PrayerBits for Wednesday

PrayerBits

A bite sized devotional program
produced by the West Side Presbyterian Church

Wednesday

Scripture lesson: Psalm 84 A doorkeeper

Time to reflect: A song in honor of the Temple. Do we feel this way about our church? When do we move from honoring God's house, to honoring the house itself?

Moving through the day: Meditate on the idea of honoring God through tangible things like a building.

 

Scripture:

How lovely is your dwelling place,
       O LORD Almighty!

  My soul yearns, even faints,
       for the courts of the LORD;
       my heart and my flesh cry out
       for the living God.

  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,
       O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.

 Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
       they are ever praising you.
       Selah

Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
       who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.

As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
       they make it a place of springs;
       the autumn rains also cover it with pools.

  They go from strength to strength,
       till each appears before God in Zion.

  Hear my prayer, O LORD God Almighty;
       listen to me, O God of Jacob.
       Selah

Look upon our shield, O God;
       look with favor on your anointed one.

  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.

  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.

  O LORD Almighty,
       blessed is the man who trusts in you.