Debra K. Brazzel - Sermon Untitled (May 30, 1993)

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	(organ music)	0:00
	(organ music)	1:00
	(organ music)	2:00
-	Good morning, welcome to Duke Chapel	2:56
	on this Pentecost Sunday.	2:59
	I'd like to call a couple of announcements	3:00
	to your attention.	3:02
	In Memorial Chapel immediately following the service,	3:04
	you'll have the opportunity to receive the service	3:07
	of Holy Communion.	3:10
	At five o'clock today, there'll be an organ concert	3:11
	by Jane Lynch.	3:15
	And next weekend, we have special music	3:16
	and a special occasion	3:19
	provided by the Duke Temple Choir Reunion,	3:21
	and we hope you'll all be able to attend for that.	3:24
	Let us stand now as we continue our worship with a greeting	3:27
	and litany of praise.	3:31
	Our help is in the name of the Lord,	3:39
	who created heaven and earth.	3:41
	(congregation responds)	3:44
	He rise in the heavens and sends forth his mighty voice.	3:51
	(congregation responds)	3:56
	How wonderful is God in his holy places.	3:58
	The God of Israel giving strength and power	4:01
	to his people.	4:04
	(congregation responds)	4:06
	All who are led by the spirit of God are children of God.	4:08
	Lord, send forth your spirit	4:12
	and renew the face of the earth.	4:15
	(congregation responds)	4:18
	(organ music)	4:22
	(congregation sings)	5:11
	(congregation sings)	6:10
	(congregation sings)	7:31
-	Let us pray.	8:32
	Oh, holy spirit,	8:35
	who moved over the surface of creation's dark waters	8:37
	and who baptized those first believers	8:41
	with tongues of fire.	8:43
	Descend on us we pray,	8:47
	and in this hour, renew the waters of our baptism	8:49
	and set us ablaze with love for you.	8:53
	Carry us to thy Pentecost.	8:58
	In the name of the blessed trinity,	9:01
	world without end, amen.	9:03
	You may be seated.	9:07
-	Let us pray together the prayer for illumination.	9:21
	Open our hearts and minds, oh God,	9:25
	by the power of your holy spirit	9:29
	so that as the word is read and proclaimed	9:31
	we may hear your word with joy this day, amen.	9:35
	This reading is taken from the second chapter	9:42
	of the book of Acts, starting with the first verse.	9:45
	When the day of Pentecost had come,	9:49
	they were all together in one place,	9:51
	and suddenly from heaven, there came a sound	9:54
	like the rush of a violent wind,	9:56
	and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.	9:59
	Divided tongues as a fire appeared among them,	10:02
	and a tongue rested on each of them.	10:06
	All of them were filled with the holy spirit	10:09
	and began to speak in other languages	10:11
	as the spirit gave them ability.	10:14
	Now, there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven	10:17
	living in Jerusalem.	10:21
	At this sound, the crowd gathered and was bewildered	10:23
	because each one heard them speaking	10:26
	in the native language of each.	10:28
	Amazed and astonished, they asked,	10:31
	"Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?	10:33
	"And how is it that we hear each of us	10:37
	"in our own native language?"	10:40
	Carthians, Meedes, Illomites, and residents of Mesopotamia,	10:42
	Judea, and Cappadocia, (mumbles) and Asia, (mumbles)	10:47
	Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Syrani,	10:53
	and visitors from Rome, both Jews and (mumbles)	10:57
	credence and Arabs in our languages, we hear them speaking	11:01
	about God's deeds and power.	11:06
	All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another,	11:09
	"What does this mean?"	11:13
	But others sneered and said,	11:15
	"They are filled with new wine."	11:18
	But Peter standing with the 11 raised his voice	11:20
	and addressed them.	11:23
	"Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem,	11:25
	"let this be known to you and listen to what I say.	11:28
	"Indeed these are not drunk as you suppose	11:32
	"for it is only nine o'clock in the morning.	11:34
	"No, this is what was spoken to the prophet Joel.	11:37
	"In the last days, it will be, God declares,	11:41
	"that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh,	11:44
	"and your sons and your daughters shall prophecy,	11:47
