Prayers for worship and praise
Preparing my heart for Sunday
For lifting your eyes to who God is, in every season.
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I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to Yahweh’s house!”
Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil.
Shout for joy to Yahweh, all you lands! Serve Yahweh with gladness. Come before his presence with singing. Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.
Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before Yahweh, our Maker, for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!
But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
Who may ascend to Yahweh’s hill? Who may stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.
A prayer
Original writing, not a quotation of Scripture.
Lord, it's Sunday, and I'm arriving with a full head. The rush to get out the door, the week behind me, the week ahead. Before the first song, quiet me.
Let me come to listen and not only to be seen. Speak through the preaching, even to me. Help me notice the people around me and encourage someone before I leave.
Let me worship you in spirit and in truth this morning. In Jesus' name, Amen.