Hope in the Lord Forevermore

Friday, November 7, 2014
Psalm 130:1-8 KJV

1 [[A Song of degrees.]] Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. 2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. 3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? 4 But [there is] forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. 5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. 6 My soul [waiteth] for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: [I say, more than] they that watch for the morning. 7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD [there is] mercy, and with him [is] plenteous redemption. 8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. 

[Psa 131:1-3 KJV] 

1 [[A Song of degrees of David.]] LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. 2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul [is] even as a weaned child. 3 Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) From where did the psalmist cry to the Lord? (v.1)
2) What did the psalmist ask the Lord? (v.2)
3) Of what two things did the psalmist remind the Lord? (v.3-4)
4) What did the psalmist purpose to do? (v.5-6)
5) Of what did the psalmist remind God's people? (v.7-8)

6) How did the psalmist describe himself to the Lord? (v.1-2)
7) What was the psalmists hope for Israel? (v.3) 

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
8) How do you relate to the Lord after committing a sin? Why?
9) What are your reasons for waiting on the Lord?
10) What is your hope for the people of God in your home church?

11) What is your heart attitude toward the Lord, as you wait on Him?

PRINCIPLES
12) Regardless of how deeply we've fallen into sin, God's mercy is greater still.
13) The Lord never gives us what our sins deserve, because He is merciful.
14) Waiting on the Lord is a demonstration of our dependence upon the Lord.

15) Contentment in every situation leads to a victroious life in Christ.