Hope Thirsts: What to do in Hopelessness
This week, John continues his series on hope by looking at Psalm 42 and what it says about our God who reigns in both dark and bright times.
I NEED GOD // HOPELESS DAYS MAKE ME RUN TO THAT TRUTH OR FLEE FROM THAT TRUTH
WHAT IS HOPELESSNESS?
1. HOPELESSNESS IS DISORIENTING Nothing makes sense 7 Not just discouraged, helpless!
2. HOPELESSNESS FUELS TEMPTATION TO DOUBT GOD
3. HOPELESSNESS FEELS LIKE GOD IS DISTANT… 9A God seems to have left us or seems indifferent to what is happening. PSALM 10 "Why, O Lord, do You stand far off? Why do You hide Yourself?"
3. HOPELESSNESS FEELS LIKE GOD IS DISTANT… 9A God seems to have left us or seems indifferent to what is happening. PSALM 10 "Why, O Lord, do You stand far off? Why do You hide Yourself?"
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU FEEL HOPELESS?
1. POUR OUT YOUR SOUL VS 4
1. POUR OUT YOUR SOUL VS 4
2. PREACH TO YOURSELF 5B, 11B Hope in God
3. TALK TO GOD ON THE DARK DAYS. 6, 7 David begins to talk to God here, only time in this chapter, 1 Kings 8:12 The Lord has set the sun in the heavens, but has said that He would dwell in thick darkness. Psalms 18:11 "He made darkness His covering, the darkness His canopy around Him.
3. TALK TO GOD ON THE DARK DAYS. 6, 7 David begins to talk to God here, only time in this chapter, 1 Kings 8:12 The Lord has set the sun in the heavens, but has said that He would dwell in thick darkness. Psalms 18:11 "He made darkness His covering, the darkness His canopy around Him.
4. REMEMBER THE STEADFAST LOVE OF THE LORD 6, 8