Rebecca Bokma

Psalm 105 for Two ReadersNormal font=Reader 1Blue font=Reader 2Bold font=both We have a story to tell.A story of a people.A story of miracles.A story of wondrous works.A story of deliverance and rejoicing.A story of a nation.A nation that was part of a covenant, a special promise with God.An everlasting covenant: “I will give you the land of Canaan and so much more than that.”Praise the Lord.This is a story about our heavenly father.One we know so well!One that we should always remember, about God’s faithfulness.And God’s love.God, our God, in charge of the whole earth.Praise the Lord.We keep our eyes open for God, looking for signs of God’s wonders.Wonders in creation, and wonders in the story of God’s people.God’s wondrous works.In the beginning God created—God created us in his image; created us to fill the world and it was good!God made us and invited us to spread the story—the story of God’s love.The story of God’s Son—the story of God’s love.Praise the Lord.We were created to spread the story of God’s wonderful acts; covenant and miracles.The covenant that God made with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob—Saying you will inherit a land, a kingdom, a new life.The covenant that covered Joseph, Moses, and Aaron.Miracles that gave God’s people the freedom they so desired.The covenant that saved Joseph from slavery.And the Lord filled Joseph with wisdom.The covenant that gave Israel the promised land,Despite their fear and disobedience.The covenant that led God’s people out of Egypt. Egypt was glad when they left.They were filled with fear and awe towards the God of the Israelites.The God that saved his people.The Israelites had done nothing to earn their freedom, yet God kept his promise.God said: “Don’t you dare lay a hand on my anointed; don’t hurt a hair on the heads of my prophets!”God guided his people out of Egypt into the desert, yet God kept them safe at night and gave them food during the day.God gave his people water that gushed out from a rock and flowed like a river into the desert.God filled them with the bread of heaven.Praise the Lord.Give thanks to our Lord and call on his name.Tell everyone what God has done.Give thanks; sing praises; tell of God’s glory and rejoice.Let us seek the Lord and rejoice!The Lord is our strength, our song, our salvation.We have received the story of God’s wondrous works. Sing to him!Sing songs to him!Let us sing to God for as long as we live.O give thanks to the Lord! Call upon his name.Make known God’s deeds among the peoples!Sing to him; sing psalms to him; talk of all God’s wondrous works!Glory in God’s holy name; let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord!Seek the Lord and his strength; seek God’s face evermore!Remember God’s marvelous works which he has done.Let us tell that story.We have a story to tell.Praise the Lord.

Litany AAll: Praise!Reader 1: The Lord.Reader 2:Praise ye the Lord.Reader 3: Hallelujah.Reader 1: God created us in his image to fill the earth.All: Praise God!Reader 1: In his sanctuary.Reader 2: In his sanctuary.Reader 3: In his holy house of worship.Reader 2:  Although we sin, God welcomes us back into his open arms.All: Praise him!Reader 1: In his mighty heavens.Reader 2:In the firmament of his power.Reader 3: Under the open skies.Reader 2: Looking around, we see God in every aspect of creation!All: Praise him!Reader 1: For his acts of power.Reader 2:For his mighty acts.Reader 3: For his acts of power.Reader 1: Every day we see him at work in the world.All:Praise him!Reader 1: For his surpassing greatness.Reader 2: According to his excellent greatness.Reader 3:For his magnificent greatness.Reader 2: How great is our God that he holds the whole world in his hands?All:Praise him!Reader 1: With the sounding of the trumpet.Reader 2:With the sound of the trumpet.Reader 3:With a blast on the trumpet.Reader 3:We have been given voices and gifts to show others God’s love.All: Praise him!Reader 1:With the harp and lyre.Reader 2:With the psaltery and harp.Reader 3:By strumming soft strings.Reader 1:We pray for God’s spirit to come upon us and fill us with love and compassion.All:Praise him!Reader 1: With timbrel and dancing.Reader 2:With the timbrel and dance.Reader 3:With castanets and dance.Reader 2:Let all we do be for the glory of the one true God.All:Praise him!Reader 1:With the strings and pipe.Reader 2:With stringed instruments and organs.Reader 3:With banjo and flute.Reader 3:We remember all that God has done for us.All:Praise him!Reader 1: With the clash of cymbals.Reader 2: Upon the loud cymbals.Reader 3:With cymbals and a big bass drum.Reader 1:We remember that God sent his Son to die in our place.All:Praise him!Reader 1:With resounding cymbals.Reader 2:Upon the high-sounding cymbals.Reader 3: With fiddles and mandolin.Reader 2:We remember how Jesus rose again to save us from our sins.All: Let everything that has breath.Reader 1: Everything.Reader 2:Every. Thing.Reader 3:Every living, breathing thing.All: Praise the Lord!—Psalm 150, adapted from the NIV, KJV, and The Message by Rebecca BokmaLitany BAll: Praise!Reader 1:The Lord.Reader 2:The Lord of all.Reader 3:Sing Hallelujah!Reader 1:To the One who is the source and goal of all things.All:Praise God!Reader 1: In the sanctuary.Reader 2:In the holy house of worship.Reader 3:In the great assembly.Reader 2:Where we gather to praise God’s name.All: Praise him!Reader 1: In his mighty heavens.Reader 2: Where his mighty power is on display.Reader 3:Under the open skies.Reader 2:The whole creation shouts God’s praise!All: Praise the Creator!Reader 1:For his mighty acts.Reader 2:That reveals the Creator’s awesome power.Reader 3:And faithful love.Reader 1:Holding all of creation in his powerful hand.All:Praise the Lord!Reader 1:For his surpassing greatness.Reader 2:According to his excellent greatness.Reader 3: Beyond all that we can think or imagine.Reader 2:For God is the one who holds the universe in his hands!All: Praise the Holy One!Reader 1: With a blast on the trumpet.Reader 2:With the beat of the drum.Reader 3:With voices that sing out the wonders of God’s love.Reader 2:The gift of music is the language of our praise.All:Praise him!Reader 1: With the harp and lyre.Reader 2:With strumming soft strings.Reader 3:With the sweet trill of the flute.Reader 1:Prayerfully sighing for Spirit to fill us with God’s love.All: Praise him!Reader 1:With the graceful movement of the dance.Reader 2: Arms raised in worship.Reader 3:Eager, moving feet.Reader 2:Let our bodies give glory to the one true God.All: Praise the Holy One!Reader 1:With guitars and mandolin.Reader 2:With pianos and organs.Reader 3: With banjo and fiddle.Reader 2:Echoing all that God has done for us.All:Praise the Lord!Reader 1:With the clash of cymbals.Reader 2:Loud cymbals.Reader 3: With cymbals and a big bass drum.Reader 1:Praise Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.All:Praise to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit!Reader 3:Let everything that has breath.Reader 1: Everything.Reader 2:Every. Thing.Reader 3: Every living, breathing thing.All: Praise the Lord!—Psalm 150, adapted from the NIV, KJV, and The Message by Rebecca Bokma