I wanted to take you inside this week but the courtyards were so pretty, I just couldn't leave them out. I wish I had had time to just sit down and truly soak in the presence of God while we were there. But looking at the beauty through these pictures while meditating on His Word will have to suffice. I pray that God meets you here in His courtyard preparing for the inner beauty of His sanctuary next week.
High Park United Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas
High Park United Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas
Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.
Psalm 100:4-101:1
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.
Psalm 100:4-101:1
Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name;
bring an offering and come into his courts .
Psalm 96:8
bring an offering and come into his courts .
Psalm 96:8
My soul yearns, even faints,
for the courts of the LORD;
my heart and my flesh cry out
for the living God.
Psalm 84:2
for the courts of the LORD;
my heart and my flesh cry out
for the living God.
Psalm 84:2
The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,
they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
planted in the house of the LORD,
they will flourish in the courts of our God.
They will still bear fruit in old age,
they will stay fresh and green,
proclaiming, "The LORD is upright;
he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him."
Psalm 92:12-15
Better is one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere;
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.
from Psalm 84
from Psalm 84
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.
from Psalm 84
the LORD bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold
from those whose walk is blameless.
from Psalm 84
Worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness;
tremble before him, all the earth.
Psalm 96:9
Dianne
2010- the Year of Longings
tremble before him, all the earth.
Psalm 96:9
Dianne
2010- the Year of Longings
You know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God, don't you? You do not belong to yourselves.
1 Cor. 6:19
Lord, we know that these beautiful edifices of bricks, mortar and stone are not the places where you truly live. In all humility, we know that it is in our bodies that you reside and that is so hard for us to comprehend the God of the Universe being pleased, even elated to be at home in us. But we do thank you for their beauty and realize that just as there are great churches of the world and very lowly ones, all believers together make up your body and not one of us is more important than another.
I am linking to Spiritual Sundays, an inspirational place to visit.
1 Cor. 6:19
Lord, we know that these beautiful edifices of bricks, mortar and stone are not the places where you truly live. In all humility, we know that it is in our bodies that you reside and that is so hard for us to comprehend the God of the Universe being pleased, even elated to be at home in us. But we do thank you for their beauty and realize that just as there are great churches of the world and very lowly ones, all believers together make up your body and not one of us is more important than another.
I am linking to Spiritual Sundays, an inspirational place to visit.
