SERMON NOTES

Toby Slough 

August 22, 2021

 Text: Psalm 42:1-8 (New Living) 

"As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before him? Day and night I hae only tears for food, while my enemies continually taunt me, saying, "Where is this God of yours?"  My heart is breaking as I remember how it used to be: I walked among the crowds of worshipers, leading a great procession to the house of God, singing for joy and giving thanks amid the sound of a great celebration! Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and 6 my God! Now I am deeply discouraged, but I will remember you— even from distant Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan, from the land of Mount Mizar. I hear the tumult of the raging seas as your waves and surging tides sweep over me. But each day the L pours his unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing his songs, praying to God who gives me life.”

Problems signal the absence of God

Faith fixes everything 

My strategy is the same as God's purpose 

Romans 8:28 (NIV) "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.