Songs for Summer | July 18, 2021
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Psalm 84
1 To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts! 2 My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. 3 Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God. 4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise! Selah
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. 6 As they go through the Valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools. 7 They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion. 8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
9 Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed! 10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. 11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly. 12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!
Talk Sheet Questions
Where is a place that you long to visit, a place that you consider lovely?
What words does Psalm 84 use to describe blessedness? Based on your understanding of the word what does it mean to be blessed?
Look at the three instances of the word blessed in this psalm (4, 5, 12). Can you find a common connection for the cause of this blessedness?
In what ways can we as believers long for God's dwelling place today?
How would longing for God's dwelling place change how we lived our lives this week compared to the world's way of living?
Share an example of a time when you found strength in God (vs. 7).
Prayer
Pray that we would desire to be in the Lord's presence more than we desire the things of this world.