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TODAY’S SERMON

TODAY’S SERMON. Psalm 130 – Hope Series: A Pilgrimage of the Heart The Psalms of Ascent. Psalm 130 A song of ascents  1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;   2 O Lord, hear my voice.        Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.

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TODAY’S SERMON

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  1. TODAY’S SERMON Psalm 130 – Hope Series: A Pilgrimage of the Heart The Psalms of Ascent

  2. Psalm 130 A song of ascents  1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;   2 O Lord, hear my voice.        Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.  3 If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins,        O Lord, who could stand?  4 But with you there is forgiveness;        therefore you are feared.  5 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,        and in his word I put my hope.  6 My soul waits for the Lord        more than watchmen wait for the morning,        more than watchmen wait for the morning.  7 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD,        for with the LORD is unfailing love        and with him is full redemption.  8 He himself will redeem Israel        from all their sins.

  3. “Help, God—the bottom has fallen out of my life!” Psalm 130:1 (The Message)

  4. Psalm 130 A song of ascents  1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;   2 O Lord, hear my voice.        Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.  3 If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins,        O Lord, who could stand?  4 But with you there is forgiveness;        therefore you are feared.  5 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,        and in his word I put myhope.  6 My soul waits for the Lord        more than watchmen wait for the morning,        more than watchmen wait for the morning.  7 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD,        for with the LORD is unfailing love        and with him is full redemption.  8 He himself will redeem Israel        from all their sins.

  5. BIBLICAL HOPE IS NOT… • Wishful Thinking

  6. BIBLICAL HOPE IS NOT… • Wishful Thinking • Optimism An optimist would say, “The glass is half full." A pessimist would say, “Who cares? We're all going to die, sooner or later. Also, my head hurts and I'm tired. There's never anything good on TV. I hate my job."

  7. BIBLICAL HOPE IS NOT… • Wishful Thinking • Optimism • Self-Confidence

  8. Psalm 130 A song of ascents  1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;   2 O Lord, hear my voice.        Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. 3 If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins,        O Lord, who could stand?  4 But with you there is forgiveness;        therefore you are feared.  5 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,        and in his word I put my hope.  6 My soul waits for the Lord        more than watchmen wait for the morning,        more than watchmen wait for the morning.  7 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love        and with him is full redemption.  8 He himself will redeem Israel        from all their sins.

  9. Psalm 130 A song of ascents  1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;   2 O Lord, hear my voice.        Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.  3 If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?  4 But with you there is forgiveness;        therefore you are feared.  5 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,        and in his word I put my hope.  6 My soul waits for the Lord       more than watchmen wait for the morning,        more than watchmen wait for the morning.  7 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD,        for with the LORD is unfailing love        and with him is full redemption.  8 He himself will redeem Israel        from all their sins.

  10. Psalm 130 A song of ascents  1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;   2 O Lord, hear my voice.        Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.  3 If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins,        O Lord, who could stand?  4 But with you there is forgiveness;        therefore you are feared.  5 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,        and in his word I put my hope.  6 My soul waits for the Lord        more than watchmen wait for the morning,        more than watchmen wait for the morning.  7 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD,        for with the LORD is unfailing love        and with him is full redemption.  8 He himself will redeem Israel        from all their sins.

  11. Romans 5:3-4 “3 Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4perseverance, character; and character, hope.”

  12. Should Disappointment, parent of Despair,Strive for her son to seize my careless heart;When, like a cloud, he sits upon the air,Preparing on his spell-bound prey to dart:Chase him away, sweet Hope, with visage bright,And fright him as the morning frightens night! JOHN KEATS, “To Hope”

  13. Psalm 130 A song of ascents  1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;   2 O Lord, hear my voice.        Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.  3 If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins,        O Lord, who could stand?  4 But with you there is forgiveness;        therefore you are feared.  5 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,        and in his word I put my hope.  6 My soul waits for the Lord        more than watchmen wait for the morning,        more than watchmen wait for the morning.  7 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD,        for with the LORD is unfailing love        and with him is full redemption.  8 He himself will redeem Israel        from all their sins.

  14. BIBLICAL HOPE Memory + Faith + Time + Vision = HOPE

  15. Biggers, John. Shotgun, Third Ward # 1, 1966

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