Longing to Worship
Stephen Whitney
Psalm 84
Why do you come to church? Out of habit because your parents brought you and now you are in the habit of coming? Or do you
come because you desire to personally worship the Lord?
Psalm 27:4 One thing I ask of the Lord this is what I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.
The tabernacle was the place where the presence of God dwelt with his people and it was there that his character was revealed.
- Holiness of God being separate from the people
- Forgiveness of sins through a sacrifice
- Blessings of God acknowledged through thanksgiving
Karen Mains in the preface of the hymnbook, Sing Joyfully wrote,
''Worship has been defined as being preoccupied with God. How
do we learn to become preoccupied with God? By cultivating intentionality. By deliberately turning our minds toward divine
preoccupation. Intentional worship means a worshipper is not going to church expecting that worship will just happen; but
intentionality means that a worshipper is going to church
determined to make worship happen.''
True worship comes from a heart that desires to honor God.
Title
Gittith - Heb. wine-press was probably the name of a tune
rather than an instrument and occurs in Psalm 8, 81 and 84.
Sons of Korah - one of the families from the tribe of Levi
who David appointed to lead worship in Jerusalem.
Note: They wrote twelve of the 150 psalms.
This psalm was written to express the desire of those who longed to come to the temple to worship God. Remember back then that
people did not come to worship in the temple every week because
many lived long distances away so they could not attend regularly.
Desire :1-2
Lovely (KJB amiable) - Heb. desirable (60:5 beloved).
Dwelling place - was the Holy of Holies above the ark of the covenant where the presence of God dwelt between the cherubim.
As a ...
Stephen Whitney
Psalm 84
Why do you come to church? Out of habit because your parents brought you and now you are in the habit of coming? Or do you
come because you desire to personally worship the Lord?
Psalm 27:4 One thing I ask of the Lord this is what I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.
The tabernacle was the place where the presence of God dwelt with his people and it was there that his character was revealed.
- Holiness of God being separate from the people
- Forgiveness of sins through a sacrifice
- Blessings of God acknowledged through thanksgiving
Karen Mains in the preface of the hymnbook, Sing Joyfully wrote,
''Worship has been defined as being preoccupied with God. How
do we learn to become preoccupied with God? By cultivating intentionality. By deliberately turning our minds toward divine
preoccupation. Intentional worship means a worshipper is not going to church expecting that worship will just happen; but
intentionality means that a worshipper is going to church
determined to make worship happen.''
True worship comes from a heart that desires to honor God.
Title
Gittith - Heb. wine-press was probably the name of a tune
rather than an instrument and occurs in Psalm 8, 81 and 84.
Sons of Korah - one of the families from the tribe of Levi
who David appointed to lead worship in Jerusalem.
Note: They wrote twelve of the 150 psalms.
This psalm was written to express the desire of those who longed to come to the temple to worship God. Remember back then that
people did not come to worship in the temple every week because
many lived long distances away so they could not attend regularly.
Desire :1-2
Lovely (KJB amiable) - Heb. desirable (60:5 beloved).
Dwelling place - was the Holy of Holies above the ark of the covenant where the presence of God dwelt between the cherubim.
As a ...
There are 11656 characters in the full content. This excerpt only shows a 2000 character sample of the full content.
Price: $5.99 or 1 credit
