The Bible is full of greetings, and our worship leader greets us in God’s name.
From Colossians 1:2
To God’s holy people in Zurich, faithful brothers and sisters in Christ: grace to you and peace from God our Father.
Our Call to Worship draws us into conversation with our God, and is usually taken from our Psalm of the Day. We address one another and enter God’s presence together.
From Psalm 118
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
His love endures forever!
Make your shouts of joy and victory resound!
In the tents of the righteous we will say, “He has done mighty things!”
Open wide the gates of the righteous!
We will enter in and give thanks to the LORD!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the LORD!
From the house of the LORD, we bless him!
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
His love endures forever!
Let us worship God!
Having called one another to God’s praise, we turn to God and ask for his presence and power.
Gracious God, we are gathered together to hail you as King. We exalt the Lord Jesus, our humble but exalted Ruler, upon our praises. We wave the palm branches of our hearts as you ride before us in majesty. Like the people of Jerusalem spread their garments across your path, we lay our very lives down before you. Our hope is to enter through the gates with you, and to give you thanks. We long to bless you within your house, and to experience your ever-enduring love today, and forever. Receive our shouts of victory, as they crown our Savior with honor. Make our praises resound from each of our homes to the place where your glory dwells, until the day that the whole earth full of the knowledge of your triumph. We humble ourselves before you. Ride on before us in majesty, and bring us with you. For we ask it in Jesus’ name. Amen!
With our Song of Praise, we begin our worship by exalting God for who he is and what he has done.
All Glory, Laud, and Honor