Show Don't Tell: Psalm 84
Vivid sensory description for preaching Psalm 84
This is a show dont tell prompt.
Instead of saying "The psalmist longed for God's presence in worship," feel the soul ache. Of the Sons of Korah. "How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God." Yearning, fainting, crying out—body and soul desperate. "Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young—a place near your altar, LORD Almighty, my King and my God."…
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