I)Church Is the Place of God's Praise

HAPPY AN YOU KNOW IT

Psalms 122:1-9 (King James Version)
1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.
2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.
5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
9 Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good.
We should be glad to come to church because...

I)CHURCH IS THE PLACE OF GOD'S PRAISE

4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord

Psalm 34:3 (KJV)
3 O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.

II)CHURCH IS THE PLACE OF GOD'S PRESENCE

Matthew 18:20 (KJV)
20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

John 10:27-30 (KJV)
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
30 I and my Father are one.

III)CHURCH IS THE PLACE OF GOD'S PEOPLE

Psalms 122:1 (King James Version)
1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

IV)CHURCH IS THE PLACE OF GOD'S PEACE V6-9

John 14:27 (KJV)
27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

John 16:33 (KJV)
33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

V)CHURCH IS THE PLACE OF GOD'S POWER (Prayer & Preaching)

1 Corinthians 1:18 (King James Version)
18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.