Dear friends, what joy it is when we say together, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!”
In God’s house we join as one body to worship our Heavenly Father. We lift up our voices to sing the praises of His name. We humbly bow our heads in prayer and seek His face. We listen to the message of life preached to nourish our souls.
The Lord is enthroned in our praise when we gather in His sanctuary. His presence dwells in us abundantly, filling us with awe and reverence. Here His majesty resides, transforming us with visions of eternal reality.
Leaving aside the worries and distractions of the week, we go with joy. Let us prepare to meet our Lord, opening our hearts to receive His grace. Let us take an interest in fellowship with God’s family.
As we enter the court of the Almighty, may we taste and see His goodness. May we drink deeply from the river of joy that flows from His throne. May we respond to his voice “Seek my face” with “Your face, O Lord, we will seek.”
Beloved friends, may our cry be forever, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!” For one day shines like a thousand years in his radiant presence.
Dear friends, let us now meditate on the scriptures below about the joy of worshiping God together.
Psalm 122:1
“I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord”
Psalm 84:10
“For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness”
Psalm 27:4
“One thing have I desired of the Lord , that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord , and to enquire in his temple”
Psalm 92:13
“Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God”
Hebrews 10:25
“Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching”
Matthew 18:20
“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them”
Psalm 134:1
“Behold, bless ye the Lord , all ye servants of the Lord , which by night stand in the house of the Lord”
Psalm 26:8
“Lord , I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth”
Psalm 100:4
“Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name”
Psalm 138:2
“I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name”
1 Chronicles 16:29
“Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness”
Psalm 96:9
“O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth”
Psalm 52:8
“But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever”
1 Timothy 3:15
“But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth”
Psalm 84:1
“How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts”
Psalm 42:4
“When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday”
Psalm 5:7
“But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple”
Psalm 84:4
“Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah”
Psalm 55:14
“We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company”
Psalm 84:2
“My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God”
Psalm 65:4
“Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple”
Psalm 63:2
“To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary”
Jeremiah 7:2
“Stand in the gate of the Lord ‘s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord , all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the Lord”
Psalm 23:6
“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever”
Psalm 116:19
“In the courts of the Lord ‘s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord”
Psalm 118:19
“Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord”
Psalm 15:1
“Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?”
Psalm 95:6
“O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker”
1 Corinthians 3:16
“Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?”
John 4:23
“But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him”
Hebrews 3:6
“But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end”
Psalm 132:7
“We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool”
1 Peter 2:5
“Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ”
Psalm 27:6
“And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord”
