Psalm 84 is a psalm written by men who were descendants of one of the Bible's great rebels, Korah. However, God redeems this family generations later and they become worship leaders who greatly value community. In this sermon, we will seek to be reinvigorated in our zeal for God's House, by looking at the devotion of the Sons of Korah to God's House and God's People.

1. Better
Is
One
Day in
Longing for
God’s House
and Presence

2. Better
Is
One
Day in
Thom Rainer
“Stated simply, the number one
reason for the decline in church
attendance is that members
attend with less frequency than
they did just a few years ago.”

3. Better
Is
One
Day in
‫ר‬ ֶׁ‫ש‬ ֶֶׁ֫‫א‬ Esher
Blessedness;
Happiness

4. Better
Is
One
Day in
The First
Blessing
We are blessed when
we praise God in “His
House” together.

5. Better
Is
One
Day in
Psalm 84
To the choirmaster:
according to The Gittith. A
Psalm of the Sons of Korah.

6. Better
Is
One
Day in
Psalm 84
1How lovely is your dwelling
place, O LORD of hosts!

7. Better
Is
One
Day in
Psalm 84
2 My soul longs, yes, faints
for the courts of the LORD;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
to the living God.

8. Better
Is
One
Day in
Psalm 84
3Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow a nest for
herself, where she may lay her
young, at your altars, O LORD of
hosts, my King and my God.

9. Better
Is
One
Day in
Psalm 84
4 Blessed are those who dwell
in your house, ever singing your
praise! Selah

10. Better
Is
One
Day in
The Second
Blessing
We are blessed when
we find our strength in
God together.

11. Better
Is
One
Day in
Psalm 84
5 Blessed are those whose
strength is in you,
in whose heart are the highways
to Zion.

12. Better
Is
One
Day in
Psalm 84
6 As they go through the Valley
of Baca they make it a place of
springs; the early rain also
covers it with pools.

13. Better
Is
One
Day in
Psalm 84
7 They go from strength to
strength; each one appears
before God in Zion.

14. Better
Is
One
Day in
Psalm 84
8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my
prayer; give ear, O God of
Jacob! Selah

15. Better
Is
One
Day in
The Pilgrim Way
…in whose heart are the
highways to Zion. (Psalm 84:5)
“who have the paths of
pilgrimage in their hearts”

16. Better
Is
One
Day in
Psalm 84
6 As they go through the Valley
of Baca they make it a place of
springs; the early rain also
covers it with pools.

17. Better
Is
One
Day in
Psalm 84
7 They go from strength to
strength; each one appears
before God in Zion.

18. Better
Is
One
Day in
The Third
Blessing
We are blessed when
we trust in God
together.

19. Better
Is
One
Day in
Psalm 84
9 Behold our shield, O God;
look on the face of your
anointed!

20. Better
Is
One
Day in
Psalm 84
10 For a day in your courts is
better than a thousand
elsewhere. I would rather be a
doorkeeper in the house of my
God than dwell in the tents of
wickedness.

21. Better
Is
One
Day in
Psalm 84
11 For the LORD God is a sun
and shield; the LORD bestows
favor and honor. No good thing
does he withhold from those
who walk uprightly.

22. Better
Is
One
Day in
Psalm 84
12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is
the one who trusts in you!

23. Better
Is
One
Day in
Erwin McManus
“The more isolated
and disconnected we
are, the more
shattered and
distorted our self-
identity.

24. Better
Is
One
Day in
Erwin McManus
When we live outside
of healthy
community, we not
only lose others. We
lose ourselves.”

25. “American
individualism, much
celebrated and
cherished, has
developed without its
essential corrective,
which is belonging.”
Wallace
Stegner

26. Better
Is
One
Day in
Longing for
God’s House
and Presence