Can you say this? A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else?

Question

I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.
For the Lord God is our light and protector
He gives us grace and glory.
No good thing will the Lord withhold
from those who do what is right.

Psalm 84 v 10

Answer 1

How lovely is
Your dwelling place
Oh Lord Almighty,
For my soul longs
And even faints
For You
Oh, here my heart
Is satisfied (is satisfied)
Within Your presence
I see beneath
The shadow of
Your wings

Better is one day in Your courts
Better is one day in Your house
Better is one day in Your courts
Than thousands elsewhere
Better is one day in Your courts
Better is one day in Your house
Better is one day in Your courts
Than thousands elsewhere
(Than thousands elsewhere)

One thing I ask,
And I would seek,
To see Your beauty
To find You in
The place Your glory dwells
(One thing I ask)
One thing I ask
And I would seek,
To see Your beauty
To find You in
The place Your glory dwells

Better is one day in Your courts
Better is one day in Your house
Better is one day in Your courts
Than thousands elsewhere
Better is one day in Your courts
Better is one day in Your house
Better is one day in Your courts
Than thousands elsewhere
(Better is one day)
Better is one day in Your courts
Better is one day in Your house
Better is one day in Your courts
Than thousands elsewhere
Better is one day in Your courts
Better is one day in Your house
Better is one day in Your courts
Than thousands elsewhere

(My heart and flesh cry out)
My heart and flesh cry out
For You, the Living God
Your Spirit's water for my soul
I've tasted, and I've seen
Come once again to me
I will draw near to You
I will draw near to You
To You

Better is one day
Better is one day
Better is one day
Than thousands elsewhere

Better is one day in Your courts
Better is one day in Your house
Better is one day in Your courts
Than thousands elsewhere

Amen!!!

Answer 2

Absolutely and from experience. I was raised a Chrisitan and tried my hardest to rebel but the years I spent apart from God are a blur but everyday I spend in the house of the Lord are well remembered and well spent. Apart from God, there really isn't a way to "live the good life."

Answer 3

Psalm 139
God's Omnipresence and Omniscience.

O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
You understand my thought from afar. You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are intimately acquainted with all my ways. Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O LORD, You know it all. You have enclosed me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot attain to it. Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.
If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me. If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, And the light around me will be night,"
Even the darkness is not dark to You, And the night is as bright as the day Darkness and light are alike to You. For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother's womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth; Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them.
How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand
When I awake, I am still with You.

Any time spent with the Lord is time well spent!
God Bless you fellow heir

Answer 4

I'm not sure that was exactly a question as much as a statement but Amen brotha. God bless ya. Oh and I'd much rather spend 1 day in His courts.
-Blaize

Answer 5

Whats the second option? The wicked house thing? Yea, I'll take two of those, and a side of eternal damnation please.


Does God take Visa? I'm all outta cash.

Answer 6

Without love, it's nothing.

It has to be done in love; God is love. It has to be done in God or it is worthless.

Answer 7

yes
and yes

Answer 8

i really love this psalm and yes i can say that and i always will

Answer 9

DEFinitely thats so beautiful!!

Answer 10

I love that song; and yes, I can say that :o)