Habakkuk 2:9-11 Loud Stones Today we continue through Habakkuk with the second of the five woes in chapter 2, which are part of God’s reply to the prophet’s plea for justice. 9 ‘Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, setting his nest on high to escape the clutches of ruin!10 You have plotted the ruin of …
Sermon by Revd. Matt Luff, recorded in the garden at St. John’s Church.
Pause: “The Lord reigns, let the nations tremble; he sits enthroned between the cherubim, let the earth shake. Great is the Lord in Zion; he is exalted over all the nations. Let them praise your great and awesome name – he is holy.”Psalm 99: 1 – 3 Reading: ‘See, the enemy is puffed up; his desires …
Today’s Reading: 2 Then the Lord replied: ‘Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.3 For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though …
I will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower,and look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint. Habakkuk 2:1 Wherever, I like to walk towards the sun, or with a breeze in my face. Actually I don’t much mind a stronger wind …
Habakkuk 1:12-17 Habakkuk’s Second Complaint 12 Lord, are you not from everlasting? My God, my Holy One, we will never die.You, Lord, have appointed them to execute judgment; you, my Rock, have ordained them to punish.13 Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.Why then do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?14 You …
Habakkuk 1:7-11The strength and speed of the Babylonian army.Today’s reading continues from last week with a description of the Babylonian army.7 They are a feared and dreaded people; they are a law to themselves and promote their own honour.8 Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk.Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar.They fly like an …
Pause:Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, ‘You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.’ I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. Psalm 16: 1-2, 8 Today’s Reading: “Look at the nations and …
Today’s reading: 2 How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save?3 Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction …