Sermon Outline:

Three Things You Should Do in Times of Hopelessness (Psalm 119:81–88, ESV)

• Confess your need for the LORD (Psalm 119:81–83)

⁸¹ My soul longs for your salvation;
I hope in your word.
⁸² My eyes long for your promise;
I ask, “When will you comfort me?”
⁸³ For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke,
yet I have not forgotten your statutes. 

• “Complain” to the LORD (Psalm 119:84–87)

⁸⁴ How long must your servant endure?
When will you judge those who persecute me?
⁸⁵ The insolent have dug pitfalls for me;
they do not live according to your law.
⁸⁶ All your commandments are sure;
they persecute me with falsehood; help me!
⁸⁷ They have almost made an end of me on earth,
but I have not forsaken your precepts.

• Cast your confidence in GOD’s faithfulness (Psalm 119:88)

⁸⁸ In your steadfast love give me life,
that I may keep the testimonies of your mouth.