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The Bible has many calls to worship. As these calls are heard, the worshiper is awed by the holiness of God and moved to respond with a sense of wonder. It is entirely appropriate to vary the form of the call, which may be extended by the pastor, worship leader, choir, or the congregation. Various responsive or antiphonal forms could be used. Some of the calls presented here in responsive form can also be made by an individual or the congregation, and those printed for one voice or unison can be done responsively. The worship leader may choose to use only a portion of the printed call. Other Scripture texts and additional sources will be found to vary the call to worship. In any case, the call to worship should generate a sense of the immediacy of God and the vibrancy of worship.

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845  Psalm 29:1,2, NKJV
Give unto the Lord, 0 you mighty ones,
Give unto the Lord glory and strength.
Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name;
Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

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846  Psalm 29:1,2, NKJV
As a deer longs for a stream of cool water,
so I long for you, 0 God.
I thirst for you, the living God.
When can I go and worship in your presence?

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847  Psalm 43:3, 4, NIV
Send forth your light and your truth,
let them guide me;

let them bring me to your holy mountain,
to the place where you dwell.

Then will I go to the altar of God,
to God, my joy and my delight.

I will praise you with the harp,
O God, my God.

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848  Psalm 47:5-7, Jerusalem
God rises to shouts of acclamation,
Yahweh rises to a blast of trumpets,
let the music sound for our God,
let it sound,
let the music sound for our King,
let it sound! God is king of the whole world:
play your best in his honour!

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849  Psalm 48:9-11, 14, TEV
Inside your Temple, 0 God,
we think of your constant love.
You are praised by people everywhere,
and your fame extends over all the earth.
You rule with justice;
let the people of Zion be glad!

This God is our God forever and ever;
he will lead us for all time to come

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850  Psalm 52:8, 9, NJV
I trust in God's unfailing love for ever and ever.
I will praise you forever for what you have done;
in your name I will hope, for your name is good.
I will praise you in the presence of your saints.

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851  Psalm 57:9-11, NKJV
I will praise You, 0 Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing to You among the nations.

For Your mercy reaches unto the heavens,
And Your truth unto the clouds.

Be exalted, 0 God, above the heavens;
Let Your glory be above all the earth.

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852  Psalm 63:1-5, adapted
O God, You are our God.
Earnestly we seek You today.
Our souls thirst for You,
our whole being longs for You.

Because we have seen You in the sanctuary
and beheld Your power and glory, we can respond.

Lord, Your love is better than life itself,
and we declare that our lips will glorify You.

We will praise You as long as we live,
and in Your name we will lift up
our hands to do Your work.

Lord we will be stisfied if
You feed us,
and we will now sing praises to Your name.

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853  Psalm 65:1-4, Jerusalem
Praise is rightfully yours, God, in Zion.
Vows to you must be fulfilled,
for you answer prayer.

All flesh must come to you
with all its sins;
though our faults overpower us,
you blot them out.

Happy the man you choose,
whom you invite to live in your courts.

Fill us with the good things of your house,
of your holy Temple.

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854  Psalm 67:1, 2, 4, 7, Jerusalem
May God show kindness and bless us,
and make his face smile on us!
For then the earth will acknowledge your ways
and all the nations will know
of your power to save.

Let the nations shout and sing for joy,
since you dispense true justice to the world;
you dispense strict justice to the peoples,
on earth you rule the nations.

May God bless us, and let him be feared
to the very ends of the earth.

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855  Psalm 89:8-11, 13-15, TEV
Lord God Almighty,
none is as mighty as you;
in all things you are faithful, 0 Lord.

You rule over the powerful sea;
you calm its angry waves....
Heaven is yours, the earth also;
you made the world and everything in it.

How powerful you are!
How great is your strength!
Your kingdom is founded
on righteousness and justice;
love and faithfulness are shown in all you do.

How happy are the people
who worship you with songs,
who live in the light of your kindness!

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856  Psalm 92:1-5, Jerusalem
It is good to give thanks to Yahweh,
to play in honour of your name, Most High,

to proclaim your love at daybreak
and your faithfulness all through the night
to the music of the zither and lyre,
to the rippling of the harp.

I am happy, Yahweh, at what you have done;
at your achievements I joyfully exclaim,

"Great are your achievements, Yahweh,
immensely deep your thoughts!"

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857  Psalm 95:6, 7, KJV
O come, let us worship and bow down:
let us kneel before the Lord our maker.

For he is our God;
and we are the people of his pasture,
and the sheep of his hand.

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858  Psalm 96:8, 9, KJV
Give unto the Lord the glory
due unto his name:
bring an offering,
and come into his courts.
O worship the Lord
in the beauty of holiness:
fear before him, all the earth.

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859  Psalm 98, RSV
O sing to the Lord a new song,
for he has done marvelous things!
His right hand and his holy arm
have gotten him victory.

The Lord has made known his victory,
he has revealed his vindication
in the sight of the nations.

He has remembered his steadfast love
and faithfulness to the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen
the victory of our God.

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;
break forth into joyous song and sing praises!

Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
with the lyre and the sound of melody!
With trumpets and the sound of the horn
make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!

Let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
the world and those who dwell in it!
Let the floods clap their hands;
let the hills sing for joy together
before the Lord,
for he comes to judge the earth.

