How to Pray in a Crisis

A crisis is more than an emergency. A crisis is overwhelming, life-dominating and life-changing. Habakkuk's complaints in chapter 1 have been heard and thoroughly answered in chapter 2, but not in the way he expected. God really is raising up the Babylonians to be his agent of justice to punish the people of Jerusalem and Judah for their sins. This news throws Habakkuk into the midst of a crisis that is both personal and national. We all know that we should pray in a crisis. But how should we pray?