Why Are You Cast Down? Hope in God by Harold Kim

rainy day in the mountains

In this reflective workshop from the 2024 Rooted Conference, Harold Kim walks through Psalm 42, offering encouragement and hope for those in seasons of spiritual dryness or discouragement.

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The session follows three movements:

  • The Condition – what it means to be spiritually cast down
  • The Causes – what might lead us there
  • The Cure – how Scripture points us to hope in God

This session is a heartfelt invitation to find rest, renewal, and confidence in the God who sees and sustains.

Harold Kim is the founding pastor of Christ Central of Southern California, and serves on the board for Christ Central Network (CCN) and as president of SOLA. He graduated from UC Berkeley, received his master of divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and his master of theology from Princeton Theological Seminary. He was ordained by the Presbyterian Church in America in 2001. Harold is gratefully married to Sun Hi and a happy father of two daughters, Taylor and Elizabeth. His great joy and passion is to see lives changed as Jesus Christ becomes central to everything.

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