	"and your young men shall see visions,	11:51
	"and your old men shall dream dreams."	11:54
	This is the word of the Lord.	11:58
Congregation	Praise be to God.	12:01
-	Today's psalm in number 104, the verses 24 through 35,	12:09
	found on page 827 in the hymnal.	12:15
	Please stand and sing the psalm and gloria responsively.	12:18
	(organ music)	12:23
	♪ Oh Lord, amanifold are your works ♪	12:29
	(congregation sings)	12:34
	♪ Yonder is the sea great and wide ♪	12:44
	(congregation sings)	12:49
	♪ There are the ships ♪	12:59
	♪ And let it (sings) ♪	13:02
	(congregation sings)	13:08
	♪ When you give to them, they gather it ♪	13:16
	(congregation sings)	13:22
	♪ When you hide your face, they are dismayed ♪	13:29
	(congregation sings)	13:34
	♪ When you send forth your spirit, they are created ♪	13:42
	(congregation sings)	13:48
	♪ May the glory of the Lord endure forever ♪	13:53
	♪ May the Lord rejoice in his works ♪	13:58
	(congregation sings)	14:03
	♪ I will sing to the Lord as long as I live ♪	14:13
	(congregation sings)	14:19
	♪ May the meditation be pleasing to the Lord ♪	14:25
	♪ In whom I rejoice ♪	14:31
	(congregation sings)	14:35
	♪ Blessed the Lord, all my soul ♪	14:45
	(congregation sings)	14:50
	♪ All glory be to you, Creator ♪	14:54
	♪ And to Jesus Christ our Savior ♪	14:57
	(congregation sings)	15:01
	♪ As it was at time began ♪	15:08
	(congregation sings)	15:13
-	Please be seated.	15:21
-	This reading is from Paul's first letter	15:32
	to the Corinthians, chapter 12	15:34
	beginning with the third verse.	15:36
	No one can say Jesus is Lord except by the holy spirit.	15:40
	Now, there are varieties of gifts by the same spirit,	15:45
	and there are varieties of services by the same Lord,	15:50
	and there are varieties of activities,	15:54
	but it is the same God who activates	15:57
	all of them in everyone.	15:59
	To each is given the manifestation of the spirit	16:02
	for the common good.	16:05
	To one is given through the spirit the utterance of wisdom,	16:07
	and to another, the utterance of knowledge	16:12
	according to the same spirit.	16:14
	To another, faith by the same spirit.	16:17
	To another, gifts of healing by the one spirit.	16:20
	To another, the working of miracles.	16:24
	To another, prophecy.	16:27
	To another, the discernment of spirits.	16:29
	To another, various kinds of tongues.	16:32
	To another, the interpretation of tongues.	16:35
	All these are activated by one and the same spirit,	16:39
	who allots to each one individually	16:42
	just as the spirit chooses.	16:45
	For justice, the body is one and has many members,	16:47
	and all the members of the body, though many are one body,	16:51
	so it is with Christ.	16:55
	For in the one spirit, we were all baptized into one body.	16:58
	Jews or Greeks, slaves or free,	17:02
	and we were all made to drink of one spirit.	17:06
	This is the word of the Lord.	17:10
Congregation	Praise be to God.	17:12
	(organ music)	17:15
	(choir sings)	17:59
	(choir sings)	18:59
	(choir sings)	20:00
-	Our gospel lesson is taken from the twentieth chapter	20:52
	of the gospel according to Saint John,	20:55
	starting at verse 19.	20:57
	When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week,	21:01
	and the doors of the house where the disciples had met	21:03
	were locked for fear of the Jews,	21:07
	Jesus came and stood among them and said,	21:09
	"Peace be with you."	21:13
	After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side.	21:14
	Then, the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.	21:19
	Jesus said to them, "Again, peace be with you.	21:23
	"As the father has sent me so I send you."	21:27
	When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them,	21:31
	"Receive the holy spirit.	21:36
	"If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them.	21:38
	"If you retain the sins of any, they are retained."	21:43
	This is the word of the Lord.	21:47
Congregation	Praise be to God.	21:50
-	They were all gathered together waiting, expectant,	22:06
	hopeful that the promise would be fulfilled.	22:12
	There were about 120 of them,	22:16
	and they were all in one place.	22:19
