Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! I said to myself, take note of your ways, Don’t sin with your mouth. Bit and bridle go on the tongue, Whenever the wicked are standing here. So I said nothing, Dumbstruck in silence. I held my peace til grief flared up. …
In Worship Tomorrow
Father and gracious Lord, we are so grateful for the week just past, and we thank You for the opportunity to lay the foundation of worship for a new week of work, which we will do as we approach You in worship in the morning. We thank You that You have given us this day, …
And I Have Seen Your Vengeance Fall
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Save me, Oh God, through Your great name, And judge me through Your strength. Incline Your ear to hear my prayer, Give ear to all my suffering words. For strangers want my soul and life, The alien warrior rises up. They do …
Gathering at a Table
Father and God, we thank You for bringing us back together again. We rejoice in gathering at a table, and are glad for the picture that this gathering represents. Just as You gather Your family around Your Table weekly, so we gather as a family around this table here as a small picture or representation …
He Will Destroy All Battle Gear
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! God is known through Judah’ hills, His Name is great in Israel. Salem holds His dwelling place, His tent of praise on Zion’s mount. He breaks the arrows and the bows, The shields and swords, all battle gear. Our God is greater …
Sabbath Kindness Again
God and Father, we thank You for Your Sabbath kindness to us. You have shown that kindness to us over and over again, and so we continue to thank You for it. We are thankful for the food, for the wine, for the fellowship around this table, and for all the hard work that went …
Goodness Poured
Father in heaven, we thank You for all the goodness You have poured out upon us in Your Son, Jesus Christ, and in His Spirit and Yours. We are grateful for the Sabbath rest prepared for us in Him, and we thank You for calling us into Your Sabbath salvation. Your kindness is forever, Your …
Like A Weaned Child
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Oh Lord, my heart is not haughty. My eyes are not arched and lofty. Neither do I meddle with high doctrine, Truths too great to hold in my hands. Not for me . . . I have settled down, after the sobbing, …
God our Savior
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Creator God, You spoke the Word, and the heavens came to be. You said, let there be light, and there was light. You nodded Your head, and all that has creaturely existence sprang into being. God of all Providence, every atom receives …
For the Wine and Dessert
Father and God, Giver of Life, we thank You for the food You have provided to us yet again. We are grateful for the wine and dessert, we thank You for the soup and the bread, and we rejoice that we are blessed as we have been. We pray that this would be a true …