Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and best-selling author Dr. Paul David Tripp connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

Worship is a word that is at risk of being overused and misunderstood in Christianity.

Today, we'll listen to Paul continue to preach through the Psalms,

and in this sermon from Psalm 122,

he reveals four things that true worship is meant to produce

in the heart and life of a follower of Christ.

Here's Paul with the message in the House of the Lord.

It is clearly the most important topic that a human mind could ever consider.

It is the thing that defines everything in your life.

It's a thing that's mistakenly connected to religion, but is vastly bigger than that.

It is a thing that separates you from the rest of creation.

It is the topic of topics.

It is worship.

Tonight we want to consider an amazing Psalm of worship.

Nine little verses, but very comprehensive in its scope.

Turn your Bibles once again or there in the bulletin to Psalm 122.

And let me read one more time these brief but significant words.

I was glad when they said to me, let us go to the house of the Lord. Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem built as a city that is bound firmly together to which the tribes go up,

the tribes of the Lord, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord.

Their thrones for judgment were set the thrones of the name of the Lord.

Their thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. May they be secure who love you, peace within your walls,

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