Call to Worship Scriptures

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Compiled by The BibleStudyTools Staff on 02/08/2024
Call to Worship Scriptures

What does the Bible say about Calls to Worship?

Celebrating the love and majesty of God is essential to being a Christian and maintaining a joyful and grateful heart. The Bible calls us to worship and praise the glory of God. To remind and encourage the importance of worship, we have gathered the best “Call to Worship” scriptures in this collection of Bible quotes. May these scripture quotes inspire you to worship and appreciate the greatness of God!

The concept of a formal "call to worship" is not explicitly outlined in the Bible in how it is commonly practiced in some Christian traditions today. However, there are many verses and passages in the Bible that emphasize the importance of worship, praise, and gathering together as a community to honor God. These verses can be used as inspiration or as part of a worship service.

Call to Worship Bible Verses

Here are some Bible verses that are often used in the context of a "call to worship":

Psalm 95:1-6:

"Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker"

Psalm 100:1-2:

"Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs."

Psalm 29:1-2:

"Ascribe to the Lord, you heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness."

Psalm 150:1-6:

"Praise the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens. Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness."

Hebrews 12:28:

"Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe."

Romans 12:1:

"I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship."

While these verses may not explicitly say "call to worship," they express the sentiment of gathering, praising, and honoring God as a community. Different denominations and traditions may have specific liturgical practices or preferences for particular verses when initiating a worship service. It's always a good idea to consider the context of your worship service and the preferences of your congregation when selecting verses for a call to worship.

Browse more Bible verses about our call to worship God in the collection of scriptures below:

Colossians 3:16

Colossians 3:16
16 Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
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Ephesians 5:19

19 speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,
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Hebrews 12:28

28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,
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Hebrews 13:15

Sacrifice of Praise
15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name.
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Luke 4:8

8 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’”
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Matthew 18:20

20 For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”
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Psalms 29:2

2 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness.
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Psalms 95:6

Psalm 95:6
6 Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;
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Romans 12:1

1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
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Romans 12:1-2

Your Daily Verse - Romans 12:2
1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
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2 Corinthians 1:3-4

3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
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Philippians 2:9-11

9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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John 4:21-24

John 4:23 NIV
21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
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Psalms 100

Psalm 100:4
1 Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
2 Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.
3 Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his ; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
5 For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
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Psalms 95

Praise Him
1 Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.
3 For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.
4 In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him.
5 The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.
6 Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;
7 for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if only you would hear his voice,
8 “Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah,as you did that day at Massah in the wilderness,
9 where your ancestors tested me; they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
10 For forty years I was angry with that generation; I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known my ways.’
11 So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”
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