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June 4 Worship with The Fellowship of Joy - Online Edition - Pentecost 2017!

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Welcome to worship. This is a virtual version of the order of service, scriptures, songs, and prayers we shall share together on Sunday, June 4 at 11 AM at 4141 N. Fresno St., Fresno, CA. 93726. You are welcome to join us there or here.

Let us begin!

Hymn - Pentecostal Power

We shall be singing a more standard, but equally heartfelt  version:

Lord, as of old, at Pentecost,

Thou didst Thy power display,

With cleansing, purifying flame,

Descend on us today.

Refrain:

Lord, send the old-time power, the Pentecostal power!

Thy floodgates of blessing, on us throw open wide!

Lord, send the old-time power, the Pentecostal power!

That sinners be converted and Thy name glorified!

For mighty works for Thee, prepare

And strengthen every heart;

Come, take possession of Thine own,

And never more depart.

(Refrain)

All self consume, all sin destroy!

With earnest zeal endue

Each waiting heart to work for Thee;

O Lord, our faith renew!

(Refrain)

Speak, Lord! before Thy throne we wait,

Thy promise we believe,

And will not let Thee go until

The blessing we receive.

(Refrain)

Invocation

God, our Father, today we celebrate the gift and invasion of Your Holy Spirit. You promised Him. You sent Your promise. Now You are with us and in us and we rejoice. We are consumed by power of Your presence. We are indwelt by Your Son. We are infused with Your might, enabled by Your gifts, and empowered by Your calling to go forth in Your Name. Our hearts, minds, and voices worship You this day. We are truly and deeply inSPIREd. We are ready to sing Your praises. Receive what we offer to You as worship as we pause reverently before You. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

Scripture

        Acts 1:6-14  and Numbers 11:23-30

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READ Acts 2:1-21

             READ Numbers 11:23-30

Songs

We Are One in the Spirit

We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord

We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord

And we pray that our unity will one day be restored

And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love

Yeah they'll know we are Christians by our love

We will work with each other, we will work side by side

We will work with each other, we will work side by side

And we'll guard each man's dignity and save each man's pride

And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love

Yeah, they'll know we are Christians by our love.

All praise to the Father from Whom all things come,

And all praise to Christ Jesus, His only Son,

And all praise to the Spirit Who makes us one.

And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love

Yeah, they'll know we are Christians by our love.

Peter Scholtes

Sweet Holy Spirit

There's a sweet, sweet Spirit in this place,

And I know that it's the Spirit of the Lord;

There are sweet expressions on each face,

And I know they feel the presence of the Lord.

Chorus:

Sweet Holy Spirit, Sweet heavenly Dove,

Stay right here with us, filling us with Your love.

And for these blessings we lift our hearts in praise;

Without a doubt we'll know that we have been revived,

When we shall leave this place.

There are blessings you cannot receive

Till you know Him in His fullness and believe;

You're the one to profit when you say,

"I am going to walk with Jesus all the way."

(Chorus)

If you say He saved you from your sin,

Now you're weak, you're bound and cannot enter in,

You can make it right if you will yield,

You'll enjoy the Holy Spirit that we feel.

(Chorus)

Doris Akers



Spirit Song (O Let the Son of God Enfold You)

O let the Son of God enfold you

With His Spirit and His love

Let Him fill your heart and satisfy your soul

O let Him have the things that hold you

And His Spirit like a dove

Will descend upon your life and make you whole

Jesus, O Jesus

Come and fill Your lambs

Jesus, O Jesus

Come and fill Your lambs

O come and sing this song with gladness

As your hearts are filled with joy

Lift your hands in sweet surrender to His name

O give Him all your tears and sadness

Give Him all your years of pain

And you'll enter into life in Jesus' name

John Wimber

Responsive Reading - Psalm 104:24-34, 35b

Leader - O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.

 Congregation - Yonder is the sea, great and wide, creeping things innumerable are there, living things both small and great.

 Leader - There go the ships, and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.

 Congregation - These all look to you to give them their food in due season;

 Leader - when you give to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.

