Calls To Worship
Sin
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 103:1-5 (ESV)
Pastor: Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!
All: Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,
Pastor: who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
All: who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Submitted by Dustin Ray (ESV, adapted for liturigical use)
Adapted from Psalm 142
Leader: With my voice I cry to You, Lord; I pour out my complaint; I tell my trouble before You.
People: When my spirit faints within me, I cry to You, Lord; for You are my refuge. Attend to my cry, so that I may praise Your name.
I lay before You my sin, my hope, my failing and my ambition, and I lift to You my heart for guidance and cleansing.
Leader: Let us exalt You, O God and King; we will praise Your name.
People: Every day we will praise You and extol Your name for ever and ever
(ESV, significantly excerpted and adapted for liturgical use)
Adapted from Isaiah 1:18, Joel 2:14, Psalm 103, 1 John 1:9, Psalm 51:17, & James 4:10
Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord; though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be like wool.
Rend your heart, and not your garments, Return to the LORD your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness.
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in mercy. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.
Almighty and merciful God, the fountain of all goodness, who knows the thoughts of our hearts:
We confess that we have sinned against you.
Wash us, we implore you, from the stains of our past sins.
Give us grace and power to put away all offenses,
Being delivered from the bondage of sin, may we bring forth fruits worthy of repentance, and at last enter into your promised joy;
Through the mercy of your blessed One, Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Alcuin, adapted.
We will rise
From the ruins
From the rift
From the foolishness and sin
We will rise
For this is the way of the Risen One
Who anoints us with Holy Fire
Truth on our tongues
Life on our lips
Good News for all
Lisa Degrenia, www.revlisad.com
Adapted from Psalm 103:1-4, New Living Translation
Leader: Let all that I am praise the Lord;
People: With my whole heart, I will praise his holy name.
Leader: Let all that I am praise the Lord;
People: May I never forget the good things he does for me.
Leader: He forgives all my sins
People: and heals all my diseases.
Leader: He redeems me from death
People: and crowns me with love and tender mercies.
Submitted by Cody Sandahl
Adapted from Psalm 19
Leader: The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.
People: The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the decrees of the Lord are sure, making wise the simple.
Leader: But who can detect one’s own errors? May God clear us from hidden faults.
All: Let the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable to the Lord, our rock and our redeemer.
Submitted by Darren Pollock