Psalm 122:1-9

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Psalm 1221-9
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house of the Lord.
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The Blessed Place

• Jerusalem the Blessed House of the Lord!
• 1 Peter 25 living stones ..a spiritual house
• Christians are Living Stones, a Spiritual House
  where God dwells!
• 1 Timothy 314,15

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The Proposal

• Let us go into the house of the Lord.
• Did Not Say
• It is your duty to go
• We will send you!
• We will give temporal gifts!
• They were
• Gentle Persuasive Let us go.. Romans
  1413,19 Galatians 610 Hebrews 61 1022-24

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The Reaction

• Not
• I was offended when they said let us go into the
  house of the Lord.
• Nice of you to ask, but I . excuse after
  excuse.
• Did Say
• I was glad when they said to me, let us go into
  the house of the Lord.

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What is it that generates Gladness in Your Heart?

• Promotion at Work?
• New Car?
• New House?
• The things that gladden our hearts reveal the
  kind of people we are!

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What is it that generates Gladness in Your Heart?

• What Kind of a Person are YOU?
• Is YOUR HEART GLADDENED at the Prospect of going
  to the house of the Lord?

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What is it that generates Gladness in Your Heart?

• What Kind of a Person are YOU?
• Is it merely a BOTHER you have to put up with?
• A DRUDGERY you have to complete?

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Need More People who say

• Let us go into the house of the Lord.
• Hebrews 1024-26
• Not a THING assembly, an ACTION assembling
• Benefits derived from assembling stir up love
  good works
• Go on sinning willfully
• No more sacrifice we can expect!

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Willful Sin directly linked to the WAY one
reacts to the Proposal Let us go into the house
of the Lord.

• James 417
• Know to do good as derived from assembling with
  others in the House of God.
• Choose not to do it we Sin!

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Real Problem is with ATTITUDES

• All of Gods people be heard to say I am Glad
  when they say to me, Come, Let Us Go into the
  House of the Lord!