He will judge the world with righteousness,
and the peoples with equity.

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860  Psalm 99:5, NKJV
Exalt the Lord our God,
and worship at His footstool;
For He is holy.

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861  Psalm 100:2-5, NJV
Serve the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the Lord is good and
his love endures forever.

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862  Psalm 107:31, 32, KJV
Oh that men would praise the Lord
for his goodness,
and for his wonderful works
to the children of men!
Let them exalt him also in the
congregation of the people,
and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

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863  Psalm 117, NEB
Praise the Lord, all nations,
extol him, all you peoples;
for his love protecting us is strong,
the Lord's constancy is everlasting.
O praise the Lord.

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864  Psalm 118:24-26, TEV
This is the day of the Lord's victory;
let us be happy, let us celebrate!...
May God bless the one who comes in
the name of the Lord!

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865  Psalm 118:19-21, NJV
Open for me the gates of righteousness;
I will enter and give thanks to the Lord.

This is the gate of the Lord
through which the righteous may enter.

I will give you thanks,
for you answered me;
you have become my salvation

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866  Psalm 122:1; 118:24, RSV
I was glad when they said to me,
"Let us go to the house of the Lord!"

This is the day which the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it!

(Both are excellent as separate Calls.)

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867  Psalm 134, TEV
Come, praise the Lord, all his servants,
all who serve in his Temple at night.
Raise your hands in prayer in the Temple,
and praise the Lord!
May the Lord, who made heaven and earth,
bless you from Zion!

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868  Psalm 135:1-3, NEB
O praise the Lord.

Praise the name of the Lord;
praise him, you servants of the Lord,
who stand in the house of the Lord,
in the temple courts of our God.

Praise the Lord, for that is good;
honour his name with psalms,
for that is pleasant.

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869  Isaiah 12:4-6, TEV
"Give thanks to the Lord!
Call for him to help you!
Tell all the nations what he has done!
Tell them how great he is!

"Sing to the Lord because of the
great things he has done.
Let the whole world hear the news.

"Let everyone who lives in Zion shout and sing!
Israel's holy God is great,
and he lives among his people."

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870  Isaiah 12:4-6, TEV
Sing a new hymn to Yahweh!
Let his praise resound
from the ends of the earth,
let the sea and all that it holds sing his praises,
the islands and those who inhabit them.
Let the desert and its cities raise their voice....
Let the inhabitants...
shout from the mountain tops.
Let them give glory to Yahweh.

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871  Isaiah 55:6, 7, NIV
Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call on him while he is near.
Let the wicked forsake his way
and the evil man his thoughts.
Let him turn to the Lord,
and he will have mercy on him,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

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872  Isaiah 63:7, Jerusalem
Let me sing the praises of Yahweh's goodness,
and of his marvellous deeds,
in return for all that he has done for us
and for the great kindness
he has shown us in his mercy
and in his boundless goodness.

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873  Jeremiah 29:12, 13, Jerusalem
When you call to me,
and come to plead with me,
I will listen to you.
When you seek me you shall find me,
when you seek me with all your heart.

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874  Habakkuk 2:20, KJV
The Lord is in his holy temple:
let all the earth keep silence before him.

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875  Matthew 11:28-30, Jerusalem
"Come to me, all you who labour
and are overburdened,
and I will give you rest.
Shoulder my yoke and learn from me,
for I am gentle and humble in heart,
and you will find rest for your souls.
Yes, my yoke is easy and my burden light."

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876  Matthew 18:20; John 4:23,24, Jerusalem
"Where two or three meet in my name,
I shall be there with them."

"The hour will come—
in fact it is here already—
when true worshippers will worship
the Father in spirit and truth:

"that is the kind of worshipper
the Father wants.
God is spirit, and those who worship
must worship in spirit and truth."

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877  Hebrews 4:14, 16, TEV
Let us, then, hold firmly to the faith we profess.
For we have a great High Priest
who has gone into the very presence of God—
Jesus, the Son of God.

Let us be brave, then,
and approach God's throne,
where there is grace.
There we will receive mercy and find grace
to help us just when we need it.

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878  Hebrews 10:19-22, NEB
So now, my friends,
the blood of Jesus makes us free
to enter boldly
into the sanctuary by the new,
living way which he has opened for us....
We have, moreover, a great priest
set over the household of God;
so let us make our approach in sincerity
of heart and full assurance of faith.

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879  Hebrews 10:23-25, NIV
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess,
for he who promised is faithful.

And let us consider how we may spur
one another on toward love and good deeds.

Let us not give up meeting together,
as some are in the habit of doing,
but let us encourage one another—
and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

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880  Revelation 22:17, NEB
"Come!" say the Spirit and the bride.

"Come!" let each hearer reply.

Come forward, you who are thirsty;
accept the water of life, a free gift to all who desire it.


The first verse, and often the first several verses, of the following Scripture Readings are also excellent Calls to Worship. Their use will significantly expand the variety and range of choice in Calls to Worship. Nos. 696-703, 705-707, 711, 712, 714, 715, 718, 723, 728, 751, 755, 780, 803, 807.
Reading No. 708, either in its entirety or by verses, is an excellent Call.