Sermons on Psalm 40:2:

How To Feel Encouraged Despite Your Discouragement

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

Sometimes people feel depressed, disheartened and frustrated when those around them are bubbly.

Sometimes people feel depressed, disheartened and frustrated when those around them are bubbly. Occasionally, clinical depression can be the cause of some feelings of dejection, but usually low feelings can be overcome. David was a man prone to depressed feelings like a lot of us. Once he wrote, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 40:2-3

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Your Singing Heart

Contributed by Travis Moore on Nov 1, 2000

A message on the importance of worship and praise in the life of a child of God.

Your Singing Heart Psalm 40:1-3 1. Praise Reverences The Savior · (Psa 50:23) Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I show the salvation of God. · (Psa 34:1) A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 40:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Song Sung New

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Nov 7, 2000

His Song is always new

We have been created to sing. Nations have national anthems; armed forces march to martial music, colleges have alma-maters. Almost every organization you can think about has a theme song. Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts,...we sing in the shower, we whistle while we work, at times we even find ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 40:1-3

Denomination: Orthodox

Out Of The Mire And Into The Choir Series

Contributed by Brian Atwood on Feb 18, 2003

This is the fourth and final sermon in the series, "Reality Prayer - How to Ask So God Will Answer"

Can you imagine going to church and not singing or hearing any music? We gather to worship to hear God’s Word, give to God’s work, and fellowship with other worshippers - but gathering without songs of praise as part of our worship - how wrong would that be? Church without the singing of praise ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 40:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

A King In A Pit

Contributed by Jacob Holmes on Nov 21, 2002

how A prominent king can fall into "a horrible pit".

"A King In a Pit" David understood what it was like to be promoted to the province of the palace. Throughout the course of his life, he was a versatile shepherd, and a dominating king, so he understood the aspects of power that derived from both his Staff, and his Scepter..He developed ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 5:12, Psalm 40:1-2

Denomination: Church Of God

God's Thoughts

Contributed by Donna Kazenske on Dec 25, 2002

The Lord loves His people so much that He can’t keep Himself from thinking about us. We are always on His mind.

By: Donna J. Kazenske Psalm 40:5 – Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works which You have done; and Your thoughts toward us cannot be recounted to You in order; if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. When I meditate on Psalm 40:5, I find myself so amazed ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 40:1-17, Psalm 139:17

Denomination: *other

A New Song For The New Year

Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Jan 4, 2003

I do my best to encourage others to craft and sing a new song unto the Lord. I give some reaons why every person has a song to sing!

A New Song for the New Year December 28, 2002 Intro: Greetings! I trust each and every one of you had a safe and Merry Christmas. I just want to say “Merry Christmas” over and over. I’m tired of hearing “Happy Holidays” or “Seasons Greetings.” Just a personal thing I guess. But we are getting to ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 40:1-5, Psalm 96:1

Denomination: Baptist

From The Pits To Praise

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 30, 2003

Trust the Lord to help your entire life, ministry and relationships be a testimony to a journey from the pits to higher levels of praise. May you learn how to more effectively please the Lord in all respects and help you bear fruit in every good work as y

From the Pits to Praise Occasionally we all find ourselves in the pits of discouragement, depression or disappointment. A general sense of hopelessness and despair overwhelms us when we find ourselves in the pits of helpless feelings. When we are in the pits of life we need the help of God to ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 40:1-17, Psalm 40:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Getting Out Of The Pits

Contributed by Fred Sigle on Aug 16, 2003

Even as God took David from the pit of despair, so can he stand us on solid ground.

GETTING OUT OF THE PITS text: Psalm 40:1-3 A. Oh, how WEARINESS effects us at times. ILLUSTRATION: I can’t explain how you know for sure. I guess you have to be a preacher to understand. There’s this inner-feeling that a preacher gets when he knows that he’s DONE all that he can for a ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 40:1-3

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Coming Out Of The Pit

Contributed by Greg Cooper on Dec 28, 2001

OVERCOMING DISCOURAGEMENT

Title: Coming Out Of The Pit Text: Psalms 40:2-3 Intro: We all get discouraged. How many of you have ever been in a pit of discouragement? We try to live our lives according to God’s word, but many times we find ourselves in trouble. We fall into a pit and find that not only are we deep in a pit ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 40:2-3

Denomination: Pentecostal

Divine Deliverance

Contributed by Gregory Mc Donald on Oct 14, 2002

The Lord is faithful to pull you out of any pit you may be in. Just call on Him and wait patiently, he will deliver you.

Divine Deliverance Psalm 40:1- 3 Pastor Greg Mc Donald There are many things in our churches today, but there is one thing that we are sadly lacking. That is the old time testimony that not only was life changing to the person giving it, but also to the people around him or her. I’m ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 40:1-3

Too Wide To Hide

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Aug 8, 2003

Preached in a church of another denomination for Christian Unity Sunday and Martin Luther King Sunday: we tend to hide our own history and to conceal our witness. But God calls us into a wider ministry.

I’m not sure how it is among Methodists, but we Baptist folks have a strange custom of hiding when we come to church. We hide. We try to get in and get out without being noticed. I don’t know whether Methodists are infected with this disease, but with Baptists it is an epidemic. We hide. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 40:1-11, Micah 6:6-8

Denomination: Baptist

What The Lord Can Do For Us !

Contributed by Mike Turner on Nov 6, 2003

God knows where we are, and what we need ! He can do great things in our life !!!

What The Lord Can Do For Us ! I. The Lord Will Lift You Up. Psa 40:2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. David describes the condition he finds himself in as like being in a horrible pit whose bottom is of ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 40:2

Denomination: Baptist

"Asking God To Continue To Be God.”

Contributed by Dr. Jerry Morrissey on Jan 11, 2002

Psalm Forty Year A. 2nd Sunday after the Epiphany, January 20th, 2002 Title: “Asking God to continue to be God.”

Psalm Forty Year A. 2nd Sunday after the Epiphany, January 20th, 2002 Title: “Asking God to continue to be God.” During the period between the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 587 BC and its reconstruction in 520-515 BC Israel realized first-hand what was a cardinal tenet of prophetic ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 40:1-17

Denomination: Lutheran

God Of Wonderful Change

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 29, 2005

God’s power to change

Intro: we live in a society that has all types of methods to help change people that are heading down the wrong paths of life. There is counseling, psychology, psychiatry, rehabilitation, and corrections. Some are sent to very disciplined areas such as boot camp training. Sometimes these methods ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 40:1-3, Psalm 40:1

Denomination: Assembly Of God