Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Venom from the princes comes, Without a cause they press. Before Your Word I stand in awe, I see, my heart is filled with joy, As though I found great battle spoil. I loathe all lies, and those who speak With and …
This Day of Celebration
Father and our most gracious God, we thank You now in the name of Jesus Christ our Savior, and amen. We are so thankful for all the blessings You have poured out upon us and so we rejoice before You now. We thank You for this day of celebration, and we ask You to equip …
Your Kindness is Forever Sure
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Torment is my lot, deliver me, I hold tight to Your law. God, plead my cause, deliver me, And quicken me, fulfill Your Word, Keep all Your promises to me. Salvation is a distant isle From all these wicked men. They do …
Safely Through Another Week
Our gracious Father and God, we lift up our thanks to You in the name of Jesus, and amen. We are grateful that You have brought us safely through another week, and that we have the opportunity of worshiping you tomorrow, laying the foundation stone of another week of service and love rendered back to …
Though I Am Very Small
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Righteous are Your judgments, Lord And all Your ways upright. Your testimonies are a light, True righteousness and faithfulness Are given to us in Your law. I am consumed with faithful zeal Your enemies forget The words revealed for us to keep, …
Poured Over Our Heads
Gracious God and Father, we thank You for all the mercies You have poured out over our heads. We are so grateful. Help us display that gratitude now in appropriate ways. We ask that our celebration with food and wine would anticipate in wonderful ways the Supper You invite us to in worship tomorrow, and …
But I Refuse to Stray
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Now here Your Word is like a lamp That guides my feet in truth. It lights the path before me here, It shows the way through darkest night That I may safely come to You. This oath I took, that I will …
Your Law Is Honey
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! My mediation is Your law! I love to contemplate All day the law You gave to us. Through Your commands You made me wise, More than my enemies can know. More than my teachers I have learned, Your laws instruct my heart. …
All Good Gifts
Father and God, we thank You now for the arrival of yet another Lord’s Day. We thank You for the company of friends, for wine, for food, for the children. We are grateful to You for all good gifts, which You shower upon Your people faithfully. We look forward to our worship of You tomorrow, …
The Legalist Just Closes Doors
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Let me right now forever know Your Word is firm on high, Your faithfulness to all my line. You have established all the earth, And it abides as You have said. The earth obeys as You decree, A faithful servant here. Unless …