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Please Join us in Praising our Lord Jesus Christ,
And Lift Prayers for our Military, our Nation,
And All who Love our America.

2 posted on 12/29/2011 11:58:55 AM PST by Kitty Mittens (To God Be All Excellent Praise!)

To: Kitty Mittens

Prayers up for our country

3 posted on 12/29/2011 12:08:28 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

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Yet I Will Rejoice
December 29, 2011

Life in our world can be difficult. At some point, most of us have wondered, Where is God in my trouble? And we may have thought, It seems like injustice is winning and God is silent. We have a choice as to how we respond to our troubles. The prophet Habakkuk had an attitude worth following: He made the choice to rejoice.

Habakkuk saw the rapid increase in Judah’s moral and spiritual failings, and this disturbed him deeply. But God’s response troubled him even more. God would use the wicked nation of Babylon to punish Judah. Habakkuk did not fully understand this, but he could rejoice because he had learned to rely on the wisdom, justice, and sovereignty of God. He concluded his book with a wonderful affirmation: “Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation” (3:18). Though it was not clear how Judah would survive, Habakkuk had learned to trust God amid injustice, suffering, and loss. He would live by his faith in God alone. With this kind of faith came joy in God, despite the circumstances surrounding him.

We too can rejoice in our trials, have surefooted confidence in God, and live on the heights of His sovereignty.

Be this the purpose of my soul
My solemn, my determined choice:
To yield to God’s supreme control,
And in my every trial rejoice. —Anon.

Praising God in our trials turns burdens into blessings.

Read: Habakkuk 3:11-19

Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. —Habakkuk 3:18

Bible in a year:
Zechariah 9-12; Revelation 20

4 posted on 12/29/2011 12:46:52 PM PST by The Mayor ("If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat" Â— Ronald Reagan)

To: Kitty Mittens