Effective Prayer

Effective Prayer

Habakkuk 3:1- 2 NIV 

BAD NEWS: LIFE IS DIFFICULT.

Habakkuk 1:3b–4 Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. Therefore, the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted. 

GOOD NEWS: THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE FOR JESUS FOLLOWERS.

a. The righteous shall live by faith.

Hab 2:4 ESV Behold, his soul (the enemy) is puffed up;
it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith. 

b. The Lord always wins! His glorious attributes will be on display!

Hab 2:14 ESV For the earth will be filled with the knowledge
of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. 

c. Our Sovereign Lord is in control. He hasn’t forgotten or abandoned you.

Hab 2:20 ESV The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him. 

1. THE GOOD NEWS MOVED HABBAKUK FROM .

Hab 3:1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On shigionoth. 

2. EFFECTIVE PRAYER STARTS WITH .

Hab 3:2a Lord, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, Lord. 

3. EFFECTIVE PRAYER IS .

Hab 3:2b Repeat them in our day, in our time make them known; 

4. EFFECTIVE PRAYER RECOGNIZES BOTH GOD’S .

Hab 3:2c …in wrath remember mercy. 

Let’s begin our prayer with humble adoration.

Let’s continue with heartfelt prayer in alignment with God’s will.

Pray for the Gospel to go to the ends of the earth.
Pray for those we are discipling to know and love Jesus more.
Pray for revival/renewal at Countryside.

Let’s pray fervently for justice for the unrepentant and mercy for the repentant.

Finally, let’s pray for Jesus to come soon.