Call to Worship: Thanks Be to God

Reader 1: Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving.
All who offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving
honor me, says the Lord.
Leader: So let us give thanks to the Lord.
WOMEN: For God alone is worthy!
MEN: Thanks be to God!

Reader 2: Many, O Lord my God,
are the wonders which You have done,
and Your thoughts toward us.
There is none to compare with You.
If I would declare and speak of Your
marvelous works,
they would be too numerous to count.
Leader: So let us give thanks to the Lord.
WOMEN: For God alone is worthy!
MEN: Thanks be to God!

Reader 3: The Lord is my strength and my shield;
My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped.
Therefore my heart exults,
and with my voice I shall thank Him.
Leader: So let us give thanks to the Lord.
WOMEN: For God alone is worthy!
MEN: Thanks be to God!

Reader 4: It is good to give thanks to the Lord and to sing praises to His holy name;
…to declare His lovingkindness in the morning and His faithfulness by night.
The Lord has made us glad by the works
He has done.
The Lord is great and great are His works!
Leader: So let us give thanks to the Lord.
WOMEN: For God alone is worthy!
MEN: Thanks be to God!

Reader 5: It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to magnify Him with thanksgiving and praise His name with song.
Of all honor – God is worthy!
Of all glory – God is worthy!
Of all praise – God is worthy!
Of all thanks – God is worthy!
Leader: So let us give thanks to the Lord.
WOMEN: For God alone is worthy!
MEN: Thanks be to God!