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 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.

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

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