A casual glance at the condition of our world will reveal just how far away from God our society has traveled.

Political tension, financial instability, widespread violence, and the list goes on and on. All of this is a

reminder that we need revival. In this study, Scott Pauley leads us through a study of the Old

Testament book of Habakkuk and brings a comparison from our day to the day in which Habakkuk served.

What was needed in his day is exactly what our world needs today.

Heaven sent revival.

Let's consider his message and receive help from Habakkuk.

It would be good if everybody had to preach one sermon in their life, just to stand on a platform

in front of a live audience of people and give a message to observe what we very often get to

see, to look at what we get to look at.

It's very interesting to me to watch congregations,

how people receive the word, and sometimes how they don't.

Attentiveness matters.

People come into churches sometimes, and they plop down in the seat and cross their arms

and look at you like, go ahead, teach me something I've never heard.

Or they put their eyes down the floor, they look to one another.

It really is something good about learning how to listen even to Bible preaching and teaching.

But today, I'm not talking about simply being attentive to a preacher.

Today, I want to talk to you about being attentive to God.

Remember, we're studying in Habakkuk chapter 2 these elements, these ingredients of real

preparation for revival, and we've talked about expectancy. We've talked about responsiveness.

Let's talk today about attentiveness. What do we mean by that? Giving God our

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