Calls To Worship For Easter
Worship
Restore Me
Litanies, Prayers And Dialogues For Lent and Easter
L: Adonai is my strength and my song, and Jesus Christ is my
salvation!
P: In the house of the Lord, glad songs of victory are heard, for
Jesus Christ is risen!
L: This is God's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.
P: This is the day which the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be
glad in it!
L: Adonai, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have
made my lot secure.
P: Therefore, my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices.
L: I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my
heart instructs me.
P: I have set the Lord always before me. I will not be shaken,
and I am filled with joy as I come into God's presence now.
L: You, O Lord, have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from
tears, my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before you in the
land of the living.
P: How can I repay God for all this goodness to me? I will lift
up the cup of salvation and call on the name of Jesus.
L: Adonai, truly I am your servant; and today I come to worship
you.
P: Halleluiah! Praise the Lord!
L: The Lord is my constant companion. There is no need that my
Jesus cannot fulfill.
P: When I feel empty and alone, Jesus fills the aching vacuum
with the power of his Spirit.
L: Jesus is ever present with me and will not leave me even if I
were to flirt with death itself.
P: My security is in God's promise and in the knowledge that the
Lord will never let me go!
L: Into your hands I commit my spirit; redeem me, O Lord, the God
of truth.
P: I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you have not
handed me over to the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious
place.
L: In you, O Lord, I have taken refuge; since you are my rock and
my fortress.
P: I trust in the Lord!
L: Praise the Lord, O peoples, let the sound of God's praise be
heard.
P: I come into your house to worship, I have brought my
offerings, my gifts, my very life to give to you.
L: Come and listen, all you who fear God; let me tell you what
God has done for me.
P: Praise be to the Lord, who has not rejected my prayer or
withheld God's love from me!
L: Clap your hands, all you people; shout to God with the voice
of triumph!
P: How awesome is the Lord most high, the great and sovereign One
over all the earth!
L: Jesus has ascended to God amid shouts of joy!
P: Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King,
sing praises!
L: Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of
joy!
P: Sing praises to our ruler, sing praises with a psalm! For from
the throne of grace Yahweh reigns over creation.
L: Sing praises to God, sing praises! For God is the ruler of all
the earth!
P: For Jesus has gone up with a shout, our Lord has as- cended
with the sound of a trumpet!
L: The Lord is my strength and my song; In Christ do I find my
salvation!
P: I give thanks, I enter the gates of righteousness; for I have
been answered and Christ is my salvation.
L: This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be
glad in it!
P: I will not die but live, and proclaim what the Lord has done!
L: In one voice we declare God's loving concern and worth to all!
P: We have seen the Lord! Christ is risen indeed!
L: In this hour of worship we come to walk in obedience to God's
will.
P: Let us worship and serve our God together!
L: O God of right, you are gracious to me and hear my prayers!
P: God does hear us and we put our trust in God alone!
L: Know that God has set you apart from the world for the work of
salvation.
P: The light of your countenance shines upon us, O God! In peace
we come to this place to worship; for you, O God, make us dwell
in safety.
L: The Lord is my constant companion and the power of Jesus' love
fills the vacuum of my life.
P: God is ever present with me, in all life my security is in the
promise and covenant of grace.
L: With eternal joy God touches my soul in the pain and
depressions of life; That I may in all ways worship.
P: Knowing that God will never let me go frees me in faith to
truly reach out to love others; and so live in love this time of
praise and worship!
L: Sovereign God, I believe that you have always been with me and
I know that you continue to care for me.
P: That is why I will always sing your praises and continue to
celebrate your loving presence.
L: Through your eternally personal love you will never despise
nor forsake me; no matter how terrible I feel you will always be
with me.
P: Yahweh, you are my God! I will praise and proclaim you to all
the world!
L: O sing a new song to God, who has done marvelous things!
P: God has made known the victory and made known to all the
vindication of the Lord's love and faithfulness to the house of
Israel.
L: Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth; break forth into
joyous song and sing praises!
P: Let the sea roar and the floods clap their hands; let all the
world sing for joy together, for God comes!
L: Jesus Christ is risen!
P: Our Lord is risen indeed!
L: We are witnesses of this and so is the Spirit whom God has
given to all who have faith!
P: In the presence and power of the risen Christ we come together
in worship today!
