What to Say When Times Are Tough | Prayer on Psalm 42

How do you pray and praise God when times are tough, when you're falling into despair? turn to the psalms: they're prayers just as much as praises. Join in ashttps://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/dave-cover/ ( Pastor Dave Cover) discusses and prays throughhttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+42&version=ESV ( Psalm 42 ESV): 1 As a deer pants for flowing streams,    so pants my soul for you, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God,    for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+42&version=ESV#fen-ESV-14558b (b)] 3 My tears have been my food    day and night, while they say to me all the day long,    “Where is your God?” 4 These things I remember,    as I pour out my soul: how I would go with the throng    and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise,    a multitude keeping festival. 5 Why are you cast down, O my soul,    and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,    my salvation[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+42&version=ESV#fen-ESV-14561c (c)] 6 and my God. My soul is cast down within me;    therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,    from Mount Mizar. 7 Deep calls to deep    at the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves    have gone over me. 8 By day the Lord commands his steadfast love,    and at night his song is with me,    a prayer to the God of my life. 9 I say to God, my rock:    “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning    because of the oppression of the enemy?” 10 As with a deadly wound in my bones,    my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me all the day long,    “Where is your God?” 11 Why are you cast down, O my soul,    and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,    my salvation and my God. Interested in more content like this? Scroll down for more resources and related episodes, includinghttps://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/galat