{"id":5985,"date":"2017-06-04T08:10:35","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T12:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&p=5985"},"modified":"2017-06-04T08:11:53","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T12:11:53","slug":"i-was-glad-when-they-said-to-me-let-us-go-into-the-house-of-the-lord-psalm-1221-nkjv","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/i-was-glad-when-they-said-to-me-let-us-go-into-the-house-of-the-lord-psalm-1221-nkjv","title":{"rendered":"‘I was glad when they said to me, \u201cLet us go into the house of the Lord.\u201d’ (Psalm 122:1 NKJV)."},"content":{"rendered":"

One of David’s fifteen “Psalms of Ascent,” to be sung while climbing the steps up to the Temple Mount. It begins by expressing David’s “gladness” at the invitation to go up to the house of the Lord. Such joy for corporate worship should be on every believer’s heart\u00a0in\u00a0anticipation of its perfection in heaven. Yet, David’s gladness was not only in anticipation of his\u00a0worship destination, but also for the worshiping congregation that would join together with him in praising God along the way.<\/p>\n

This same invitation is still \u00a0being offered today, “Let us go into the house of the Lord!” Will you join the happy\u00a0throng?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of David’s fifteen “Psalms of Ascent,” to be sung while climbing the steps up to the Temple Mount. It begins by expressing David’s “gladness” at the invitation to go up to the house of the Lord. Such joy for corporate worship should be on every believer’s heart in anticipation of its perfection in heaven. Yet, David’s gladness was not only in anticipation of his worship destination, but also for the worshiping congregation that would join together with him in praising God along the way.<\/p>\n

The invitation is still offered today, “Let us go into the house of the Lord!” Will you join the happy throng?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1286],"scripture-chapter":[1455],"oyb_day":[1682],"location":[],"class_list":["post-5985","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-psalms","scripture-chapter-1455","oyb_day-june-4"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/5985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5985"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=5985"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=5985"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=5985"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=5985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}