1. Habakkuk 3:17-19 – Responding to Trials with Joy
17 Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines,
the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food,
the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls,
18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.
19 God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer's;
he makes me tread on my high places.
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments.

2. Point #1 You Will Face Trials
Habakkuk describes catastrophic trials
We face different kinds of trials today
Brothers and sisters all around us are facing trials, often unseen by us
God is good all the time (even when we face trials)

3. God is good all the time
Psalm 84:11 “For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.”
James 1:17 Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.

4. Point #1 You Will Face Trials
Habakkuk describes catastrophic trials
We face different kinds of trials today
Brothers and sisters all around us are facing trials, often unseen by us
God is good all the time (even when we face trials)
Trials have a purpose

5. James 1:3 “The testing of your faith produces perseverance.”
Trials Have a Purpose
James 1:3 “The testing of your faith produces perseverance.”
1 Peter 5:10 “After you have suffered for a little while, [He] will restore you and make you strong, firm, and steadfast.”

7. Point #1 You Will Face Trials
Habakkuk describes catastrophic trials
We face different kinds of trials today
Brothers and sisters all around us are facing trials, often unseen by us
God is good all the time (even when we face trials)
Trials have a purpose
We don't face trials alone

8. Point #1 You Will Face Trials
Habakkuk describes catastrophic trials
We face different kinds of trials today
Brothers and sisters all around us are facing trials, often unseen by us
God is good all the time (even when we face trials)
Trials have a purpose
We don't face trials alone

9. We don't face trials alone
Psalm 23:4 - “Though I will walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil, for you are with me.”
Galatians 6:2 - “Bear one another's burdens”
2 Corinthians 1: “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,  the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4  who comforts us  in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.  5  For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ,  so also our comfort abounds through Christ.”

10. Application #1
Seek to encourage and lift up the brothers and sisters around you who are struggling.

11. Point #2 You should rejoice when you face trials
Joy does not depend on circumstances
Joy is a decision
Joy comes from the Lord

13. Point #2 You should rejoice when you face trials
Joy does not depend on circumstances
Joy is a decision
Joy comes from the Lord
Application: When you face trials turn TO the Lord not Away from Him.

14. The Lord Gives You Strength to Face Trials
He helps us stand firm in rocky times

18. The Lord Gives You Strength to Face Trials
He helps us stand firm in rocky times
Application: Memorizing Scripture reminds us of the truth in times of doubting

19. Habakkuk 3:17-19 – Responding to Trials with Joy
You will face trials
Application: Strengthen and encourage each other
You should rejoice when face trials
Application: Turn TO, not AWAY from God
The Lord gives you strength to face trials
Application: Memorize His Word