Jeremiah is the very "anomaly" of prayer, so very atypical! The man just does not seem to have had (what would be called today) a "healthy" prayer life at all. He complains as he prays so very often! Here's an example: "O LORD, thou hast … [Continue reading]
LESSONS ON PRAYER, HABAKKUK, RESOLUTION!
Yes, Habakkuk resolves his questions, all of them, with a grand statement of faith! Prayer for this man of God is no longer (if it had ever been) simply "getting" what one wants! Or gleaning answers to current questions about God's governing … [Continue reading]
LESSONS ON PRAYER, HABAKKUK, WAITING
Habakkuk did not especially ask God for things! Rather, for "understanding." For a better knowledge of God's "Ways!" For example, "Why does God allow evil to go unpunished?" Or, "Why does God allow particularly vile nations to overrun and … [Continue reading]
LESSONS ON PRAYER, HABAKKUK, WHEN THERE’S NO ANSWER!
I plan more than one day discussing the Prophet Habakkuk, as a man of prayer. First of all, look with me at the opening of his little three-chapter Prophecy. "The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou … [Continue reading]
LESSONS ON PRAYER, HEZEKIAH, THE PSALMIST!
In his three great "episodes" of prayer, at least the three Scripture seems to emphasize, Hezekiah progresses marvelously, matures in his relationship with God. At first (the Assyrian attack) he does not pray himself, but sends for Isaiah the … [Continue reading]
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