	The living conditions were a bit cramped,	22:22
	but the Lord had ordered them to wait in Jerusalem	22:25
	for the promise of the father to be fulfilled.	22:28
	So, they waited,	22:32
	not knowing exactly what to expect,	22:34
	but trusting the Lord to fulfill his promise.	22:38
	They had already witnessed and seen so many surprising	22:41
	and wondrous things.	22:45
	From the very beginning, it was clear	22:48
	that he was like no one they had ever met.	22:50
	He made them feel special, loved.	22:54
	They had left everything and followed him.	22:59
	They had witnessed his incredible power.	23:04
	They had seen him make the blind to see	23:07
	and the lame to walk.	23:11
	And they had seen his knowledge of spiritual things.	23:14
	They observed him holding a crowd of people spellbound	23:19
	for hours, and they had seen him in discussions	23:23
	with the spiritual leaders of Judaism at that time,	23:27
	and they were perplexed by the scope of his wisdom	23:31
	and spiritual knowledge.	23:35
	When he had been crucified and buried,	23:38
	and when they thought they had lost all hope,	23:41
	he had astounded them all by rising again from the dead.	23:44
	They knew now that he was the Christ.	23:51
	In the last 40 days, he had appeared among them many times,	23:56
	speaking to them about the kingdom of God.	24:01
	They ask him when he would reveal his power to the world	24:05
	and restore the kingdom of Israel,	24:10
	but never acting as they expected.	24:13
	He told them to leave the time table of the kingdom	24:16
	to the father, who would send the power	24:21
	of the holy spirit upon them.	24:24
	Then, they saw him lifted up to heaven in a cloud,	24:28
	but they were left alone again to ponder all these things,	24:34
	wondering what it meant for the future.	24:39
	Not knowing what else to do, they waited in Jerusalem	24:43
	as Christ had told them.	24:48
	He said they were to be baptized and receive the power	24:51
	of the holy spirit, but they weren't sure what this meant	24:55
	because they had already been baptized by John.	24:58
	But they waited, praying unceasingly, expectantly,	25:04
	trusting that the Lord's promise would be fulfilled	25:10
	as so many of his other promises had been fulfilled.	25:14
	Suddenly, a wind began to stir in the room.	25:19
	Gently at first, then, it grew stronger,	25:24
	and they looked up from their prayers, alarmed,	25:27
	not sure if they were in danger from a sudden storm.	25:30
	And the wind was beginning to rumble	25:34
	like the sound of thunder.	25:37
	And before they could move,	25:40
	it filled the entire house about them.	25:41
	People who've lived through violent wind, whether hurricane	25:47
	or tornado, had talked about the phenomenon	25:50
	that time seems to stand still,	25:54
	and you were paralyzed in the grip of the wind,	25:58
	unable to move,	26:01
	only to wait to see what would happen.	26:04
	They were held there in the spell of the wind,	26:08
	and then, they saw tongues as a fire appear	26:13
	and begin to touch each one of them.	26:16
	And before they knew what was happening, they were filled	26:21
	with the holy spirit.	26:26
	They were astounded to feel the presence	26:30
	and the power of God infusing their very being,	26:35
	and they were filled with uncontainable joy,	26:40
	and their praises burst forth in a multitude of languages.	26:44
	Now, at this time in Jerusalem, there were Jews	26:52
	from Diaspora all over the world	26:54
	who had settled there looking for a homeland.	26:57
	There were also pilgrims in the city	27:01
	for the feast of weeks, which was the remembrance	27:03
	of the giving of the law of Mount Sinai.	27:06
	Some of these Jews heard the strange sounds	27:09
	coming from the house in the Jewish section of the city.	27:12
	First, a roaring wind, then, voices shouting.	27:16
	They ran to see what calamity had befallen them.	27:21
	Others saw the crowd gathering and followed to see	27:25
	what was happening.	27:29
	They were amazed to find over 100 Galileans	27:31
	shouting ecstatically in a multitude of languages.	27:36
	They were even more surprised to discover	27:40
	that they could understand what they were saying.	27:43
