Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! O Lord our God, we bless the Lord, Our strength, and the one who teaches strength; You teach our hands for war, And our fingers for fighting. You are goodness itself, our goodness. You are our fortress, and high tower Our deliverer, …
Arms Stretched to Fill the Barns
Minister: Lift up your hearts!Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! When You our Lord released us from our captivity We were like dreamers.Our mouths were filled with laughter, And all our tongues could do was sing. Heathen onlookers were baffled, And acknowledged that our God had done Great things for us.So we amen …
Canadians and Kurds
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! O praise the Lord, all you nations, You Gentiles and tribes to the end of the earth. Praise Him, all you people, Canadians and Kurds, Americans and Armenians, Brazilians and Englishmen, Chinese and Russians, Poles and Japanese, Praise Him all you people. …
God Among the Gods
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! You, O God, stand up in the great congregation, You stand among the mighty ones, And judge the gods themselves. You chide them— “How long will you rule unjustly? How long will you accept wasters into your councils? Think for a moment. …
Let Israel Say
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! If You, our God, had not been on our side . . . We would not live to sing Your praise. But now, alive, let Israel say If it had not been for the Lord on our side, When men rose up …
Clouds and Thick Darkness
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! The Lord reigns! You our Lord, our only God Reign over all things! Let the earth rejoice, Let millions of islands rejoice in the sea! Clouds and thick darkness surround You, Righteousness and judgment establish Your throne; The two together are darkness …
Do Not Forsake the Work of Your Hands
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! God and Father— We praise you with a whole heart Before the gods we sing our taunting songs. We turn toward Your holy temple throne, And praise Your name, a name filled up with mercy and with truth. And yet, You set …
The Lord of History
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Father of history, Father of the Lord of history, God of the Spirit who directs all history, we worship You now in the power and authority of the name of Jesus, and amen. We rejoice that You have placed us at this …
But Now We See
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Father of deliverance, Father of all salvation, we worship You now through the great name of Jesus Christ. When we were blind in our sin, You loved us. When we lived in a way that despised Your ongoing kindness, You showed mercy …
Delivered In Our Generation
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Gracious Father of all salvation, we magnify Your great works of deliverance through the ages, as You have always shown kindness to Your people. You brought Abraham out of the idolatry of Ur of the Chaldees. You delivered Moses when he was …