For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
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… everything the world could possibly offer to a person. Just a day in his courts, a thousand times better. He goes on, I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell, there's that dwell word again, than dwell in the tents of wickedness. I'd rather be a doorkeeper. In other words, I'd rather be on the fringes of the temple and the presence of God. I'd rather just be sort of on the porch. I'd rather sort of be in the suburbs, not actually in the temple, just a doorkeeper just there on the parameters of where all the action is. I'd rather that than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. In recent weeks, I've read one of those Christian ladies' books, and it's entitled, I Just Want a Bigger Kitchen. And then she goes on and goes through basically every aspect of her life. She just wants a better husband and better children and a better figure and more money and on and on it goes into all the various sectors of life, what she just wants. And she's being very critical of herself. I want to make sure you understand what I'm saying. But all of it has to do with comparisons. …
the sons of Corp I'd rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God than to dwell in the tents remember that's where God's judgment fell he said I'd rather be in the house of God give me anything to do I'll sit there and pay my tithes and worship God and love people and shake hands and pat on the back and pray with people. I'd rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God than be a part of the biggest scene in Hollywood or in any other place that the world has offered. So my daughter Courtney, we were talking, and she said, Dad, have you ever seen this? And I said, no. And she told me about how that when a woman is pregnant with a female, that there are eggs in the five-month-old female for the next five generations. that means that when mama praises the Lord, she's not just praising for here and now. When mama comes to church, she's not just hearing sermons for here and now, but thy word have I hid in my heart and my children and my children's children and my children's great children and my children's children's children. …
… Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous, and you surround them with your favor as with a shield. Psalm 84, verse 10, better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the clippers. For the Lord God is a sun and a shield, and the Lord bestows favor. the Lord bestows what? He bestows what? Favor and honor. No good thing. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk according to his plan. No good thing. God's not going to withhold anything. He said, when you walk upright and blameless, I don't hold my spiritual blessing. I don't withhold any financial blessing. No good thing. Will God withhold? Sometimes with my boys, they make compromises, and they talk back to our queen of our world, and when they do that, I've got to withhold the Nintendo Switch, and I've got to withhold the Netflix account, and I've got to withhold things until I can discipline them a little bit and get them on the right path. …