Text: Psalm 130:1-8
- Desperate times require desperate prayer Psalm 130:1-2
- He was deeply discouraged emotionally
- He was desperately in need of help
- He was depending on the Lord for his help
- Desperate conditions require God’s provision Psalm 130:3-4
- We are all in the condition of lost in sin
- We are all in the condition of being separated from God
- We are all in the condition of needing God’s forgiveness of our sins
- We are all in the condition of owing God our everything: “that thou mayest be feared”
- Desperate needs require desperate measures Psalm 130:5-6
- Waiting on the Lord
- Sole dependence on the Lord
- Soul dependence on the Lord
- Full dependence on the Lord
- Trusting in the Lord
- Waiting up for the Lord
- Waiting on the Lord
- Desperate needs require genuine faith in the Lord Psalm 130:7-8
- We decide who and what we trust in
- Faith gives us hope
- Trust gives us hope
- Truth gives us hope
- The Lord & His Word give us reason to believe
- Trusting in the Lord & His Word gives us real hope that is eternal
- We must trust in the Lord to receive mercy from the Lord
- Mercy from the Lord offers us redemption of our trouble
- The trouble of our sin debt being paid for in full
- The trouble of our sin’s destruction being eternally remedied
- The trouble of sin done to us building a benefit in us Romans 8:28-29
- We decide who and what we trust in