Lesson Summary:

Habakkuk composes a song of praise to God in response to God’s plans for Judah.

Focus Passage: Habakkuk 3

Outline and Lesson Goal

Principles and Applications

I. Habakkuk’s Prayer to God (Habakkuk 3:1-2)

Principle: God’s People Can Always Ask Him for Revival.
Application: How would you like the Lord to revive your life today?
Scripture Reference

⁵Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations? ⁶Will You not Yourself revive us again, That Your people may rejoice in You? ⁷Show us Your lovingkindness, O Lord, And grant us Your salvation.
Psalms 85:5-7 (NASB)

II. Habakkuk’s Portrait of God (Habakkuk 3:3-15)

- Principle: God is the Only Savior and Deliverer of His People.
- Application: What attribute of God do you find most awe striking? What difference should it make in your life?
- Scripture Reference
“I love You, O Lord, my strength.” ²The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. ³I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.
Psalms 18:1-3 (NASB)

III. Habakkuk’s Praise of God (Habakkuk 3:16-19)

Principle: God’s People Should Always Praise Him Above Their Circumstances.
Application: How ready are you to praise God today even in the midst of difficult circumstances?
Scripture Reference

⁹And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. ¹⁰Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (NASB)