L: This is the day which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be
glad in it!
P: The Lord is my strength and my song; God has become my
salvation. Open the gates of righteousness, that I may enter
through them and testify to Jesus Christ!
L: I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of
Jesus. I testify that God has answered me, and become my
salvation!
P: The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief
cornerstone!
L: This is God's doing; and it is marvelous to behold!
P: This is the day which the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be
glad in it!
L: Why do the nations conspire, and the peoples plot in vain?
P: The kings of the earth set themselves against Yahweh, and the
rulers take counsel together against God's anointed witnesses.
L: I will tell of the decree of the Lord, God will speak to them
in anger and terrify them in fury.
P: Now therefore O kings, be wise. Be warned O rulers of the
earth!
L: Serve Yahweh with fear, with trembling hearts adore God. Lest
the Lord be angry, and you perish in the way; for God's wrath is
quickly kindled.
P: Blessed are all who take refuge in God!
L: Sing praises to the Lord, O you of the church, and testify to
God's name!
P: To you, O Lord, I cried. To you I made my supplications, and
you gave me strength and stability.
L: You have turned my mourning into dancing, you have loosed my
sackcloth and girded me with gladness.
P: Weeping may last for the night, but joy comes in the morning!
L: O Lord my God, I will praise you forever!
P: My soul will praise you and never be silent!
L: The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
P: God restores my soul and guides me in the paths of
righteousness.
L: Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my
life,
P: And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
L: The Lord is faithful in every word, and gracious in every
deed.
P: Yahweh is just in all ways, and kind in every act.
L: Yahweh is near to all who call upon God in truth. God hears
their cry, and saves them.
P: My mouth will speak the praise of God; let all flesh bless
God's holy name forever and ever!
L: Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the people worship
you!
P: Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the
peoples with equity and guide the nations upon the earth.
L: God has blessed us; let all the ends of the earth fear God!
P: Let the peoples praise you, O God. Let all the people worship
you!
L: Yahweh is here! Rejoice in the presence of the Lord!
P: You, O Most High, are exalted over all the earth!
L: Rejoice in the Lord, you who are righteous, and praise God's
holy name!
P: Anyone who worships the things of this world or boasts in
idols are put to shame; for Adonai reigns here, let the earth be
glad!
salvation!
P: In the house of the Lord, glad songs of victory are heard, for
Jesus Christ is risen!
L: This is God's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.
P: This is the day which the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be
glad in it!
L: Adonai, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have
made my lot secure.
P: Therefore, my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices.
L: I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my
heart instructs me.
P: I have set the Lord always before me. I will not be shaken,
and I am filled with joy as I come into God's presence now.
L: You, O Lord, have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from
tears, my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before you in the
land of the living.
P: How can I repay God for all this goodness to me? I will lift
up the cup of salvation and call on the name of Jesus.
L: Adonai, truly I am your servant; and today I come to worship
you.
P: Halleluiah! Praise the Lord!
L: The Lord is my constant companion. There is no need that my
Jesus cannot fulfill.
P: When I feel empty and alone, Jesus fills the aching vacuum
with the power of his Spirit.
L: Jesus is ever present with me and will not leave me even if I
were to flirt with death itself.
P: My security is in God's promise and in the knowledge that the
Lord will never let me go!
L: Into your hands I commit my spirit; redeem me, O Lord, the God
of truth.
P: I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you have not
handed me over to the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious
place.
L: In you, O Lord, I have taken refuge; since you are my rock and
my fortress.
P: I trust in the Lord!
L: Praise the Lord, O peoples, let the sound of God's praise be
heard.
P: I come into your house to worship, I have brought my
offerings, my gifts, my very life to give to you.
L: Come and listen, all you who fear God; let me tell you what
God has done for me.
P: Praise be to the Lord, who has not rejected my prayer or
withheld God's love from me!
L: Clap your hands, all you people; shout to God with the voice
of triumph!
P: How awesome is the Lord most high, the great and sovereign One
over all the earth!
L: Jesus has ascended to God amid shouts of joy!
P: Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King,
sing praises!
L: Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of
joy!
P: Sing praises to our ruler, sing praises with a psalm! For from
the throne of grace Yahweh reigns over creation.
L: Sing praises to God, sing praises! For God is the ruler of all
the earth!
