Jesus' Lordship & Our Transportation Choices:
Worship Resources

As part of the "What Would Jesus Drive?" (WWJDrive) educational campaign, the following Worship Resources are provided to help churches explore the theme of transportation and Christ's Lordship. Make sure to check out our WWJDrive Preaching & Teaching Resources as well.

(Additional creation-care worship resources can be found on the Creation Sunday page of our main website.)

1. Call to Worship/Responsive Reading
2. Invocation
3. Worship Hymns
4. New Testament Lessons
5. Old Testament Lessons
6. Prayer of Confession
7. Prayer of Thanks
8. Children's Sermon
9. Preaching and Teaching Resources
10. Benediction

(Selected verses from Psalm 33, various translations)

LEADER: You are the LORD's people. Obey Him and celebrate! He deserves your praise (v.1, CEV).
PEOPLE: For the word of the LORD is right and true; He is faithful in all He does (v.4, NIV).
LEADER: The LORD loves righteousness and justice (v.5a, NIV).
PEOPLE: The earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD (v.5b, NRSV).
LEADER: By the word of the LORD were the heavens made (v.6a, NIV).
PEOPLE: Worship the LORD, all the earth! Honor him, all peoples of the world! (v.8, TEV)
LEADER: For he spoke and it came to be; He commanded and it stood firm (v.9, NIV).
PEOPLE: Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD (v.12, NIV).
LEADER: The LORD looks down from heaven; He sees all humankind (v.13, NRSV).
PEOPLE: From where He sits enthroned He watches all the inhabitants of the earth (v.14, NRSV).
LEADER: Truly the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, on those who hope in His steadfast love (v.18, NRSV).
PEOPLE: Our souls wait for the LORD; He is our help and shield. Our hearts are glad in Him, because we trust in His holy name (vv.20-21, NRSV).
LEADER: Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us, even as we hope in you (v.22, NRSV).

O' Lord Our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the Earth! We gather together here as Your Body to worship You, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. We confess and proclaim Your Lordship over every aspect of our lives. We humbly ask your presence with us now. Help us to open our hearts to you and worship you in Spirit and truth. Christ, it is in your precious and holy name that we pray, Amen.

The following hymns focus on Jesus' Lordship:

• He is Lord
• Jesus is Lord of All
• Living for Jesus
• Come All Christians, Be Committed
• I Surrender All
• Fairest Lord Jesus
• Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates

Lk. 6:46 - "'Why do you call me, "Lord, Lord," and do not do what I say?'"

See Section II and Section III of the WWJDrive Preaching & Teaching resources for additional texts.

Micah 6:8 - "He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God."

Dt. 30:19-20 - "'This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the LORD is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.'"

Precious Lord, take our hands, lead us on, help us stand. We confess, O' Lord, that oftentimes we let go of your gracious hand to go our own way. We don't follow you like we should. We call you "Lord, Lord," and yet we do not do what you say. We do not completely love our neighbors as ourselves. We do not allow Your Lordship to extend to every decision we make, to every aspect of our lives. As such, we cease to trust You in everything and instead trust in our own righteousness. In our lack of faith we are like the father who came to Jesus to heal his son: "I believe; help thou mine unbelief (Mk. 9:24). We confess again that You are Lord of all of our lives. Help us in our unbelief, in our lack of trust in Your complete Lordship over every aspect of our lives. Pardon us through Your grace, and let your grace empower us to live the lives of righteousness You've called us to. Thru the storm, thru the night, lead us on, to the light. Take our hands, precious Lord, lead us home. Amen.

We are thankful for all of the gifts of life you provide, including the gift of mobility. For all of us who can walk unhindered, we give thanks, and we pray Your blessing on those who are hindered. For all of our various modes of transportation, and for all those efforts to make our transportation choices less harmful in terms of pollution and environmental degradation, we give thanks, and pray Your blessing upon them. Bless now these gifts we bring, that they will help us do Your work in the world and further establish your Lordship in our lives. Christ, it is in Your precious and holy name that we pray. Amen.

Who walked to church today? Raise your hand if you walked to church today. Did anyone ride a bicycle to church today? How did you get here? Well, for those of us who came to church in vehicles today, whether a car or a truck or an SUV or a minivan, what was the fuel that powered all of our vehicles? It's what we fill up our tanks with when we go to the gas station. Yes, what powers our vehicles is gasoline. Who knows where the tailpipe is? Yes, it's in the back, the "tail end." When the car is on, when the engine is running, have you ever noticed what comes out of the tailpipe? What does it look like? What does it smell like? When we burn gasoline in our car engines to make the car go we also make pollution come out of the tailpipe. That pollution goes up in the sky and makes the air we all breathe dirty and it helps cause something called global warming. How many of you know someone who has asthma? Well, pollution from our cars makes it harder for them to breathe. We should all try to find ways to reduce our pollution. Let's pray to God to ask Him help us. "Dear God, help us find ways to reduce our pollution. Thank you. Amen."

See our Preaching and Teaching Resources page.

Go forth to walk humbly with the Lord (Micah 6:8), to be the Body of Christ in the world. "And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father" (Col. 3:17).