Application Questions:

1. What does "embrace the burdens that you carry" mean to you?

2. What should we do when our situation worsens after our prayers?

3. What is the difference between looking at God through my circumstances, rather than looking at my circumstances through God?

4. What helps you when you feel that your circumstances are out of control?

5. How can we become like Habakkuk that we are able to rejoice in the Lord, even though "the fig tree should not blossom, and there be no fruit on the vines"?