Message Notes

(I) PRAYING IN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES

1. Spirit of Lamentation

“Woe is me!For I am like those who gather summer fruits, Like those who glean vintage grapes; there is no cluster to eat” Micah 7:1

2. Reasons for Lamentation

a) Perishing of the faithful ( Micah 7:2 )

b) Pursuit of evil ( Micah 7:2 )

c) Corruption in the land ( Micah 7:3-4 )

d) Can’t even trust family or friend ( Micah 7:5-6 )

(II) PRAYING AND WAITING ON THE LORD

“Therefore I will look to the LORD;I will wait for the God of my salvation;My God will hear me.” Micah 7:7

1. Looking up to the Lord in hope

2. Waiting on God

3. Believing that God will hear

(III) CONFIDENCE THROUGH WAITING ON THE LORD

1. When there are setbacks

“When I fall, I will arise” Micah 7:8b

2. When darkness surrounds

“When I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me” Micah 7:8c

3. When one has to bear punishment

“I will bear the indignation of the Lord,because I have sinned against Him, Until He pleads my case and execute justice for me.He will bring me forth to the light. I will see His righteousness” Micah 7:9

(IV) A SPECIAL INTERCESSORY PRAYER

Micah 7:14-20

1. Pleading “heritage”

“Shepherd Your people with Your staff, the flock of Your heritage” Micah 7:14

2. Pleading for Mercy

“Who is a God like You, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in mercy.” Micah 7:18

3. Pleading Compassion

“He will again have compassion on us, and will subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea” Micah 7:19

4. Pleading “covenant” relationship

“You will give truth to Jacob and mercy to Abraham, which You have sworn to our fathers from days of old.” Micah 7:20