Ira Baptist Church
Sunday, August 10

      • Psalms 145.1-4NIV2011

      • Psalms 145.5-8NIV2011

      • Psalms 145.9-12NIV2011

      • Psalms 145.13NIV2011

  • Your Words Are Wonderful (Psalm 119)
  • Faith Of Our Fathers

      • 2 Peter 1.16-17ESV

      • 2 Peter 1.18-19ESV

      • 2 Peter 1.20-21ESV

  • Christ The Sure And Steady Anchor

  • A downcast soul is a common experience, but there is room and reason to fight for hope in God yet again.

    1. Room to Wrestle with Hope

    A. Desiring but not Seeing God - 42:1-2,9

    B. Weeping for Truth - 42:3

    C. Remembering What Might Be - 42:4

    D. Sinking, but it’s God’s Water - 42:6-7

    E. Attacked, but knowing your team - 43:1

    Psalm 43:1 ESV
    Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people, from the deceitful and unjust man deliver me!
    cf. Psalm 37.
    Psalm 37:1–2 ESV
    Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers! For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.
    Psalm 1:6 ESV
    for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
    Psalm 37:5–6 ESV
    Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.

    2. Reason to Fight for Hope

    Three repetitions of the “turn” - hope in God, for I will yet again praise Him.
    Psalm 42:5 ESV
    Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation
    Stated again just the same in 42:11 and 43:5.
    The writer preaching the good news to himself.

    A. The Momentary Question

    Psalm 42:5 ESV
    Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation

    B. The Call to Action

    Psalm 42:5 ESV
    Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation

    C. The Steady Condition

    Psalm 42:5 ESV
    Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation
    What practically can we do?
    Be Honest about our condition and the state of our soul before God.
    Think Clearly about how this circumstance compares and relates to the eternal plan and promise of God.
    Permission to talk to yourself
    Speak to ourselves about the circumstance from what we know is true rather than allowing the circumstance to speak to us.
    Speak Truly - preach the good news to yourself, even if there is a disconnect between mind and emotion in the moment.
    The same things which you would do for a brother or sister who had an ear open.
    Encourage
    Exhort
    Admonish and Teach
    Speak the Truth
    Romans 5:3–4 ESV
    Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,
    Romans 15:13 ESV
    May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
    4. Do Right - What you know should be done, what you know must be done.
    not just daily chores and administration
    Hope in God - the turn
    Look to his Word - Psalm 43:3
    Psalm 43:3 ESV
    Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!
    Bow down and Worship
    Psalm 43:4 ESV
    Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.
    Praise the Lord
    Psalm 43:4 ESV
    Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.

      • Psalm 43:1ESV

      • Psalm 37:1–2ESV

      • Psalm 1:6ESV

      • Psalm 37:5–6ESV

      • Psalm 42:5ESV

      • Psalm 42:5ESV

      • Psalm 42:5ESV

      • Psalm 42:5ESV

      • Romans 5:3–4ESV

      • Romans 15:13ESV

      • Psalm 43:3ESV

      • Psalm 43:4ESV

      • Psalm 43:4ESV

  • He Giveth More Grace

      • 1 Corinthians 15.58ESV

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