	Each one of them, Partheons, Meedes, Illomites,	27:46
	Mesopotamians, Jews from all over the world	27:50
	heard the disciples in their own language praising God	27:55
	for his amazing deeds of power.	27:59
	All of them were astonished and perplexed,	28:03
	saying to one another, "What does this mean?"	28:06
	Some of them said with a sneer,	28:10
	"They're filled with new wine!	28:13
	"They're drunk!"	28:15
	Now, Peter, the one who had denied Jesus three times	28:18
	during the time of his trial and arrest, heard this.	28:23
	He was standing with the 11 apostles,	28:28
	and he raised his voice and addressed the crowd saying,	28:30
	"These are not drunk.	28:34
	"It's only nine o'clock in the morning.	28:37
	"No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel.	28:40
	"In the last day, it will be, God declares,	28:45
	"that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh,	28:49
	"and your sons and your daughters shall prophecy.	28:54
	"And your young men shall see visions.	28:58
	"And your old men will dream dreams."	29:02
	This is the story of Pentecost.	29:09
	It goes on to tell the conversion of that crowd	29:12
	of 3,000 people.	29:16
	Pentecost, the coming of the power of the holy spirit,	29:18
	the birth of the Christian church, Pentecost.	29:25
	After Easter, this is the most important story	29:32
	in the Christian faith.	29:35
	In fact, this is the continuation of the promise of Easter.	29:37
	At Pentecost, the power of God may manifest	29:43
	in the resurrection and the ascension of Christ	29:48
	was bestowed up on the people of God as a gift.	29:51
	Jesus promised his disciples that he would send them	29:57
	a helper who would endow them with power to carry out	30:00
	his ministry in the world.	30:05
	At Pentecost, the promise was fulfilled in the coming	30:08
	of the holy spirit,	30:12
	but what does this mean for us?	30:15
	We're all gathered here this morning,	30:18
	waiting expectantly, hoping for something.	30:21
	We sing, we pray,	30:26
	we confess, we praise,	30:30
	we speak, we listen.	30:33
	What are we waiting for?	30:38
	What are we expecting to hear, to receive?	30:41
	Perhaps a word of God?	30:46
	Perhaps a breath of wind?	30:51
	A touch of fire?	30:55
	A sign of God's power?	30:58
	What does Pentecost mean for us, for you, and for me	31:03
	in the twentieth century in the world that we live in?	31:07
	What difference does it make to our worship	31:11
	and how we live our lives as Christians?	31:14
	Some of us don't think it means very much really.	31:18
	We tend to agree with those who thought	31:22
	that the disciples must've been filled with new wine.	31:24
	Certainly, they were enthusiastic,	31:28
	but we don't really believe in that stuff	31:30
	about the rush of wind and speaking in other languages.	31:32
	Pentecost may have been the birth of the church,	31:36
	but it was no miracle.	31:40
	Others of us believe that Pentecost might have happened	31:43
	as the story said but aren't sure	31:47
	that it makes much difference.	31:49
	After all, Pentecost was a very long time ago.	31:51
	While others of us may actually have experienced	31:56
	a touch of the Pentecost spirit once or twice,	31:59
	but we were frightened by it or	32:04
	it didn't make much of a difference in our lives	32:07
	so we don't put much stock	32:09
	in that kind of spiritual thing anymore.	32:10
	Some of us have never known the spirit's power	32:14
	that we've hungered for this experience	32:17
	of intimacy with God,	32:20
	for this kind of power in our spiritual walk with Christ.	32:22
	Is Pentecost possible?	32:27
	Is it real?	32:30
	Is it necessary for you and for me?	32:32
	It is true that most of us don't experience the drama	32:36
	of that first inbreaking of the holy spirit.	32:40
	We haven't heard the roar of thunder.	32:43
	We haven't felt the tongues of flame,	32:45
	but the gift of God's power through the spirit	32:49
	is just as essential to us as it was to the first disciples.	32:53
	Perhaps more so because we don't have the benefit of being	32:59
	first-hand witnesses to the life, and the death,	33:02
	and the resurrection, and the ascension of Christ.	33:05
