Morning Worship Service
May 31, 2020
Invocation
Psalms 104:24-35b
24 O Lord, how manifold are your works!
In wisdom you have made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
25 Yonder is the sea, great and wide,
creeping things innumerable are there,
living things both small and great.
26 There go the ships,
and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.
27 These all look to you
to give them their food in due season;
28 when you give to them, they gather it up;
when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
29 When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
when you take away their breath, they die
and return to their dust.
30 When you send forth your spirit, they are created;
and you renew the face of the ground.
31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in his works—
32 who looks on the earth and it trembles,
who touches the mountains and they smoke.
33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in the Lord.
35b Bless the Lord, O my soul.
Praise the Lord!
Fill This House
Holy spirit, come and fill this house up. Let Your love fall like a fire, consume us, Lord. Come, Lord, Jesus, let Your rain fall on us. In Your presence, come and change our hearts to Yours
We've come to bring glory. We've come to bring faith. We've come to bring honor to Your holy name. We've come to dance. We've come to sing. We've come to encounter Jesus, our king.
Holy spirit, come and fill this house up. Let Your love fall like a fire, consume us, Lord. Come, Lord, Jesus, let Your rain fall on us. In Your presence, come and change our hearts to Yours.
Living fire, come and overflow to our desire, You and You alone. Living fire, come and overflow to our desire, You and You alone. Living fire, come and overflow to our desire, You and You alone. Living fire, come and overflow to our desire, You and You alone.
Holy spirit, come and fill this house up. Let Your love fall like a fire, consume us, Lord. Come, Lord, Jesus, let Your rain fall on us. In Your presence, come and change our hearts to Yours.
Holy Spirit Thou Art Welcome
Holy Spirit Thou art welcome in this place Holy Spirit Thou art welcome in this place Omnipotent Father of Mercy and Grace Thou art welcome in this place Lord in Thy presence there's healing divine No other power can save Lord, but Thine Holy Spirit Thou art welcome in this place Thou art welcome in this place Holy Spirit Thou art welcome in this place Holy Spirit Thou art welcome in this place Omnipotent Father of Mercy and Grace Thou art welcome in this place Fill all the hungry and empty within Restore us, oh Father revive us again Holy Spirit Thou art welcome in this place Holy Spirit Thou art welcome in this place
Standing On Holy Ground As I walked through the door I sensed his presence And I knew this was a place where love abounds For this is the temple, jehovah God abides here And we are standing in his presence On holy ground We are standing on holy ground And I know there are angels all around Let us praise Jesus now We are standing in his presence On holy ground In his presence there is joy beyond measure And at his feet peace of mind can still be found If you have a need, I know He has the answer Reach out and claim it for we are standing On holy ground We are standing on holy ground And I know there are angels all around Let us praise, Jesus now We are standing in his presence On holy ground We are standing on holy ground And I know there are angels all around Let us praise, Jesus now We we are standing in his presence We we are standing in his presence We we are standing in his presence On holy ground
Prayer
Acts 2:1-21
1 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.
5 Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. 6 And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. 7 Amazed and astonished, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? 9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear them speaking about God's deeds of power.” 12 All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” 13 But others sneered and said, “They are filled with new wine.” 14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. 15 Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o'clock in the morning. 16 No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
17 ‘In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh,
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams. 18 Even upon my slaves, both men and women,
in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. 19 And I will show portents in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and smoky mist.
20 The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the Lord's great and glorious day. 21Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’
The Church’s One Foundation
1 The church's one foundation is Jesus Christ, her Lord; she is his new creation by water and the Word: from heav'n he came and sought her to be his holy bride; with his own blood he bought her, and for her life he died.
2 Elect from ev'ry nation, yet one o'er all the earth, her charter of salvation one Lord, one faith, one birth; one holy name she blesses, partakes one holy food, and to one hope she presses, with ev'ry grace endued.
3 Though with a scornful wonder men see her sore oppressed, by schisms rent asunder, by heresies distressed, yet saints their watch are keeping, their cry goes up, "How long?" And soon the night of weeping shall be the morn of song.
4 The church shall never perish! Her dear Lord to defend, to guide, sustain, and cherish, is with her to the end; though there be those that hate her, and false sons in her pale, against both foe and traitor she ever shall prevail.
5 'Mid toil and tribulation, and tumult of her war, she waits the consummation of peace forevermore; till with the vision glorious her longing eyes are blest, and the great church victorious shall be the church at rest.
6 Yet she on earth hath union with the God the Three in One, and mystic sweet communion with those whose rest is won: O happy ones and holy! Lord, give us grace that we, like them, the meek and lowly, on high may dwell with thee.
Spirit of the Living God
Spirit of the Living God, fall fresh on me Spirit of the Living God, fall fresh on me Melt me, mold me Fill me, use me [Verse 1] Spirit of the Living God, fall fresh on me Spirit of the Living God, fall fresh on me Melt me, mold me Fill me, use me! [Verse 2] Spirit of the Living God, fall fresh on me Spirit of the Living God, fall fresh on me Melt me, mold me Fill me, 'cause I want to be used I want to be used, I want to be used I want to be used Oh-oh-ooh, fall, fall... on me Fall afresh on me, fall afresh on me On me, on me!
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
1That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. 3And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up.
5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since they had no depth of soil. 6 But when the sun rose, they were scorched; and since they had no root, they withered away. 7 Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. 8 Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 9 Let anyone with ears listen!”
18 “Hear then the parable of the sower. 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what was sown on the path. 20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21 yet such a person has no root, but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away. 22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth choke the
word, and it yields nothing. 23 But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”
Benediction
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.