesus got … be brief. husband, the father, who knows when and how to use praise to exhort That refers to the duration of praise. There was a godly group of people around, and they kept hearing all these prophets just blistering the populace all the time with the fact that God was going to judge. Is politics the thing that worries you most? Diane Imm was on her toes in this fashion when she in Job’s shoes. He is standing in the midst of an absolute dilemma. praise. Accordingly, we have updated our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions in order to comply with GDPR. Notice how he refers to them. And if you want a New Testament equivalent to that kind of a prayer, you find it in the prayer commonly called the Lord’s Prayer, “Thy Kingdom come.”, That prayer is simply a prayer that God rule in the way that God intends to rule, that all things be right under the plan of God, and that’s essentially what Habakkuk was praying for. Log In And he could say, “I don’t care what happens, yet will I rejoice in the Lord. “He had horns coming out of His hand.” Now, what in the world is that? a lady named Bea Shirk, who was one of the most effective first grade Selah. "Yes, pastor, but what do you speak about when praising He persistently, continually, and repeatedly praises the Lord. me. Corinthian Church about the family members of the household of Stephanus, Let me explain and I’m sure you will see the truth And do you remember that it was that little faithful remnant that, 70 years after the Chaldeans had taken Israel into captivity wandered back into that land, rebuilt the temple and rebuilt the walls? So stop kicking against the goads. His prayer embodies four parts that really are the parts of every prayer. Whatever the enemy is, God’s ready. You say, “Well, there’s a tremendous lesson here.” Yes, there is. Violet Rodarte, to Julie Carlsberg, to Arjelia Mendez, and our nursery 1. Do you ever, when you get into your prayer time, do you ever just start reminding God of things? Is your greatest worry in this world that God’s glory is not going to be preeminent in your life? Is it that the church of Jesus Christ might for one split second be impure? There Or imagine Donald Trump saying to you, “Don’t worry about your investments. You and I are inherently sinful, They were the kind of people who took note of what he needed and The praising of other people. The trouble is that most of us find ourselves looking at the situation and staring at the problem instead of trying to discover whether there’s anything in our souls that has led God to deal with us like that. to show your excitement. “The spirit is willing but” – what? And I love verse 17, that’s one of the greatest verses in the Bible, “And God says, ‘They shall be’” what? When you are involved in praising the Lord you God is inherently good, inherently holy, inherently just and What’s your main worry in this world? Number one, the word for rays of light, the first rays of light, you know like if you see clouds part and the streaks of light come down? the structure, of Paul’s praise. You’ve protected us this far, all these fantastic things through the history of Israel, You’re not about to get this far and let those Chaldeans upset Your plans.”. Help Grace to You bring important resources like this to people in your community and beyond, free of charge. V. 2b-3 The Practice Of Praise To The Lord - The Psalmist tells us that God is to be praised "from this time forth and for evermore." when no one was looking. own Church’s spirit. Paul is telling 3C. The word "submit" is a military term “The knowledge of the holy is understanding.” And the first of it goes like this: “But the fear of the Lord is” – what? And the list goes on forever. what's going on, begin to help someone who obviously knows what's I don’t care if nothing’s right in the whole world, I’m going to love You and rejoice in You,” and translated, that’s “praise the Lord anyhow.” “I’ve learned to stand back from my circumstances and just get blessed about the God that I know.” What an exciting truth. That’s exultation. Not directly, like feeding the glory hogs of this world, 4C. If they have a lousy week, they have lousy worship. learned what habits and practices were worthy of praise. It really thrilled my soul"? That’s what He said. And there are others of you who do not live and serve in a Then in verse 9, “Thy bow was made quite naked.” This is the picture of an archer whose bow is right out of the sheath, and in those days they carried their bow in some kind of a sheath like a holster would be, like a rifle holster or something, and this means that God has His bow bared. That’s a New Testament promise for us. "You Habakkuk had a beautiful trust in God. 8. And we get the idea that he's not getting the answers. Folks, praise is extremely important in a person’s life, and Once truth is seen, it cannot be unseen. Were you much more impressed by the threat of communism than you were the glory of God, the purity of His church? going on. But whether here or elsewhere, strive to be a good praiser. So, this evening we are going to examine a portion of Scripture in Where is the area of your worry? You’ve got to take care of it, I know that, I’m aware of that, God, and I’m not asking to beg off, I’m not praying that you change your plan. for me to hear those words spoken by my Savior. And so this is Habakkuk’s petition, that whatever has to happen, God’s going to do His work, but that in that work of judgment, God will allow some mercy for those that are faithful, which God did. was wonderful. everyone that helpeth with us, and laboureth." Remember? Stephanus’ household had done. It is obvious that Paul is directing his words to the 1. If God wants to march right through the sea, He can do it. But sometimes when I was in the Midwest, I have seen what is commonly called heat lightning, and that kind of lightning can absolutely just splatter the sky, and it actually outshines the sun for the moment that you see it. And we can stand face-to-face with the problem and we can back off of that problem and say, “Now wait a minute, not only is my God good and right and never does anything wrong, and not only does He love me and care for me, and not only is He the kind of a God who is absolutely, eternally righteous, but something else about Him, He’s also absolutely and eternally faithful. praiseworthy again? type of I’ve said it and I’ll keep saying it until the day I drop dead, that God always couples two things together. 2. Amen? He is afraid. He understood God perfectly and yet he trembled. Focus verses: Psalm 34:1. “My lips quivered at the voice, rottenness entered into my bones.” Isn’t that a description of – he just collapsed, see? They had their will, not God's will. Now I want you to see the second thing about his prayer, not only petition but remembrance and praise. Now, in verses 3 to 15, you have what is called a theophany. There’s a practical reason why most churches I’ve visited and worked in do their praise sets before the sermon: Worship warms the soul. He fell apart thinking of what was going to happen. It’s a problem – but not really, you know why? He knew exactly the kind of a God he loved and worshipped. What really mattered to him was not the circumstances in the world around him, though there were unbelievably bleak, the thing that really mattered to him was that God received the glory. He reminds himself of certain great facts in the long story of Israel’s history. A bolt of lightning – God’s arrows. 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