Guest Speaker – Pastor Mike Lawrence

O Lord, how long shall I cry,
And You will not hear?
Even cry out to You, “Violence!”
And You will not save.
Habakkuk 1:2-3 (NKJV)

Why do You show me iniquity,
And cause me to see trouble?
For plundering and violence are before me;
There is strife, and contention arises.
Habakkuk 1:2-3 (NKJV)

Therefore the law is powerless,
And justice never goes forth.
For the wicked surround the righteous;
Therefore perverse judgment proceeds.
Habakkuk 1:4 (NKJV)

“Look among the nations and watch—
Be utterly astounded!
For I will work a work in your days
Which you would not believe, though it were told you.
Habakkuk 1:5-7 (NKJV)

For indeed I am raising up the Chaldeans,
A bitter and hasty nation
Which marches through the breadth of the earth,
To possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
Habakkuk 1:5-7 (NKJV)

They are terrible and dreadful;
Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
Habakkuk 1:5-7 (NKJV)

I will stand my watch
And set myself on the rampart,
And watch to see what He will say to me,
And what I will answer when I am corrected.
Habakkuk 2:1-2 (NKJV)

Then the Lord answered me and said:
“Write the vision
And make it plain on tablets,
That he may run who reads it.
Habakkuk 2:1-2 (NKJV)

Though the fig tree may not blossom, Nor fruit be on the vines;
Though the labor of the olive may fail, And the fields yield no food;
Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, And there be no herd in the stalls—
Habakkuk 3:17-19 (NKJV)

Yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Habakkuk 3:17-19 (NKJV)

The Lord God is my strength;
He will make my feet like deer’s feet,
And He will make me walk on my high hills.
To the Chief Musician. With my stringed instruments.
Habakkuk 3:17-19 (NKJV)