	If all that they had experienced and witnessed in Christ	33:09
	could not empower them to be faithful disciples,	33:13
	apart from the coming of the spirit,	33:17
	then how can you and I, who have only the record	33:20
	of these events expect to live the faithful life?	33:23
	Christ promised his disciples the gift of the holy spirit	33:28
	because he knew that apart from the power of God,	33:33
	they could not live the faithful, Christian life.	33:37
	The holy spirit is the manifestation of God's power at work	33:42
	in human beings, confirming the gift of God's grace	33:46
	in Jesus Christ	33:50
	and remaking us in the image of Christ.	33:52
	That's what it means to be Christian,	33:56
	to be recreated through the power of God's spirit	33:59
	infused in our spirit to be remade	34:02
	in the image of Christ.	34:07
	Now, sociologists and psychologists tell us	34:10
	that environment, conditioning, and training	34:14
	shape our personalities irrevocably.	34:18
	Our talents, our intellectual abilities,	34:23
	our emotional development are believed to define the limits	34:25
	of our performance as human beings.	34:30
	Not so says Pentecost.	34:34
	Through the power of the Holy Spirit,	34:40
	personalities are transformed and individuals are empowered	34:42
	to think and act	34:46
	beyond their natural inclinations and capacities.	34:48
	The holy spirit doesn't accept the limits	34:53
	of our environment, conditioning, or training.	34:55
	The spirit of God judges and convicts our past,	34:59
	burning away the chaff and all that separates us from God	35:03
	that we might be refined and freed for the potential	35:08
	that only God has seen.	35:12
	Through the holy spirit, it is burned into our hearts	35:15
	that we are God's own beloved children	35:19
	and that God wants more for us	35:23
	than we have ever envisioned for ourselves.	35:25
	Through the spirit, our natural tendencies are overcome,	35:29
	and our potential is multiplied.	35:33
	The spirit blows out the cobwebs of fear and uncertainty	35:37
	and gives us the conviction that through the power of God,	35:43
	all things are possible.	35:47
	When the holy spirit descended upon the gathered community	35:52
	at Pentecost, an amazing transformation happened.	35:55
	This small group of believers who had been huddled together	35:59
	in prayer, afraid to share what they had experienced,	36:03
	uncertain about what the future would hold,	36:08
	were suddenly transformed	36:11
	into a joyous community praising God.	36:13
	They were filled with God's love and power,	36:17
	and they immediately began to share the gift	36:20
	of the good news with other people.	36:23
	Peter, who had been fearful to admit that he was a disciple	36:26
	of Christ, even to a serving woman in the courtyard	36:30
	at Jesus' trial, now, stood boldly and addressed a crowd	36:33
	of more than 3,000 Jews,	36:38
	proclaiming all that God had done for Jesus Christ,	36:40
	proclaiming that Jesus Christ was Lord.	36:44
	This small group of disciples would go to the far corners	36:50
	of the world, risking persecution and death	36:53
	to share the good news of Jesus Christ.	36:58
	Their natural tendencies of fear, caution,	37:01
	even self-preservation were overcome	37:06
	as the spirit multiplied their potential	37:09
	and created through them a church that extended the body	37:13
	of Christ to the whole world.	37:16
	Pentecost, the coming of the spirit,	37:21
	was given to empower believers	37:26
	to live the Christian life.	37:30
	The spirit enlivens Christ within us	37:33
	so that we are able to abide with him, and he in us.	37:36
	When we're filled by the spirit,	37:41
	we begin to look more like Christ	37:43
	and less like the sinful, habitual people	37:45
	who can't overcome the boundaries of environment,	37:48
	and training, and conditioning.	37:51
	When we're filled with the spirit,	37:55
	we experience God's power to free us from all the places	37:58
	in our lives where we're stuck.	38:03
	From the crippling memory of abuse,	38:06
	from the gripping fear that you are not	38:10
	and never will be good enough,	38:12
	from the knot of anger towards someone	38:15
