Sermon Tone Analysis

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*Title:           *“He has put a new song in my mouth…”

*FCF**:            *No testimony or new song of God’s salvation

*D-Theme:   *God does all the work in saving us!

*M-Thrust:   *Sing!

Sing the new song of God’s love!

*App:*           Since God does all the work in saving us then we must sing the new song of God’s love!

*Comment:  *two came to the altar—Ocie and Darleen.

And Ruth Reinhart said that it was an excellent message and gave me a kiss.

I believe I felt the power and presence of God in the preaching and some in the place.

*Subject:     *faith-testimony

*Date:          *61037AF3533344D0B69EA84FF0FB9CB0

*Text:           *Psalm 40:1-5

 

1I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined to me, and heard my cry.

2He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, /and/ established my steps.

3He has put a new song in my mouth—praise to our God; many will see /it/ and fear, and will trust in the Lord.

4Blessed /is/ that man who makes the Lord his trust, and does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

5Many, 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.

• Introduction............................. dominating theme

•   While Kevin and I were in Cleveland this week…

•   I had occasion to visit the place where 20 years ago today…

•   I surrendered my life to the Lord Jesus Christ…

•   It wasn’t a part of my plan…

•   We were simply killing time watching trains…

•   As we were on our way to visit my father…

•   But I ended up on Lorain Avenue in downtown…

•   And as we headed west, I was reminded of that day…

•   Very nearly twenty years ago…

•   I told Kevin that we needed to find that place…

•   So I could revisit the moment that changed my life forever…

•   It took a while to find it since it was further down the road…

•   Than I remembered—@ W. 150th instead of W. 130th…

•   But as the K-Mart started to come into view…

•   I recognized it immediately…

•   And knew I was in the right place…

•   So we pulled in and while thinking of which tree it was…

•   That I had parked next to…

•   Kevin invited me to pull in so he could pray for me…

•   He laid his hand on my shoulder and began to pray…

•   And as he prayed, I wept…

•   Deep sobs with tears running down my face…

•   As I recalled in a moment that day…

•   And the years that have passed since…

•   And the grace of God that came to me that day…

•   We learned several new songs @ the pastor’s conference…

•   One of which is titled My heart is filled with thankfulness

My heart is filled with thankfulness \\ To Him who bore my pain \\ Who plumbed the depths of my disgrace \\ And gave me life again \\ Who crushed my curse of sinfulness \\ And clothed me in His light \\ And wrote His law of righteousness \\ With power upon my heart

•   So this morning I want to proclaim to you the Word of God…

•   Of the majesty and power of God’s grace to save a sinner…

•   And tell you something of my testimony… Show Picture

•   And why a spot @ W. 150th and Lorain…

•   In Cleveland, OH in front of the K-Mart…

•   Is so significant to me…

•   I want you to come away from this morning’s message…

•   Understanding that God does all the work in saving us!

•   I want you to understand that if we have been saved…

•   Whether yesterday or twenty years ago…

•   Then God has put a new song in our mouths as well…

•   Meaning that we have a song to sing…

•   The song of God’s love, grace, mercy, and faithfulness…

•   And since we have a song to sing…

•   Sing!

Sing the new song of God’s love!

• Point #1

•   As Kevin and I drove away from that place…

•   Having taken the picture and thought of the Lord’s mercy…

•   I commented to him that I couldn’t help thinking…

•   Lord, why me…?

•   I said that I knew we shouldn’t ask that question…

•   But it just wouldn’t escape me… “Lord, why me…?

•   As I thought of it later the Spirit spoke into my heart…

•   Bob, this is evidence of the fact that I saved you…

•   And that you were helpless to save yourself…

•   As a Christian, I know intuitively that He saved me… for…

• Like the Psalmist, I…

•   Waited and Cried…

•   Testimony

•   I was born and raised a Roman catholic…

•   We were in church every Sunday…

•   The rites~/rituals of the church were very significant to me…

•   However, life @ home was difficult…

•   Dad consumed too much alcohol and wasn’t very loving…

•   So when I excitedly told him that I had chosen Abraham…

•   To be my confirmation name…

•   He laughed… I felt both @ me and @ my choice…

•   One day somewhat earlier in my life…

•   When I ran and grabbed his leg…

•   To let him know I was glad to see him home from work…

•   He pushed me away…

•   Then when I was in the 5th or 6th grade…

•   My youngest sister was killed in a car accident…

•   And I was the first one on the scene…

•   And basically saw her die…

•   This was shortly after my parents divorced…

•   After sixteen years of marriage…

•   In 1972 my mother remarried and we moved to another town…

•   And the seeds of rebellion that were firmly rooted…

•   Began to blossom and grow…

•   So that I had no further interest in church…

•   My mother couldn’t go anymore because of the divorce…