Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Father and God over all, we gather before You to honor Your name, and so that You might bless us, Your people, as we seek to honor Your name. We come before You as an empty people, but we come in order …
Impatient and Restless
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Our Father and great God, we assemble before You as You have summoned us to do. We gather in the name of Jesus, in accordance with Your Word. We are brought together in the power of Your Spirit, poured out so liberally …
Resurrected Authority
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Gracious Father, Giver of all gifts, we thank You for the gift of Your most Holy Spirit. We thank You that in Your triune life there is no conflict between power and love. We know that in our flesh, we feel like …
Hear Me Quickly, Lord
Minister: Lift up your hearts!Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Hear my prayer, O Lord,    Give ear to what I say.In Your faithfulness, answer me now,    And in Your righteousness,    Hear my request. Do not enter into judgment with me,    For in Your sight,    We all are condemned. An enemy attacks my soul,    …
They Are Stronger Than I
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! I cried out to God, Aloud with my voice. I cried to the Lord, Making supplication With my voice. My complaint poured out of me, I laid before Him my troubles. When my spirit staggered, You knew the path I was on. …
All You Who Are Breathing
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Praise the Lord, Praise Him in the sanctuary. Praise Him in the heaven of His power. Praise Him for all He has done, For all His mighty acts. Praise Him in line with His excellent greatness. Praise Him with brass; Praise Him …
Like Gideon’s Men
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! The Lord said to my own Lord, Sit here, at my right hand. And as You sit, and as You reign, I will make a footrest from Your foes. The Lord shall send the rod of strength, From out of Zion comes …
For This, And All Your Good Gifts . . .
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Our God and Father, Father of Jesus Christ, God of the Holy Spirit, we pray to You now in the name of Jesus, and by the strength given to us by the Holy Spirit, and amen. You are the one who raised …
The Need to Banish Lying Tongues
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Of mercy and judgment I will sing; Unto You O Lord, I will always sing. I will walk in wisdom, in a perfect way. When will You come down to me? Within my house I will walk the same way, With a …
Because He Knows My Name
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! The one who dwells in the secret place, The secret place of the Most High, Shall abide and dwell in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say this about the Lord— He is my refuge and tower, My God, in whom …