	that you used to love,	38:18
	from your dependence upon alcohol or food or drugs,	38:20
	from guilt over some sin that you committed years ago,	38:25
	from grief over the loss of a loved one,	38:31
	or anxiety about an illness, whatever it is	38:34
	that limits you and makes you feel cut off from God's love,	38:39
	that's what the spirit desires to loosen in you.	38:44
	The holy spirit makes it possible for each one of us,	38:50
	no matter how messed up we might be,	38:53
	to experience the assurance of God's unqualified love.	38:56
	That's what frees us to love others unreservedly.	39:01
	The undeniable test that we've been baptized by the fire	39:07
	of the holy spirit is that we are freed from all the places	39:11
	in our lives where we've been stuck,	39:15
	freed to love with a deeper capacity and a deeper joy.	39:17
	And as we are freed for love, so we are freed for service.	39:24
	For the purpose of the coming of the holy spirit	39:31
	at Pentecost was to prepare the believers	39:33
	for greater service in the world as disciples	39:36
	of Jesus Christ.	39:39
	The spirit longs to transform us into more loving people	39:41
	so that we might become more giving people,	39:46
	even as Christ was giving.	39:50
	The gift of the holy spirit is not	39:54
	for our private edification, but to prepare us	39:56
	for greater service to others.	40:00
	Perhaps, this is one of the reasons that most of us	40:04
	resist the coming of the spirit.	40:07
	We're afraid of what it might cost us if we really let	40:10
	the spirit in, if we allow Christ to abide in us,	40:14
	and there's good reason for our fear	40:18
	when we look at the examples of the apostles or the saints.	40:21
	Even in our own century, it is clear that most of them	40:24
	have suffered for their faith.	40:28
	Mother Teresa, Dietrich Bonhoeffer,	40:31
	Oscar Romera,	40:35
	these have taught us the cost of discipleship,	40:38
	and yet, their lives were marked by deep joy	40:42
	and deep loving, by authenticity and meaning	40:46
	that makes us wonder if maybe they have found something	40:52
	that we've missed, that we have yet to experience in life.	40:55
	No Christian is able to meet the cost	41:01
	of faithful discipleship	41:04
	without the empowering spirit of God.	41:06
	That those who have known the spirit of God experience it	41:10
	not as a burden, but a joy to be shared	41:13
	and a gift worthy of the very best we have to offer.	41:18
	The response of those who receive the gift of the spirit	41:24
	is exuberant joy and praise.	41:27
	Pentecost, the coming of the holy spirit,	41:32
	the power of God.	41:37
	That gift has been promised to you and to me.	41:41
	We must receive the gift if we want to embody the life	41:47
	of Christ in the world.	41:51
	We're all gathered here together waiting expectantly,	41:55
	hoping for something.	42:01
	A gentle wind has begun to move among us.	42:03
	Let us pray that it might become a mighty roar.	42:09
	(organ music)	42:18
	(choir sings)	42:43
	(choir sings)	43:44
-	The Lord be with you.	44:33
Congregation	And also with you.	44:34
-	Let us pray.	44:36
	When the day of Pentecost had come,	44:38
	they were all together in one place,	44:41
	and all of the many foreigners heard the witnesses	44:44
	speaking in their own tongue.	44:48
Congregation	Come holy spirit,	44:51
	witness to us also in our several languages.	44:53
-	Speak in the language of our need.	44:58
	Let us hear how our deepest hungers, desires,	45:01
	and aspirations can be fulfilled by your goodness	45:06
	and in your service.	45:11
Congregation	Come, holy spirit.	45:13
	Give us that good news again.	45:15
-	Speak in the language of our fear.	45:18
	Let us hear how our worries about the future,	45:22
	and about each other, and about ourselves	45:25
	can find rest in your providential care.	45:28
Congregation	Come, holy spirit.	45:33
	Give us that encouraging news again.	45:35
-	Speak in the language of our guilt.	45:38
	Let us hear how our confessed shame	45:41
	for wrong things done and for good things undone	45:44
	is covered by your forgiveness.	45:48
Congregation	Come, holy spirit.	45:52
	Give us that liberating news again.	45:54
