Week 9 (March 8-15)

Opening Question / Icebreaker:

• What is your favorite outdoor activity?  Why? Do you hunt or fish? 

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

Read Habakkuk 1:12-2:5. https://www.esv.org/Habakkuk+1/

Observation & Interpretation Questions:

• To whom does Habakkuk address his second complaint?  What is Habakkuk’s complaint? V. 13

• How does Habakkuk connect God’s character to his complaint in vs. 12-13? 

• What is the meaning of Habakkuk’s fishing analogy?  What does it mean for the wicked to sacrifice to the net? 

• In 2:2, what is the revelation that Habakkuk is to write down? What aspects of it are described in 2:2-3? 

• Compare 2:4 with Romans 1:16-18 and Galatians 3:10-14. What use does Paul make of this verse from Habakkuk to a new generation? How is Paul’s emphasis like and unlike Habakkuk’s?

Application Questions:

• What symbols of power do we worship in our culture?  How so?

• What evidence is there that you are living “by faith”? 

• How does living by faith counter being “puffed up”?

• Why is it so important that God’s people live by faith? 

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