Week two is about taking risks, about stepping into the unknown and trusting that God has got this! So, what faith walk kinds of experiences can you build in to worship this week? Even if you are still online only, you can challenge the worshipers to lean into God in the week ahead, and take the risk (not a health risk, but a faith risk) of trusting in God. What act of grace could you perform? What challenge to the status quo could you attempt? What prejudice could you help overcome or at least acknowledge this week?

Let worship images be ones of risk-taking, God following, hope building.

Gathering Words (Exodus 15)

Who is like you, O Lord, majestic in holiness
and awesome in splendor?
We will sing to the Lord,
for God has triumphed gloriously.
God is our strength, our might,
and our salvation!

Call to Worship (Exodus 15)

O Lord, majestic in holiness, who is like you?
In the greatness of your majesty
you overthrew your adversaries.
O Lord, awesome in splendor, who is like you?
Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power,
shattered the enemy.
O Lord, worker of wonders, who is like you?
Sing to the Lord, my strength and my might,
you are my salvation!

Matthew J. Packer, Ministry Matters, https://www.ministrymatters.com/all/entry/1652/worship-elements-september-17-2017

Praying through Exodus 14:14

Father I thank You for Your many and precious promises. Forgive me for the times when I take my eyes off You and slip into unbelief and help me to keep my eyes fixed on Christ and the truth of Your Word. Help me to rest in You and trust all the issues of my life into Your hands, in Jesus’ name, I pray, AMEN.

Source: https://prayer.knowing-jesus.com/Exodus/14/14

Litany of Praise

“Who Is Like You, O God?”

One: I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed.
Many: Our enemies have been thrown into the sea; they threaten us no more.

One: The Lord is my strength. The Lord gives me a song to sing.
Many: The Lord has been our God, our strength, our praise for many generations.

One: The Lord is greatly to be feared by those who do evil.
Many: The right hand of the Lord is sure, full of excellence, power and righteousness.

One: You cast your enemies into the sea with breath from your nostrils.
Many: Who is like you, O God, glorious and holy?

One: All people will hear of your glorious power and will give you praise.
Many: The mightiest of all nations will fall down and worship you.

(Eugene Blair, The Africana Worship Book: Year A, Discipleship Resources, 2006, p. 120.)