Psalm 28: You Cannot Slip Through The Rock | Matthew Maher | Landmark Church

Psalms

Matthew Maher

August 14, 2025

32:04

In a world quick to settle for comfort over character, Psalm 28 calls us back to desperate dependence on God. In this heartfelt message, Pastor Matthew Maher unpacks David’s cry to the Lord his Rock, showing how honesty before God is better than outward peace that hides inward corruption. From desperation to trust, from personal prayer to public praise, this psalm traces the bridge that takes us from crying out to singing out. Learn how to cling to the Rock who will not slip, how trust becomes the turning point from fear to faith, and why spiritual leaders must be intercessors before they are influencers. Thank you for watching a Landmark video. Please subscribe and tap or click the bell icon to turn notifications on so you're alerted when we go live or upload a new video. Sermon Notes: https://notes.subsplash.com/fill-in/view?page=SyWsVCuuxg Visit our website to stay up-to-date on everything we do: http://thelandmark.church/ Follow us on social media to stay engaged: Instagram: @thelandmark.church Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thelandmark.church X: @thelandmark_ TikTok: @thelandmark.church Listen to our sermons: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3oMO0TF2OWF0JSzU8nOZ2m?si=ac45dc5fc2464d3b Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/landmark-sermons/id1724233354 Watch live here on Youtube. Gathering times: Sunday at 9:00am & 11:00am Wednesday at 6:30pm Landmark Church 300 E. 8th Street Ocean City, NJ 08226

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Sermon Notes

Psalm 28:1-2

To You I will cry, O Lord my Rock: Do not be silent to me, lest, if You are silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit. Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to You, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

When we lose our desperation, we lose our dependence.

You cannot slip through a Rock.

Psalm 28:3-5

Do not take me away with the wicked and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, but evil is in their hearts. Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors; give them according to the work of their hands; render to them what they deserve. Because they do not regard the works of the Lord, nor the operation of His hands, He shall destroy them and not build them up.

It is better to be desperate and honest than comfortable and corrupt.

Psalm 28:6-7

Blessed be the Lord, because He has heard the voice of my supplications! The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I will praise Him.

Trust is the bridge that takes us from desperation to declaration.

Psalm 28:8

The Lord is their strength, and He is the saving refuge of His anointed.

Personal testimony strengthens public faith.

Psalm 28:9

Save Your people, and bless Your inheritance; Shepherd them also, and bear them up forever.

Spiritual leaders must be intercessors before they are influencers.

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