Psalm 40:8 I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart.//
Exposure to God’s Word will increase my desire to do His will.  

1 Peter 1:6-7 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.//
I need to remember my suffering results in praise, glory, and honor for Jesus. Lord, may I stay focused on You in trials and tribulations.

Psalm 40:5 Many, Lord my God, are the wonders you have done.// 

How quickly I forget His marvelous works, provisions, and miracles. 

James 4:8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.//
Getting close to God first requires a conscience decision on my part to move closer to Him.

James 2:13 because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.//
May mercy prevail in my actions toward others.

Hebrews 13:5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”//
May God always be enough in my life!

Psalm 40:3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him.//
Again it is the Lord Who does these things. Have Thine way in me. 

Hebrews 12:1-2 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.//
The key to keep from sinning is to stay focused on Jesus.

Psalm 40:2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.//
Notice He does it all. 

Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.//
Part of how I can test my own faith is whether or not I believe that God created the universe out of nothing.