Description
John 7:37-39
On the last day of the Festival of Tabernacles that celebrated God’s presence and provision for the wilderness trapped Israelites, Jesus stood before the crowd as the living tabernacle, God in flesh, and the provision for our souls’ desperate need of salvation. Jesus would soon make his ascension and would send the Spirit to abide with us forever, quench our thirsty souls, and pour out from us like rivers of living water onto a parched world.
We Lift Our Hearts in Worship
[Preservice options include video countdowns, worship song videos, welcomes), CDs, or live music.]
Welcome & Time of Greeting
Time of Praise and Worship
Breathe On Us
Ed Cash, Kari Jobe, 2014 KAJE Songs, Worship Together Music, Alletrop Music (Admin. by Capitol Christian Music Publishing)
Holy Spirit, Rain Down
Russell Frager, ©1997 Hillsong Publishing (Admin in U.S. by Integrity’s Hosanna! Music)
Revelation Song
Jennie Lee Riddle, ©2004 Gateway Create Publishing (Admin. by Integrity’s Praise! Music)
[Traditional Options]
Come Thou Fount of Ev’ry Blessing
BH75 12,13; BH 91 15, 18; CH 11; CHH 16; EH 686; ELW 807; HS98 876; HWC 2; HPW 4; HFG 318; HLC 28; HGP 9; HSP 16; LBW 499; LWB 686; NCH 459; PH 356; RH 11; STTL 51; WC 45; UMH 400; WAR 68; WHM 30; WIS 62
Holy Spirit, Light Divine
BH 75 135; CH 392; ELW 398; HLC 194; LSB 496; LW 166; STTL 306; WC 302
O Holy Spirit, Enter In
ELW 786; LBW 459; LSB 913; LW 160
Invocation
Pastor / Worship Leader
Hallelujah!
Worshipers
Hallelujah to the Lamb of God!
Pastor / Worship Leader
The Spirit of the Lord pours out on the world.
Worshipers
With tongues of fire, the Spirit kindles zeal for the Lord God.
Pastor / Worship Leader
Blessed be God- Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Worshipers
Come Holy Spirit, come!
Opening Prayer / Theme Introduction
Pastor / Worship Leader
Lord, we declare Your wonderful works. Blessed be Your kingdom both now and forever. Fill us with Your Spirit. Fill our hearts with Your love. Kindle the fiery flame of faith in our hearts as we worship and adore You today.
Worshipers
Come, Holy Spirit, come! Amen.
Time of Confession and Forgiveness
[Alternate location: following Message]
Pastor / Worship Leader
True life comes from the Spirit of the Living God.
Worshipers
Sin leads to death, and so we are compelled to seek God and confess our sins.
Pastor / Worship Leader
All nations, tribes, tongues, and people belong to You, God. You see all.
Worshipers
We confess that we live in division- husband from wife, parent from child, brother from sister, and neighbor from friend. We seek Your mercy.
Pastor / Worship Leader
We seek the power of the Holy Spirit to bring unity to us. Strike down the walls of hatred and towers of sin in our lives.
Worshipers
Descend upon our lives and make us complete and whole in You. We ask this in Jesus’ name- the name above any other name- the One who forgives and wipes away…amen.
We Hear God’s Word
[Read aloud both the introduction and Scripture]
First Reading Numbers 11:24-30
The Lord’s presence and power manifested in a cloud and rested on Moses and the seventy elders causing them to prophesy. Joshua, unsure of what was happening, asked Moses to stop the prophesying, but Moses corrected him.
24 So Moses went out and told the people what the Lord had said. He brought together seventy of their elders and had them stand around the tent. 25 Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke with him, and he took some of the power of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but did not do so again. 26 However, two men, whose names were Eldad and Medad, had remained in the camp. They were listed among the elders, but did not go out to the tent. Yet the Spirit also rested on them, and they prophesied in the camp. 27 A young man ran and told Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.” 28 Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses’ aide since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!” 29 But Moses replied, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!” 30 Then Moses and the elders of Israel returned to the camp.
