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Summer in the Psalm

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Psalm 84

Uncertain but not Unclear

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Paradise, Michigan Eden, Michigan

Hell, Michigan

Satan’s Kingdom, VT

Strain, Missouri

Bowlegs, Missouri

Idiotville, OregonLooneyville, West Virginia

Crooks, SD

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Defeated and Difficult, Tennessee

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Temple at Jerusalem

Psalm 26:8

I love the house where you live, O LORD,

the place where your glory dwells.

Psalm 84 1 For the director of music.

According to gittith. Of the Sons of Korah.

A psalm.

We need to be:

• Reconnecting to God

• Renewed in strength• Refocused in life priorities

Reconnecting to God

How lovely is your dwelling place, O 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.

“Our hearts are restless until they find

their rest in you.”

Augustine

c. 400 AD

Psalm 42:1-2

As the deer pants for streams of water,

so my soul pants for you, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the

living God.When can I go and meet with

God?

Do you ever miss God?

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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,

O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.

4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house;

they are ever praising you.

Renewed in Strength

Psalm 84

5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you,

who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.

Psalm 846 As they pass through the Valley of

Baca,they make it a place of springs;the autumn rains also cover it with

pools. 7 They go from strength to strength,till each appears before God in Zion.

Psalm 18:1-2

I love you, O LORD, my strength.

Psalm 18:1-2

2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;

my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge.

He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Philippians 4:12-13

I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.

13 I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

Psalm 23:4

Even though I walk

through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil,

for you are with me;

your rod and your staff,

they comfort me.

8 Hear my prayer, O LORD God Almighty;

listen to me, O God of Jacob.9 Look upon our shield, O God;

look with favor on your anointed one.

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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.

Refocused on Life’s Priorities

The Christian life is a journeyThe Christian life is a journey

• A journey involves our whole being

• A journey means that there will be changes

• A journey means that there are uncertainties ahead

• A journey means that there will be changes

• A journey means that there are uncertainties ahead

• A journey means that there is a destination

“You’ll never steal second if you’re not willing

to get off first.”

"I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

John 8:12

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