Psalm 42

A New Year With God 

A New Year With God 

Phil Woodman- 1/1/2023

Key Passage: Matthew 5:3-6

Hungry For God 

  • Matthew 5:3-6

    • Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness are blessed, for they will be filled. 

Deeply Rooted in Faith

  • 2 Timothy 1:5

    • Who has poured into you. Who are you pouring into?

  • Spend time in God’s word.

    • cbcjoy.org/bible

  • Psalm 42:9-11

    • David puts his hope and trust in God, even when he feels discouraged and distant.

Hungry for the Presence of God 

  • Psalm 27:4

    • David asks and desires for one thing above all else… to be with God and to dwell in his presence.

  • Exodus 33:18

    • Moses has seen God and met with him on multiple occasions and yet his request to God is still, “Please show me your glory”

  • Ruth 1:16-17

    • Ruth’s willingness to leave everything behind.

  • Philippians 3:7-8

    • Paul considered all of his accomplishments as meaningless compared with knowing God.

Are You Hungry to Experience the Presence of God?

  • When was a time when God felt near? A time when you felt the presence of God?

The Impact of Hope

The Impact of Hope

12/5/2021 - Dave Riddle 

Psalm 42:11 - why are you overcome with despair? Hope in God!

  • We are the people of Hope.

    • Surrounded by despair, but not living in despair.

How is it that we can be legitimately hopeful?

God is.

  • He exists

  • Jeremiah 10

    • The worthlessness of idols compared to a true God. (10:10)

      • Jeremiah 10:16

God is here.

  • Matthew 1:23 - God is with us.

  • Hebrews 1:3a - Jesus is God in the flesh

    • Philippians 2:5-7

God is love.

  • 1 John 4:8-9 - God is love.

  • John 3:16-17 - How much God loves us.

  • Titus 3:4-7 - what it means for us.

God is Salvation.

  • Roman 8:38-39 - there is nothing that can separate us from the love of God.

  • Hebrews 1:3 - God the Savior

God is King.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:13 - don’t live as those who have no hope

    • Ephesians 2:12 - We were… without Christ, without God, without hope. No longer!

  • 1 Timothy 6:13-15 - Celebrating his first coming while awaiting his second coming!

    • God will make all things new!

  • Hebrews 10:23 - hold tightly, without wavering, to the hope we affirm…

How can we embrace hope today?

Receive this truth in faith

  • 1 Peter 5:7

Reflect on how God is providing hope in your life

  • Psalm 9:1

Encourage another Jesus-follower you’ve seen exhibiting hope.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:11

Share hope with someone in your missional context.

  • 1 Peter 3:15