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Opening Responses

God has called us to worship and greeted us, and it is natural for us to respond. Typically these first words that we speak to God in worship highlight God’s attributes in words of praise, prayer, or song. The psalms are a particularly rich source to pull from for these opening sentences. 

In some contexts the opening prayer is called the prayer of invocation as it is intended to invite and acknowledge the work of the Holy Spirit in worship.

Opening Responses Resources

Our response to God calling us to worship.

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