Habakkuk 3:1-19, NIV
Habakkuk’s prayer-God’s fame and attributes vs 1-15
Habakkuk fears and understands God.
I heard and my heart pounded, my lips quivered at the sound….
I heard and my heart pounded, my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones, and my legs trembled. Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come on the nation invading us.
A Hymn of Faith
17. Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls,
18. yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior.
19. The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights.
Luke 8:26-39, NIV
Backdrop: region of Gerasenes, which is across the lake from Galilee.
Even possessed man testifies who Jesus is vs 28.
. Legion begged Jesus…not to go into the Abyss. .vs 31….gave them permission..demons came out of the man, they went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank…
Hg: the authority and the greatness of Jesus; the demons know him and obeys him.
When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torture me!”