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  • Dr. Jerry N. Watts avatar

    The Answers We Need

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Sep 13, 2009
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    A Message from Psalms 42 speaking to the trials and troubles which we encounter.

    The Answers We Need Psalms 42:1-11 * Two days after the 9/11 attacks on our nation, Anne Graham Lotz was being interviewed by Jane Clayson on the CBS early show and was asked, "I’ve heard people say, those who are religious, those who are not, if God is good, how could God let this happen? To that, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Andrew Moffatt avatar

    Psalm 42 God Is Always With Us.

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Oct 5, 2009
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    Psalm 42, we are coping with grief, after whats been a horrible week.

    Sermon 041009 Psalm 42 I’ve had a few things to celebrate this week…..etc. But it doesn’t always go according to plan; in fact some days do anything but go according to plan. I can remember a day when I was on faults (I was for years a faults-man in the power distribution industry) I was called out ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • Andy Grossman avatar

    "What To Do When God Disappears”

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jul 28, 2009
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    “What to do When God Disappears” There are three things you can do.

    “What to do When God Disappears” August 2, 2009 Psalm 42 God had disappeared – or so it must have seemed to David. He was the one who had sat under the night stars with his sheep and communed with God. With the starry host overhead by night and the meadows filled with flowers and romping ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Richard Francis avatar

    Desperate For God?

    Contributed by Richard Francis on Sep 10, 2007
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    As a deer pants for water so my soul pants for God, are you desperate for God, do the mockers surrond do you fear the storm. Jesus is near ask and he will reach you, of this I’m sure Love will come down and rescue you, hold on help is here.

    Psalm 42 overwhelmed with sorrow: Verses 1 - 2: As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? What do you picture? A nice deer skipping up to a clear bubbling flowing spring and gently ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Thirsting With Cup Full Thanksgiving

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Nov 24, 2009
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    Thanksgiving to God flows from a thirst for His presence!

    Thirsting With Cup Full, Psalms 42:1-11 Introduction The story is told of two old friends bumped into one another on the street one day. One of them looked forlorn, almost on the verge of tears. His friend asked, "What has the world done to you, my old friend?" The sad fellow said, "Let me tell ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Jimmy Chapman avatar

    "As The Hart....so"

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Oct 18, 2007
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    The animal’s need for water, however, is the primary message emphasized in our text. The deer-like creature must have accessible and adequate supplies of water.

    Panting After God “As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God” (Psa. 42:1). According to The Zondervan Pictoral Bible Dictionary, the “hart” of Bible times was “similar to the American elk but somewhat smaller.” Harts are stags or male deer whereas ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Where Is Thy God?

    Contributed by Bo Dunford on Nov 1, 2007
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    Never doubt where God is when you’re going through a battle.

    PSALM 42:1-11 “WHERE IS THY GOD?” A) The Psalmist says in v.7 ....... What does that mean? * That means there are times when over and over again there are waves of trouble after another wave of trouble! * There is one wave of discouragement after another wave of discouragement! * There is one ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Remember The Taste Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 27, 2007
    based on 66 ratings
     | 17,465 views

    What’s the best way to deal with suffering? In this Psalm gives us a suprising lesson and a powerful insight into God’s healing power.

    OPEN: Years ago, in an old stoddy community, a new doctor came to town. It was said he could cure anything and anybody, and everyone was amazed with what he could do - everyone except for Mr. Sweeny, the town skeptic. Well, old Mr. Sweeny went to this ’miracle doctor’ to prove that he wasn’t ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • James May avatar

    On The Run And Searching For Water

    Contributed by James May on Feb 26, 2012
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    Like the deer pants after water, the people of God are often hounded by adversity and the enemy of our souls. Often we find ourselves running the wrong way, becoming thirsty and dry spiritually. It's time we started running to Jesus, our only true sourc

    On the Run and Searching for Water By Rev. James May I know that I’ve told this before, but I want to begin this message again by bringing to your mind the story of the lion and the gazelle that dwell on the Serengeti plains of northern Africa. Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up. ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Water For Drowning, Water For Thirst

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Dec 4, 2010
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    After Christmas it is easy to feel overwhelmed with the return to reality, responsibility, and even depressing weather. The psalmist also felt overwhelmed until he remembered what God had done in and for him and that God was still present, even when unfe

    Takoma Park Baptist Church, Washington, DC January 6, 1985 Well, Christmas is over, isn't it? Christmas is over and done with, except for a few remaining lights and poinsettias … over, done with, finished. It was great while it lasted, but Christmas is over. How do you know that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Scudder avatar

    How To Thirst For God

    Contributed by David Scudder on Dec 4, 2011
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    What do we need more than anything else in our lives? We know that the answer is "God" but do we really live that way? Trials reveal what we are trusting to make life work. Here we see David's deep longing to be closer to his God.

    INTRODUCTION: "In his riveting and unsettling book Night, Elie Wiesel describes his boyhood experiences as one of the countless victims of the Holocaust. Ripped from his home and separated from everyone in his family except his father (who would die in the death camps), Wiesel suffered a dark night ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Russell Brownworth avatar

    Part 10 - Why Am I So Depressed? Series

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Mar 19, 2010
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    Depression is common....where does it come from, what does it look like, and how do I get rid of it?

    Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Psalm 42:5a (NRSV) If I were going to give this message a subtitle it would come from what one of my friends wrote to me about my question: How does depression feel? She wrote: Depression feels pretty good when you are ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    Passion: A Hunger And Thirst For God

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 10, 2016
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    What determines our relationship with Him is whether we become bitter or crave for Him more than ever knowing our entire life dependence is on Christ our Lord and King. This craving is just the advent of revival of our lives.

    Opening illustration: A shepherd, who had spent many years with flocks on the hills of Scotland, asked me if I had ever seen a sheep eat while lying down. When I confessed that I had not, he told me that no one had ever seen a sheep eat in that position. “If a sheep is lying down,” he ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    As The Hart Panteth

    Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 4, 2015
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    As the hart panteth

    Psalm 42 1. THE REVELATION OF A STRONG DESIRE (a) The Pursuit - 1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Dealing With Discouragement

    Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 4, 2015
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    Dealing with Discouragement

    Psalm 42 Dealing with Discouragement 1. The Psalmist's Dilemna 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? (a) A Time Of Spiritual Barreness 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness