Calls To Worship
King
Adapted from Numbers 23:19-22
Leader: God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind.
All: Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
Leader: The LORD their God is with us, and the shout of a king is among us.
All: God brings us out of slavery and is for us like the horns of the wild ox.
Submitted by Dustin Ray
Adapted From Psalm 24
Lift up your heads, you gates,
And be lifted up, you ancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in!
Who is the King of glory?
The Lord strong and mighty,
The Lord mighty in battle.
Lift up your heads, you gates,
And be lifted up, you ancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in!
(Psalm 24:7-10, NASB, adapted for liturgical use)
Adapted from Psalm 47
Oh clap your hands, all you nations.
Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
For the Lord Most High is awesome.
He is a great King over all the earth.
God has gone up with a shout,
the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
Sing praises to God! Sing praises!
Sing praises to our King! Sing praises!
For God is the King of all the earth.
Sing praises with understanding.
(Psalm 47:1-2, 5-6, WEB, adapted for liturgical use)
Responsive Prayer Adapted from Psalm 47
Pastor: Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with a cry of joy.
All: For the LORD Most High is to be feared; he is the great King over all the earth.
Pastor: Sing praises to God, sing praises;
All: Sing praises to our King, sing praises.
Adapted by Dustin Ray (Psalm 47:1-2, 6, BOCP, adapted for different liturgical use)
Adapted from Psalm 95
LEADER: Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
PEOPLE: Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.
LEADER: For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods.
PEOPLE: In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him.
LEADER: The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.
PEOPLE: Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;
ALL: for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care.
Allen Thompson (Psalm 95:1-7, NIV, adapted for liturgical use)
Responsive Prayer Adapted from Psalm 98
Leader: Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things!
People: Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all the earth! Burst out and sing for joy, sing praises!
Leader: Sing praises to the Lord!
People: Sing praises to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and the voice of melody.
Leader: Sing praises to the Lord!
People: With trumpets and sound of the horn, make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord.
All: Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
(Psalm 98:1, 4-6, Psalm 150:6, WEB, adapted for liturgical use)
Adapted from Psalm 138:1-5
Pastor: I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise;
All: I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.
Pastor: On the day I called, you answered me; my strength of soul you increased.
All: All the kings of the earth shall give you thanks, O LORD, for they have heard the words of your mouth, and they shall sing of the ways of the LORD, for great is the glory of the LORD.
Submitted by Dustin Ray
Responsive Prayer Adapted from Psalm 145:1-3, 5
Pastor: I will exalt you, O God my King, and bless your Name for ever and ever.
All: Every day will I bless you and praise your Name for ever and ever.
Pastor: Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; there is no end to his greatness.
All: I will ponder the glorious splendor of your majesty and all your marvelous works.
Adapted by Dustin Ray (Psalm 145:1-3, 5, BOCP, adapted for liturgical use)
Responsive Prayer Adapted from Zechariah 9:9-10
Pastor: Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem!
All: Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Pastor: I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow will be cut off; and he will speak peace to the nations:
All: And his dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
Submitted by Dustin Ray (WEB, adapted for liturgical use)
Adapted from Psalm 148 (NRSVUE)
Leader: Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens; Praise him in the heights!
People: Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his host!
Leader: Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars!
People: Praise him you highest heavens and you waters above the heavens!
Leader: Praise the Lord from the earth…. mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars!
People: Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth!
All: Let us praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his glory is above earth and heaven. Praise the Lord!
Scott Bullock (Ps 148:1-4, 7, 9, 11, 13, NRSVUE, pronoun change for liturgical use)
Adapted from John 12 and Isaiah 60
Leader: Jesus said to them, “The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you.”
People: “Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.”
Leader: “If you walk in the darkness, you do not know where you are going.”
People: “For darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon us and His glory will appear over us.”
Leader: “While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light.”
People: Nations shall come to our light, and kings to the brightness of our dawn.
(Jn 12:35-36, Is 60:1-3, NRSVUE, adapted for liturgical use)
Responsive Prayer Adapted from John 12:12-15
Leader: “A great crowd had come to the feast. When they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, they took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet him, and cried out,”
People: “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
Leader: Blessed is the King of Israel! “Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey’s colt.”
(WEB, adapted for liturgical use)
Responsive Prayer Adapted from Revelation 4
Pastor: “Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne.” “In the middle of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures… day and night saying,”
All: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”
Pastor: “When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying,”
All: “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!”
Submitted by Dustin Ray (Revelation 4:2, 6, 8-11, WEB, adapted for liturgical use)
Adapted from Revelation 15:3-4
Leader: Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty!
People: Righteous and true are your ways, King of the nations.
Leader: Who would not fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy.
People: For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.
All: Let us worship God!
Submitted by Chip Hardwick (WEB, adapted for liturgical use)
Inspired by Matthew 21:5, Luke 19:38
Jesus is coming!
We worship you, humble King!
Save us, Son of David!
Bless you, Lord Jesus!
Bring peace
In Heaven and on earth, King Jesus!
Submitted by Austin D. Hill