After Pentecost | Saturday 30 May 2026
+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen
Opening prayer:
Almighty God,
through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit,
you revealed the way of eternal life to every race and nation:
Pour out this gift anew,
that by the preaching of the Gospel
your salvation may reach to the ends of the earth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,
for ever and ever. Amen.
“The Holy Spirit… leads into all truth.”
(John 14:15-17)
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Psalms: Psalm 8 – How Majestic You Are | Wellspring Worship
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OT Reading: Job 38:22-38 (NLT)
38:22 “Have you visited the storehouses of the snow
or seen the storehouses of hail?
+ (I have reserved them as weapons for the time of trouble,
for the day of battle and war.)
+ Where is the path to the source of light?
Where is the home of the east wind?
38:25 “Who created a channel for the torrents of rain?
Who laid out the path for the lightning?
+ Who makes the rain fall on barren land,
in a desert where no one lives?
+ Who sends rain to satisfy the parched ground
and make the tender grass spring up?
38:28 “Does the rain have a father?
Who gives birth to the dew?
+ Who is the mother of the ice?
Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens?
+ For the water turns to ice as hard as rock,
and the surface of the water freezes.
38:31 “Can you direct the movement of the stars—
binding the cluster of the Pleiades
or loosening the cords of Orion?
+ Can you direct the constellations through the seasons
or guide the Bear with her cubs across the heavens?
+ Do you know the laws of the universe?
Can you use them to regulate the earth?
38:34 “Can you shout to the clouds
and make it rain?
+ Can you make lightning appear
and cause it to strike as you direct?
+ Who gives intuition to the heart
and instinct to the mind?
+ Who is wise enough to count all the clouds?
Who can tilt the water jars of heaven
+ when the parched ground is dry
and the soil has hardened into clods?
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No One Like Our God – Lincoln Brewster / Integrity Music
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NT Reading: John 14:15-17 (NLT)
Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
14:15 “If you love me, obey my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you.
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Holy Spirit, Truth Divine – David Eck
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Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Gracious God: Assist us with your Spirit, that your Holy Word may be written in our hearts to our everlasting comfort, to reform us, to renew us according to your own image, to build us up and edify us into the perfect dwelling place of your Christ, sanctifying and increasing in us all heavenly virtues; grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen.
O God, our heavenly Father: Pour out your Spirit on your Church, that we may fulfill Christ’s command to preach the Gospel to all people. Send forth laborers into your harvest; defend them in all dangers and temptations; and hasten the time when the fullness of the Gentiles shall be gathered in, and faithful Israel shall be saved; through your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Closing: FaithandWorship.com | John Birch
The Lord bless us, and preserve us from all evil,
and keep us in eternal life.
+ In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
1:13 Hold on to the pattern of wholesome teaching you learned from me—a pattern shaped by the faith and love that you have in Christ Jesus. Through the power of the Holy Spirit who lives within us, carefully guard the precious truth that has been entrusted to you.
1:8 So never be ashamed to tell others about our Lord. And don’t be ashamed of me, either, even though I’m in prison for him. With the strength God gives you, be ready to suffer with me for the sake of the Good News. For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan from before the beginning of time—to show us his grace through Christ Jesus. And now he has made all of this plain to us by the appearing of Christ Jesus, our Savior. He broke the power of death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the Good News. And God chose me to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of this Good News.
8:37 On the last day, the climax of the festival, Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, “Anyone who is thirsty may come to me! Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’” (When he said “living water,” he was speaking of the Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in him. But the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet entered into his glory.)
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