P: For Jesus has gone up with a shout, our Lord has as- cended
with the sound of a trumpet!
L: The Lord is my strength and my song; In Christ do I find my
salvation!
P: I give thanks, I enter the gates of righteousness; for I have
been answered and Christ is my salvation.
L: This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be
glad in it!
P: I will not die but live, and proclaim what the Lord has done!
L: In one voice we declare God's loving concern and worth to all!
P: We have seen the Lord! Christ is risen indeed!
L: In this hour of worship we come to walk in obedience to God's
will.
P: Let us worship and serve our God together!
L: O God of right, you are gracious to me and hear my prayers!
P: God does hear us and we put our trust in God alone!
L: Know that God has set you apart from the world for the work of
salvation.
P: The light of your countenance shines upon us, O God! In peace
we come to this place to worship; for you, O God, make us dwell
in safety.
L: The Lord is my constant companion and the power of Jesus' love
fills the vacuum of my life.
P: God is ever present with me, in all life my security is in the
promise and covenant of grace.
L: With eternal joy God touches my soul in the pain and
depressions of life; That I may in all ways worship.
P: Knowing that God will never let me go frees me in faith to
truly reach out to love others; and so live in love this time of
praise and worship!
L: Sovereign God, I believe that you have always been with me and
I know that you continue to care for me.
P: That is why I will always sing your praises and continue to
celebrate your loving presence.
L: Through your eternally personal love you will never despise
nor forsake me; no matter how terrible I feel you will always be
with me.
P: Yahweh, you are my God! I will praise and proclaim you to all
the world!
L: O sing a new song to God, who has done marvelous things!
P: God has made known the victory and made known to all the
vindication of the Lord's love and faithfulness to the house of
Israel.
L: Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth; break forth into
joyous song and sing praises!
P: Let the sea roar and the floods clap their hands; let all the
world sing for joy together, for God comes!
L: Jesus Christ is risen!
P: Our Lord is risen indeed!
L: We are witnesses of this and so is the Spirit whom God has
given to all who have faith!
P: In the presence and power of the risen Christ we come together
in worship today!
L: This is the day which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be
glad in it!
P: The Lord is my strength and my song; God has become my
salvation. Open the gates of righteousness, that I may enter
through them and testify to Jesus Christ!
L: I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of
Jesus. I testify that God has answered me, and become my
salvation!
P: The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief
cornerstone!
L: This is God's doing; and it is marvelous to behold!
P: This is the day which the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be
glad in it!
L: Why do the nations conspire, and the peoples plot in vain?
P: The kings of the earth set themselves against Yahweh, and the
rulers take counsel together against God's anointed witnesses.
L: I will tell of the decree of the Lord, God will speak to them
in anger and terrify them in fury.
P: Now therefore O kings, be wise. Be warned O rulers of the
earth!
L: Serve Yahweh with fear, with trembling hearts adore God. Lest
the Lord be angry, and you perish in the way; for God's wrath is
quickly kindled.
P: Blessed are all who take refuge in God!
L: Sing praises to the Lord, O you of the church, and testify to
God's name!
P: To you, O Lord, I cried. To you I made my supplications, and
you gave me strength and stability.
L: You have turned my mourning into dancing, you have loosed my
sackcloth and girded me with gladness.
P: Weeping may last for the night, but joy comes in the morning!
L: O Lord my God, I will praise you forever!
P: My soul will praise you and never be silent!
L: The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
P: God restores my soul and guides me in the paths of
righteousness.
L: Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my
life,
P: And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
L: The Lord is faithful in every word, and gracious in every
deed.
P: Yahweh is just in all ways, and kind in every act.
L: Yahweh is near to all who call upon God in truth. God hears
their cry, and saves them.
P: My mouth will speak the praise of God; let all flesh bless
God's holy name forever and ever!
L: Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the people worship
you!
P: Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the
peoples with equity and guide the nations upon the earth.
L: God has blessed us; let all the ends of the earth fear God!
P: Let the peoples praise you, O God. Let all the people worship
you!
L: Yahweh is here! Rejoice in the presence of the Lord!
P: You, O Most High, are exalted over all the earth!
L: Rejoice in the Lord, you who are righteous, and praise God's
holy name!
P: Anyone who worships the things of this world or boasts in
idols are put to shame; for Adonai reigns here, let the earth be
glad!
