UTTER...DESPAIR (PS.77)

Speaker: Pastor Tristan Sherwin

'Lament, complaint, and even argument are not taboo. Venting to God is not sin — it is faith. Scripture doesn’t rebuke this. It records it. It honours it. It’s still the sound of prayer.

Because prayer, before it’s anything else, is not technique or tone, it’s turning toward God.

I trust that you can appreciate that, in all these prayers of desperation, those who utter them do not run from God. They run to Him, even with fists clenched, voices raised—and that’s not irreverence; it’s relationship. It’s not weakness; it is spiritual maturity. It is the courage to bring our whole selves—even our complaints—into the presence of God.'

Tristan shares his sermon notes on his own blog. You can read the full notes here: UTTER...DESPAIR (PS.77)