David	Speak in the language of our gratitude.	45:58
	Let us hear how our honest thanks relate us	46:01
	not only to those with whom we live but also to you,	46:05
	the Lord and giver of life.	46:10
Congregation	Come, holy spirit.	46:14
	Give us that enlarging news again.	46:16
-	Speak to us in the language of joy.	46:20
	Let us hear how our gladness and our delight	46:24
	not only brighten this world but honor you,	46:28
	who made the world.	46:32
Congregation	Come, holy spirit.	46:34
	Give us that enlivening word again.	46:36
-	Speak to us in the language of hope.	46:40
	Let us hear how our yearning and our expectations	46:43
	are not just wishful thinking but responses to your promise.	46:47
Congregation	Come, holy spirit.	46:53
	Give us that good news again	46:55
	for all your spirit's illuminations	46:58
	and all your spirit's (mumbles) powers,	47:00
	we praise you, oh God, on this Pentecost	47:03
	in the name of your son, amen.	47:07
-	And now, as people led by the spirit,	47:11
	let us bring to God our gifts and our offerings.	47:14
	You may be seated.	47:17
	(organ music)	47:19
	(choir sings)	48:19
	♪ Up on the mountain I was (sings) ♪	48:34
	♪ Looked all around me ♪	48:40
	♪ It looked so fine (sings) ♪	48:43
	(choir sings)	48:49
	♪ Jordan River (sings) and cold ♪	49:03
	♪ It chose the body but not the soul ♪	49:06
	♪ There ain't but one train upon this track ♪	49:10
	♪ It runs through heaven and right back ♪	49:13
	♪ Every time I feel the spirit moving in my heart ♪	49:17
	♪ I will pray ♪	49:22
	♪ Yes, every time I feel the spirit moving my heart ♪	49:24
	♪ I will pray ♪	49:29
	♪ Every time I feel the spirit moving in my heart ♪	49:31
	♪ I will pray ♪	49:36
	♪ Yes, every I feel the spirit moving in my heart ♪	49:38
	♪ I will pray ♪	49:47
	(organ music)	50:08
	(organ music)	50:59
	(congregation sings)	51:39
	♪ Hallelujah hallelujah ♪	51:52
	(congregation sings)	52:01
	♪ Hallelujah hallelujah ♪	52:14
	♪ Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah ♪	52:20
-	Let us pray.	52:40
	The Lord, if only we would offer our whole selves to you	52:44
	in praise and thanksgiving as holy and living sacrifices.	52:48
	If only we could receive everything as gift from you,	52:55
	not begrudging even our suffering,	52:59
	then we would know the blessings of the poor	53:03
	and the poor in spirit.	53:06
	Send your holy spirit upon these gifts	53:10
	and transform them into loaves and fish,	53:12
	into cornerstones of your kingdom.	53:15
	Now, as your daughters and sons,	53:20
	we offer as gift to you this prayer you have taught us,	53:22
	saying our father who art in heaven.	53:26
	Hallowed by thy name.	53:30
	Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth	53:33
	as it is in heaven.	53:37
	Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us	53:39
	our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us,	53:42
	and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.	53:48
	For thine is the kingdom, and the power,	53:53
	and the glory forever, amen.	53:56
	(organ music)	54:01
	(congregation sings)	54:45
	(congregation sings)	55:45
	(congregation sings)	56:44
	(congregation sings)	57:44
-	Now, go out into this world empowered by the holy spirit	58:35
	to do the works of Jesus Christ	58:40
	and live in peace with one another.	58:42
	In the name of the blessed trinity, amen.	58:45
	♪ Hallelujah amen amen ♪	58:51
	(organ music)	59:04
	(organ music)	1:00:03
	(organ music)	1:01:04

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Debra K. Brazzel - Sermon Untitled (May 30, 1993)

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Sermon start time: 22:06. Sermon end time: 42:14.
The spirit of Pentecost is not the miracle itself but the Holy Spirit and its consequent values entering our bodies and souls. We must follow this spirit of compassion and kindness for others rather than using it for our personal means. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)
Key quotation: “That’s what it means to be Christian: to be recreated through the power of God’s spirit infused in our spirit, to be remade in the image of Christ.”

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