Hope When Life Hurts: Part 1
November 2, 2025
Lead Pastor Paul Castelli
Hope When Life Hurts: Part 1
Psalm 42:1-5
1 As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, my God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?
3 My tears have been my food
day and night,
while people say to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”
4 These things I remember
as I pour out my soul:
how I used to go to the house of God
under the protection of the Mighty One [d]
with shouts of joy and praise
among the festive throng.
5 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.
Pain makes us question what we know.
Psalm 42:9-11
9 I say to God my Rock,
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I go about mourning,
oppressed by the enemy?”
10 My bones suffer mortal agony
as my foes taunt me,
saying to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”
11 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.
God’s silence is an invitation to deeper trust.
Faith is when we choose to trust God.
NEXT STEPS
- I will accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior.
- I will trust that God is still writing my story, even in the silence.
- I will help those in need.
- I will memorize Psalm 43:11b
“Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.”