Sing praises of the Lord
The Lord who is enthroned on Zion’s hill
looking down on God’s kingdom
at all the nations
may all the nations fear the name of the Lord
and bow trembling at the one who its their true King
submit to God’s rule of justice, mercy and love
where the wicked are condemned by their own hands
and the needy are lifted up, never forgotten by God
the hope of those who seem hopeless is in and from God on high
whose justice is like water on parched ground
bringing forth streams of goodness
along the banks of which burst forth grain and fruit
in abundance
look, see, what the Lord has done
made each one of us
created minds which look further into atoms and space than we can comprehend
fashioned hands which shaped wood and stone generations ago, so we can worship in this place together
built a church made of flesh and bones, of flawed and broken people,
to know God’s salvation, mercy and justice
that together we can be for others God’s salvation, mercy and justice
as we zealously trust in God’s goodness to us and to all God’s world
in that trust, we praise God the Father
in that trust, we worship God the son
in that trust, we honour God the holy Spirit
one God, three in one and one in three
through our worship may we be inspired to set aside all fear and doubt which get in the way of out zealousness for God
the fear others will not want to hear the good news
the fear of what the future holds for us
the excuses that people just won’t come, that people don’t want to know you and your love Lord God
Grant to us the grace to accept your will, God
to completely trust in your way for this community of faith
realising our faith in Jesus Christ, is what draws us here
knowing it is through that same faith we are forgiven of all our sins and called to once again place our trust in God, our King and Saviour
whose name we wish to bring honour and glory to
through Christ our Lord
Amen