Calls To Worship
Strength
Adapted from Psalm 20:6-7 (ESV)
Now I know this:
“that the Lord saves his anointed;
he will answer him from his holy heaven
with the saving might of his right hand.
Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.”
God, we proclaim our faith in you as we worship you today.
Adapted by Austin D. Hill (ESV)
Adapted From Psalm 24
Lift up your heads, O you gates;
be lifted up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
Who is this King of glory?
The LORD strong and mighty,
the LORD mighty in battle.
Lift up your heads, O you gates;
lift them up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
Adapted From Psalm 29 (NASB)
Leader: “Ascribe to the Lord, sons of the mighty,”
People: “Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.”
Leader: “Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name; Worship the Lord in holy attire.”
People: “The voice of the Lord is on the waters; The God of glory thunders,”
Leader: “The Lord is over many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful,”
People: “The voice of the Lord is majestic.”
All: May the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace!
Scott Bullock (NASB, some language adapted for liturgical use)
Adapted from Psalm 29
Leader: Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name; worship the Lord in holy splendor.
People: The God of glory thunders. The voice of the Lord is powerful and full of majesty.
Leader: May the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace!
Darren Pollock
Adapted from Psalm 84: 1, 2, 4, 5
Leader: How lovely is your dwelling place,
O Lord Almighty!
People: My soul yearns, even faints,
for the courts of the Lord;
My heart and flesh cry out
for the living God.
Leader: Blessed are those who dwell in your house
They are ever praising you.
People: Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
Who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
Bud Thoreen
Adapted from Isaiah 40
Leader: Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable.
People: He gives power to the faint,
and strengthens the powerless.
Even youths will faint and be weary,
and the young will fall exhausted;
but those who wait for the Lord
shall renew their strength.
Leader: What happens when we wait for the Lord?
People: We shall renew our strength.
We shall mount up with wings like eagles,
we shall run and not be weary,
we shall walk and not faint.
Adapted from Isaiah 40:28-31
Do you not know? Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God, the creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary.
And his understanding no one can fathom.
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.
But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
They will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
So let us praise God together today.
Submitted by Austin D. Hill
Adapted from Luke 1:44b-55, the Magnificat
Come, let us magnify the Lord, let us rejoice in God, our Savior. 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 mighty from their thrones, and exalted those of humble state.
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, as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his offspring forever.
Let us magnify the Lord.
Scott Bullock
Adapted from Acts 1:8
Jesus said, “And you will receive power,
When the Holy Spirit Comes on you.
And you will be my witnesses.
In Jerusalem, and all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Holy Spirit, in your power, come to us today.
Submitted by Austin D. Hill