Mon, Jan 30 - Memory Quiz 7b Preparation & Habakkuk

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is Memory Quiz 7b: Habakkuk 3:17-19 (NIV, 1984)
- Students have until Monday, Feb 6 to retake Unit 6 Test

Handouts: Unit 6 Test

Reminders:
- APU: Monday, Feb 6 is your next APU! Make sure your grades are where you want them to be.
- Service Hours: There are three things to turn in for this on April 16: Essay, Record Form, Comm. Service Evaluation Form

Instructional Time: Unit 7: 2 Kings 1-10 and...
Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Nahum, Habakkuk, & Zephaniah

Journal 7-5: Read Habakkuk 3:16-19
- First) Re-write these verses in your own words. Don’t use things like ‘fig trees, olive crops, & feet of deer,’ instead use what would be like that for you today. Put some good thought into this.
- Second) Why do you think Habakkuk will still wait patiently on God’s justice, rejoicing in Him?
- - HINT: Think of the 3 ways God is described in vv18-19!

The Pre-Exilic Prophet Table: Habakkuk (pg. 662)
- From: ?
- To: Judah
- Approx. Time: 608-598
- Major Theme: God’s call for faithfulness
- Key Verse: Habakkuk 2:4 & 3:17-19
- Other Notes: Habakkuk means, “To Embrace”
- - A conversation between Habakkuk & God
- - A Book of Questions: (See Handout, pg 43)
- - - Habakkuk's 1st Question) Why doesn’t Judah’s evil get punished for their evil?
- - - - God’s Answer: Babylon will punish them.
- - - Habakkuk's 2nd Questions) How can God use another more evil country to punish Judah?
- - - - God’s Answer: Babylon too will be judged!
- - This ends with a psalm of praise where Habakkuk recognizes and celebrates God's power & holiness

Memory Verse Quiz Preparation:
- Your Verses: Habakkuk 3:17-19
- Your Question: Despite terrible things happening all around, Habakkuk will continue to trust in and worship God. He brings up three qualities of God that would help us do the same. Describe these qualities & tell how they can help us trust in God, even when times are bad.
- - The Qualities:
- - - Savior: Meaning... Deliverer, Rescuer, ‘My salvation’
- - - Sovereign: Meaning... Master, Ruler, Owner, Commander, Lord
- - - Strength: Meaning... Force, Might, Power, Army, Wealth
- - Show me some of your own critical thought in how these things could help one trust in God, even in bad times. Think of how you would answer this question, "In bad times, knowing God is sovereign/strong/my savior can help me trust him because..." Remember the focus is on how we could still trust in God during bad times; consider how these qualities help us to do this.

A Sampling of some Pre-Exilic Prophets: Worksheet
- Students worked on the questions for Amos, Nahum, & Habakkuk