Calls To Worship
Mercy
Adapted from Psalm 51 (ESV)
Leader: Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy, blot out my transgressions.
People: Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
Leader: For I know my transgressions and my sin is ever before me.
People: Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you may be justified in your words, and blameless in your judgment.
Leader: Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
People: Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Leader: Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice.
People: Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Leader: Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me.
People: Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.
Adapted from Psalm 86
Leader: Come, Let us worship.
People: Teach us Your ways, O Lord, that we may walk in Your truth; give us undivided hearts to revere Your name.
Leader: We give thanks to You, O Lord our God, and we will glorify Your name forever.
People: For Your love is great towards us; …You are merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
Leader: Let us worship, let us praise, let us give thanks!
Adapted from Psalm 111:1-4
Pastor: Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
All: Great are the works of the LORD, studied by all who delight in them.
Pastor: Full of splendor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures forever.
All: He has caused his wondrous works to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and merciful.
Submitted by Dustin Ray
Adapted from Lamentations 3
Leader: Your steadfast love, Lord, never ceases,
People: Your mercies never come to an end;
Leader: They are new every morning; so let us proclaim –
All: Great is Your faithfulness. Great is Your love. Great is Your mercy. And greatly is Your name to be praised!
Adapted from Micah 6:6-8
Leader: With what shall we come before the Lord, and bow ourselves before God on high?
People: Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
Leader: God has told you, O mortal, what is good. What does the Lord require of you?
People: To do justice, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with our God.
All: Let us worship God!
Submitted by Chip Hardwick
Adapted from Micah 6:6, 8
With what shall we come before the Lord
And bow down before the exalted God?
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require?
To act justly and love mercy
And to walk humbly with our God.
God of justice, give us the courage to live for you.
Submitted by Austin D. Hill
Adapted from Luke 1:46-55 (ESV)
Pastor: “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant.”
All: “for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.”
Pastor: “And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.”
All: “He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy, as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his offspring forever.”
Submitted by Dustin Ray (Lk 1:46-47, 49-50, 54-55, ESV, adapted for liturgical use)
The earth is the Lord’s, for he made it:
Come, let us adore him.
Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness:
Come, let us adore him.
The mercy of the Lord is everlasting:
Come, let us adore him.
Lord, open our lips.
And our mouths shall proclaim your praise.
Book of Common Prayer, © 1977, Charles Mortimer
Adapted from the Magnificat, Luke 1:46b-55 (NRSV)
My soul magnifies the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant.
Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed;
for the Mighty One has done great things for me,
and holy is his name.
His mercy is for those who fear him
from generation to generation.
He has shown strength with his arm;
he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
He has brought down the powerful from their thrones,
and lifted up the lowly;
he has filled the hungry with good things,
and sent the rich away empty.
He has helped his servant Israel,
in remembrance of his mercy,
according to the promise he made to our ancestors,
to Abraham and to his descendants forever.
Adapted from Psalm 103
Leader: Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
People: The Lord works vindication and justice for all who are oppressed. The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
Leader: As a father has compassion for his children, so the Lord has compassion for those who fear him.
People: The steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children.
All: Bless the Lord, O my soul!
Darren Pollock
Adapted from Psalm 111
Leader: Praise the Lord! Give thanks to the Lord with your whole heart.
People: The Lord is gracious and merciful. The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy.
Leader: Holy and awesome is his name. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding.
All: His praise endures forever!
Darren Pollock
From Psalm 67:1-4 (NLT)
Leader: May God be merciful and bless us. May his face smile with favor on us.
People: May your ways be known throughout the earth, your saving power among people everywhere.
Leader: May the nations praise you, O God. Yes, may all the nations praise you.
People: Let the whole world sing for joy, because you govern the nations with justice and guide the people of the whole world.
(NLT, adapted for liturgical use)