Adapted from Psalm 111     

Leader:    Praise the Lord.

I will extol the Lord with all my heart

People: In the council of the upright and in the assembly.

Leader: Great are the works of the Lord;

People: They are pondered by all who delight in them.

Leader: Glorious and majestic are his deeds,

People: And his righteousness endures forever.

Leader: He has caused his wonders to be remembered;

People: The Lord is gracious and compassionate.

Leader: He provides food for those who fear him;

People: He remembers his covenant forever.

Leader: He has shown his people the power of his works,

People: Giving them the lands of other nations.

Leader: The works of his hands are faithful and just;

People: All his precepts are trustworthy.

Leader: They are steadfast for ever and ever,

People: Done in faithfulness and uprightness.

Leader: He provided redemption for his people;

People: He ordained his covenant forever –Holy and awesome is his name.

When Jesus speaks, our hearts burn within us; 

Our eyes are opened when he breaks the bread. 

Beloved, we are God’s children now; 

When Christ is revealed, we will be like him. 

Worthy is Christ, the Lamb who was slain. 

Blessing and honor and glory to God! 

Submitted by Austin D. Hill

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Jesus Christ is the light of the world.

He will judge the people with righteousness and defend the cause of the poor.

Jesus Christ is the light of the world.

The mystery of the ages is revealed; the eternal plane of God is known to all.

Jesus Christ is the light of the world.

Let us kneel down before him to give him honor, glory, and praise.

Jesus Christ is the light of the world.

Let us offer him all the treasures of our hearts and our lives.

Jesus Christ is the light of the world.

Submitted by Austin D. Hill

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You have searched me, Lord,  and you know me.

You know when I sit and when I rise;

you perceive my thoughts from afar.

You discern my going out and my lying down;

you are familiar with all my ways.

Before a word is on my tongue

you, Lord, know it completely.

You hem me in behind and before,

and you lay your hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,

too lofty for me to attain.

For you created my inmost being;

you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

your works are wonderful,I know that full well.

My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place,

when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes saw my unformed body;

all the days ordained for me were written in your book

before one of them came to be.

How precious to me are your thoughts, God!

How vast is the sum of them!

Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand—

when I awake, I am still with you.