Joy | Psalms of Lent Week 6 | Pastor Andrew Cromwell

Luke 24:44 NIV: He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.” (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Wilderness → Repentance → Deliverance → Thanksgiving → Devotion/Desperation → Joy (MULTILINE)

Nehemiah 8:10 ESV: …for the joy the Lord is our strength. (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Psalm 122 ESV: 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. There 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 be within your walls and security within your towers!” For my brothers and companions’ sake I will say, “Peace be within you!” For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good. (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Ascending to Joy

Psalm 122 ESV: I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!” (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

1. Joy is found when we on God. (MULTILINE)

Psalm 122:1-2 ESV: 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! (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Haggai 2:9 NIV: The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,’ says the LORD Almighty. ‘And in this place I will grant peace,’ declares the LORD Almighty.” (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Revelation 3:12 NLT: All who are victorious will become pillars in the Temple of my God, and they will never have to leave it. And I will write on them the name of my God, and they will be citizens in the city of my God—the new Jerusalem that comes down from heaven from my God. And I will also write on them my new name. (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Jude 24 ESV: Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy… (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

2. Joy is found when we give . (MULTILINE)

Psalm 122:3-5 ESV: 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. There thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David. (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

3. Joy is found when we offer . (MULTILINE)

Psalm 122:6-9 ESV:Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they be secure who love you! Peace be within your walls and security within your towers!” For my brothers and companions’ sake I will say, “Peace be within you!” For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good. (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Luke 9:51 NLT: As the time drew near for him to ascend to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Hebrews 12:2 NLT: We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne. (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)