Week 11 (March 22-28)

Opening Question / Icebreaker:

• What popular song typified your teenage years? What memory does your favorite song from those years recall?

Pray Together – ask God to bless your group, your time in His word, and your relationships. 

Read Habakkuk 3:1-15. https://www.esv.org/Habakkuk+3/

Observation & Interpretation Questions:

• What has led Habakkuk to sing a song of joy in chapter three? In other words, what changed since he wrote chapter one?   

• In what ways is verse two a summary of the rest of this psalm-like prayer?

• How are mercy and wrath related? How does God use both for His purposes? 

• What historical events do the poetic allusions refer in verses 3-5? And verses 6-7?

• How does reciting God’s marvelous deeds in the past anticipate God’s future deliverance?

Application Questions:

• This hymn-like chapter stirred up vivid memories in Israel of God’s might and mercy. When has God’s worked mightily and mercifully in your past?

• Habakkuk presents God as a warrior in this song – how does that picture of God provide both encouragement and challenge for you? 

• What does it look like for you to reflect on God’s past actions in your life? What value does that activity provide in the present? 

Close in Prayer:

• Pray together – lift any praises or concerns of the group members up to God in prayer.