This week in the Biblical Portrait of Women class, we looked at three women created to be image bearers of God. None of them were perfect, but each, through their determination to put their trust in God, taught us something about the nature of our Creator. After the fall of mankind in the garden, God …
Feet Like a Deer
What does it look like to wait quietly for something? Not just wait, but wait quietly? Is that our go-to activity when faced with disaster? I know how to wait NOT quietly. I’m really good at that. But what does a quiet wait look like? Habakkuk begins his vow to wait quietly on God with …
Divine Deliverer
By Katie Kafka This week in our lesson, through the prayers of a prophet, our focus was turned toward God as the Divine Deliverer. We are in the middle of Habakkuk‘s third and final prayer of the book. Along the way we have come to see the prophet as a man of prayer, and, my, …
Remember God’s Faithfulness
By Ashley Synowicki Habakkuk continued his prayerful response of praise to God this week as we continued on in Chapter 3. However, he shifted his focus just slightly. In verses 8-11 he is no longer talking about God, but talking directly to Him. Habakkuk is recounting, both to God and himself, the miraculous ways in …
Remember Mercy
We’ve reached the final chapter in our study of Habakkuk. God has told the prophet his plans for both the Israelites and the Chaldeans. Now, we see Habakkuk’s final response. Gail talked last week about her heart being heavy. Not surprising. We’ve just slogged through a lot of lamenting and woe-foretelling. I’m sure Habakkuk’s heart …
Happily Ever After
By Gail Peo That’s what we all want, isn’t it? To live happily ever after? To have everything we desire? But is that what is best for us? When the Israelites entered the Promised Land, after wandering in the wilderness for 40 years, God told them, “You shall bless the LORD your God for the …
Living Righteous in a Wicked World
By Jessica McKillip This week’s study in Habakkuk 2:6-17 covered the second part of God’s response to Habakkuk’s lament. Last week, we saw God telling Habakkuk that the “righteous shall live by faith” in total trust and dependance on God. This week we see the contrasting path—the life of the wicked. The righteous man submits to and …
Living by Faith
By Katie Kafka Faith is a word that we use all the time in a variety of contexts. It's on our t-shirts, artistically printed in the shape of a cross. We post it on our walls: faith, hope and love OR faith, family and freedom. A biblical definition of faith is "the assurance of things …
Waiting in Faith
By Ashley Synowicki This week we read Habakkuk’s response in chapter 1 verses 12-17 to God’s unbelievable news that He was raising up the Chaldeans as a judgment of His own people in Judah. Upon reading, we saw that Habakkuk’s response was not unlike how we would respond ourselves. Habakkuk asks: 12 ”Are you not from everlasting, O Lord my …
Unbelievable
By Gail Peo In Habakkuk 1:1-4, we listened to Habakkuk’s complaint that he was being forced to look upon violence, iniquity, and destruction in Judah. He wanted to know how long God would allow these wicked practices to exist. God’s answer to him was, “Look among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. For …
Equip Her 