01-openings.Rmd

# Opening Sentences {-}

Opening sentences are a simple declaration to the congregation, taken from scripture, to open the service with a reminder of why we are gathered together.

### Examples {-}

> Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.
> 
> --- Psalm 124:8

> The LORD is in His holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before Him. | Habakkuk 2:20

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- This is the day which the LORD has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it. 
	-- | Psalm 118:24

- I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD." | Psalm 122:1

- God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. | John 4:24

- Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. | Psalm 19:15
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