 Congregation -  When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

 Leader -  When you send forth your spirit, they are created; and you renew the face of the ground.

 Congregation - May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works--

 Leader -  who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke.

 Congregation -  I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.

 Leader - May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD.

 Congregation - Bless the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD!

Scripture from Epistles - 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13

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Prayer Time - Please send your personal prayer requests to us via email.

 Father, we seek Your face this day.

We know that we are unworthy and we stand in the need of prayer.

We have sinned and come short of Your glory.

We have been stubborn, prideful, ungrateful, rude, unkind, and full of our selfish desires and ways.

We have moved to the front of the line when we ought to have served.

We have spoken when we ought have been silent and listened.

We have remained silent when we ought to have spoken.

We have sinned in ways that our hearts confess to You today with shame, embarrassment, and sorrow.

And we repent.

And we seek Your mercy and forgiveness.

We present our lives anew and afresh to You and we seek You.

We love You.

We need You.

We are burdened for our world, our nation, and our city.

We stand before You and kneel before You on behalf of our President and Cabinet.

We stand before You and kneel before You on behalf of our Congress and Courts.

We stand before You and kneel before You on behalf of our Governor and Legislature.

We stand before You and kneel before You on behalf of our Mayor, City Council, and Board of Supervisors.

We stand before You and kneel before You on behalf of our Chief of Police, Sheriff and their officers and deputies.

We stand before You and kneel before You on behalf of our military leaders and members of the service.

We are grateful for them and sorrowful for those lost in battle.

Comfort their families and grant that we may remember them in solemn gratitude tomorrow.

We stand before You and kneel before You on behalf of our first responders.

We stand before You and kneel before You on behalf of our business leaders.

We stand before You and kneel before You on behalf of our church and missional leaders and our congregations.

We stand before You and kneel before You on behalf of our friends and family and the needs we name before You.

We stand before You and kneel before You on behalf of ourselves and our own need for strength, guidance, and holiness.

Have Your way in us and among us.

Hear our Spirits as they pray in Your Spirit.

Lead us today in Your righteousness and be exalted among us.

In Jesus' Name. Amen.

Offering

 What is in your hand to give today? What is burning in your heart? What great cause is God speaking to you about, moving you to share of your life and your material goods? What is the commitment to give that you shall make today? Make your offering in simple prayer to God now

 Gospel Reading and Sermon

The promise of the Holy Spirit meant three things to the early disciples and to us today: profound peace, proclamation power, and persistent presence.

John 20:19-23

On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.

  • PROFOUND PEACE It is not as the world gives. It is deeper. It is costly. It brings great joy.

 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.” (New International Version (NIV))

  • PROCLAMATION POWER We must receive this power and then, we must use it. When we do, he message we bring has the power to bring forgiveness of sin.

 John 7:37-39

 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit hOne Bread, One Bodyad not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified. (New International Version (NIV)) 

  • PERSISTENT PRESENCEThe Spirit flows into and through our lives with the persistence and force of a mighty river. He is given to those who believe. Those who become recipients and channels of His Spirit walk in His presence and bring that presence to the world.

The Lord's Supper


One bread, one body, one Lord of all, one cup of blessing which we bless.

And we, though many, throughout the earth, we are one body in this one Lord.

Gentile or Jew, servant or free, woman or man no more.

One bread, one body, one Lord of all, one cup of blessing which we bless.

And we, though many, throughout the earth, we are one body in this one Lord.

Many the gifts, many the works, one in the Lord of all.

One bread, one body, one Lord of all, one cup of blessing which we bless.

And we, though many, throughout the earth, we are one body in this one Lord.

Grain for the fields, scattered and grown, gathered to one for all.

One bread, one body, one Lord of all, one cup of blessing which we bless.

And we, though many, throughout the earth, we are one body in this one Lord.

 

Decision and Benediction

“Come to me, all you who are weary and heavy laden, I will give you rest.” (Matt 11.28)

Blest Be the Tie

Blest be the tie that binds

Our hearts in Christian love.

The fellowship of kindred minds

Is like to that above.

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