Opening Prayers. Opening Prayers For better or worse, I refer to the beginning prayer of worship as an "Opening Prayer" rather than as the more traditional "Invocation.
" Indeed, in worship we do "call" upon the Lord, we lift up our "voices" to God - which is what "invocation" means. However, we shouldn't be tempted to believe that our efforts invoke, conjure up, or bring about God's presence. The truth is - "I am with you always, even to the end of the age;" (Matthew 28:20) "I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you, and you with me;" (Revelation 3:20) The voice of Christ is calling us. The Sermon Notebook. Sermon Cloud. Sermonaudio.com.