the power of the church (holy spirit) - sunnyside wesleyan church - september 28, 2014

Psalm 51:10-12

10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

Lord I Lift Your Name On High

Lord, I lift Your name on highLord, I love to sing Your praisesI'm so glad You're in my lifeI'm so glad You came to save us


You came from heaven to earth To show the way From the earth to the cross, My debt to payFrom the cross to the graveFrom the grave to the skyLord, I lift Your name on high

You came from heaven to earth To show the way From the earth to the cross, My debt to payFrom the cross to the graveFrom the grave to the skyLord, I lift Your name on high(repeat)

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Great is Your faithfulness O GodYou wrestle with the sinner's restless heartYou lead us by still waters into mercyAnd nothing can keep us apart

Your Grace Is EnoughMatt Maher

So remember Your peopleRemember Your childrenRemember Your promise O God

Your grace is enoughYour grace is enoughYour grace is enough for me

Great are Your love and justice, GodYou use the weak to lead the strongYou lead us in the song of Your salvationAnd all Your people sing along

So remember Your peopleRemember Your childrenRemember Your promise O God


Your grace is enoughHeaven reaches out to usYour grace is enough for me

Your grace is enoughI'm covered in Your loveYour grace is enough for me


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Holy

Holy Holy God AlmightyWho was and is to comeGod of glory You’re so worthyAll the saints bow down

Holy Holy God AlmightyWho was and is to comeGod of glory You’re so worthyAll the saints bow down

Holy is Your name In all the earthRighteous are Your ways So mercifulEverything You’ve done Is just and true

Holy, Holy God are YouHoly, Holy God are You

Holy, Holy God AlmightyWho was and is to comeGod of glory you’re so worthyAll the saints bow down

All blessing All honor belongs to YouAll power All wisdom is Yours

Congregational Prayer

Lord our God and our Father, we thank you for giving us the Holy Spirit, who binds us to you. Give us continually afresh something of this Spirit so that we can go forward with light shining on the paths we must follow on earth.

Congregational Prayer

Grant us your Spirit, grant that light may break into our whole life and we can rejoice because we experience so much of what you are doing. For through the power of your Spirit you can help us toward your future and all that is to come, that we may live not only in time but in eternity. Amen.

Acts 2:1-13

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit enabled them.

5 Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.6 When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. 7 Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? 9 Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and

Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome 11 (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” 12 Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”

13 Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.”

Acts 2:38-39(NIV)38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”

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Who is the Holy Spirit?

● Jesus calls Holy Spirit, Advocate● = presences of Jesus = presences of God● Teach us and remind us what Jesus taught● Testify about Jesus● Convict of sin, God’s goodness & judgment● Guide us into truth


Other parts of scripture

● Spirit over the waters● Saul - sending of an evil spirit upon him.

The text shares the "arrival of the evil “ruach” follows the departure of the “ruach” of the Lord"



4 main contexts in which the Spirit of God is spoken of in the Old Testament:

- creation- outstanding gifts (placed on people for

such a time for work)- prophecy- future hope



Promise of new covenantJeremiah 31 " I will put my law in their minds and write it on

their hearts"Joel 2:28 = Acts 2


● Empowers Jesus to accomplish mission● Gospel of Luke speaks of people filled with

Spirit● Paul talks about Gifts of Spirit


What is power?

● Reminder of who God is and who we are.● Giving of an ability to bear witness

o courageo language/wordso strengthen


What does this mean for us today?

● We need filling of Holy Spirit● Follow the leading of the Spirit


“Q” and “A” Time


Galatians 5:25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.


Shout to the Lord

My Jesus, my SaviourLord there is none like YouAll of my days, I want to praisethe wonders of Your mighty love

My comfort, my shelterTower of refuge and strengthLet every breath, all that I am never cease to worship You



Shout to the Lord All the earth let us singPower and majesty praise to the King Mountains bow down and the seas will roarAt the sound of Your name

I sing for joy at the work of Your handsForever I'll love YouForever I'll stand Nothing compares To the promise I have in You

Shout to the Lord All the earth let us singPower and majesty praise to the King Mountains bow down and the seas will roarAt the sound of Your name

I sing for joy at the work of Your handsForever I'll love YouForever I'll stand Nothing compares To the promise I have in

Nothing compares to the promise I have inNothing compares to the promise I have in You.

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Refiner's Fire

Purify my heartLet me be as gold And precious silverPurify my heartLet me be as gold, pure gold

Purify my heartLet me be as gold And precious silverPurify my heartLet me be as gold, pure gold

Refiner's fire, my heart's one desire Is to be holySet apart for You, Lord I choose to be holySet apart for You, my MasterReady to do Your will

Purify my heartCleanse me from within And make me holyPurify my heartCleanse me from my sin, deep within

Refiner's fire, my heart's one desire Is to be holySet apart for You, Lord I choose to be holySet apart for You, my MasterReady to do Your will

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The Lord’s PrayerOur Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever and ever, Amen.

Agnus Dei

Alleluia! Alleluia! For our Lord God Almighty reigns!

Alleluia! Alleluia! For our Lord God Almighty reigns!Alleluia!

Holy! Holy - are you Lord God AlmightyWorthy is the Lamb! Worthy is the Lamb!You are holy (repeat all)







Today

Today I choose to follow You Today I choose to give my ‘yes’ to You Today I choose to hear your voice and live Today I choose to follow You


As for me and my house We will serve You As for me and my house We will spend our lives on You Today

Wonderful Counselor Everlasting Father Eternal KingLord of Hosts Willingly we follow

Today I choose to follow You Today I choose to give my ‘yes’ to You Today I choose to hear your voice and live Today I choose to follow You To follow You

Today I choose to follow You Today I choose to give my ‘yes’ to You Today I choose to hear your voice and live Today I choose to follow You To follow You

the power of the church (holy spirit) - sunnyside wesleyan church - september 28, 2014

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