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LET’S PRAY

Psalm 84

This is my bible… It’s God’s Word… To me… Today. Today I’ll be taught… The Word of God. My mind is alert… My heart is receptive… I’ll never be the same… Never, never, never… No I’ll never be the same. In Jesus’ Name…AMEN!

Better is one day… with Jesus.

4 Questions

1. Where does my heart dwell?

Psalm 84:1-4 (NIV) 1 How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD Almighty! 2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. 3 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the

Psalm 84:1-4 (NIV) swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young— a place near your altar, LORD Almighty, my King and my God. 4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.

Lord Almighty = Yahweh S e ba’ot

YHWH

Psalm 84:2 (NIV) 2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Psalm 84:3-4 (NIV) 3 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young—a place near your altar, LORD Almighty, my King and my God. 4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.

2 Samuel 6:9-12(NIV) 9 David was afraid of the LORD that day and said, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?” 10 He was not willing to take the ark of the LORD to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house

2 Samuel 6:9-12(NIV) of Obed-Edom the Gittite. 11 The ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months, and the LORD blessed him and his entire household. 12 Now King David was told, “The LORD has blessed

2 Samuel 6:9-12(NIV) the household of Obed-Edom and everything he has, because of the ark of God.” So David went to bring up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with rejoicing.

1 Chronicles 15:19-21 (NIV) 19 The musicians Heman, Asaph and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals; 20 Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah and Benaiah were to play the lyres according to alamoth, 21 and

1 Chronicles 15:19-21 (NIV) Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel and Azaziah were to play the harps, directing according to sheminith.

1 Chronicles 16:4-5 (NIV) 4 He appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to extol, thank, and praise the LORD, the God of Israel: 5 Asaph was the chief, and next to him in rank were Zechariah, then Jaaziel,

1 Chronicles 16:37-38 (NIV) 37 David left Asaph and his associates before the ark of the covenant of the LORD to minister there regularly, according to each day’s requirements. 38 He also left Obed-Edom and his sixty-eight

1 Chronicles 16:37-38 (NIV) associates to minister with them. Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were gatekeepers.

Psalm 84:1-4 (NIV) 1 How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD Almighty! 2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. 3 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the

Psalm 84:1-4 (NIV) swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young— a place near your altar, LORD Almighty, my King and my God. 4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.

Better is one day… with Jesus.

2. Where is my strength based?

spirit → soul → body 1 Thessalonians (NIV) 23 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Psalm 84:5-7 (NIV) 5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. 6 As they pass through the Valley of Baka, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools. 7 They go from

Psalm 84:5-7 (NIV) strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.

Matthew 11:28-30 (NIV) 28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Better is one day… with Jesus.

3. Where does my passion come from?

Psalm 84:8 (NIV) 8 Hear my prayer, LORD God Almighty; listen to me, God of Jacob.

Psalm 84:9 (NIV) 9 Look on our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.

Psalm 84:10 (NIV) 10 Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

Psalm 84:11 (NIV) 11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.

Romans 8:15 (NIV) 15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”

4. Where do my blessings come from?

Psalm 84:12 (NIV) 12 LORD Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in you.

Better is one day… with Jesus.

LET’S PRAY