Summer In The Psalms: Week 7
Psalm 84 - My Reason To Praise
Pastor Chris Pratt
Part of Summer In The Psalms
July 31, 2022



Psalm 84 - My Reason To Praise

July 31, 2022

1 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.

The presence of God is the place where the

find a .

The presence of God is where the find a .

4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise! Selah

10 Facts about Singing
1. Relieves stress, lowers cortisol in a blood stream
2. Stimulates the immune response
3. Increases pain threshold
4. Improves lung function
5. Develops a sense of belonging and connection
6. Enhances memory
7. Helps with grief
8. Improves mental health and mood
9. Helps improve speaking abilities
10. Boosts self-esteem


never stays when you’re in God’s presence.

Your to God is a direct reflection of your awareness of the of God.

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

We must magnify the of God and not the of life.

Too many people are in the of God, but not with God.

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.






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