Sermon Tone Analysis

The Baptist Church in Warren

First Baptist in America

May 27, 2007                          Pentecost                                   10:30 am  

*PRELUDE*

*WELCOME*

*GREETING FROM FBCIA                         *Stephen T. Martorella

*CALL TO WORSHIP*

“/Both young men and maidens, old men and children: let them praise the name of the Lord: /

*for his name alone is excellent*;

*/his glory is above the earth and heaven/*”

*~*HYMN OF PRAISE     *#187*                *“Breathe on Me, Breath of God ”

*~*INVOCATION (*the Lord’s Prayer)  as we worship may your Presence be made known to us.

Fill us afresh with your Spirit that we may be strong in a world full of complexities and constant change.

May we today boldly bear witness to the claims of your Kingdom, and may we look forward to the day when your knowledge covers the earth as waters cover the sea.

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, forever.

Amen.

*~*GLORIA PATRI (*Sung together)*                 *                                     #575

*Psalm for Today                                                     Psalm 104:24-34*

24/O Lord, how manifold are your works!

In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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/.

35… */Bless the Lord, O my soul.

Praise the Lord! /*

*CHOIR*

*SCRIPTURE **READING**            Acts 2:1-18*               Barbara Staples

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.

18Even upon my slaves, both men and women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy.

*OFFERING TO GOD**      *“Go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.

Then come, follow me” (Matt.

19:21 NIV).

*~*DOXOLOGY  *(Sung together)                                                            #572

*        ~*PRAYER OF DEDICATION                   Paul Becker*

*        ** *God of our fathers, we cherish the blessings your Church brings to us.

We are indeed grateful for the privilege of sharing, through these gifts, the proclamation of your Word to the uttermost parts of the world, until that day when all earth praises you.

*~*HYMN OF PRAYER                                                                         *# 198

“Spirit of GOD, Descend Upon My Heart”

*PASTORAL PRAYER**     */“[Jesus] was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, 'Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.'”

Luke 11:1/ *P*raise God for... police, firefighters, and other community service people.*A*sk

God for... restoration of peace in communities facing rising crime.*T*hank

God for...* H*ealing for...

O God, the fresh winds of your spirit are like a cool, refreshing breeze that flows over our hungry souls.

But we have to admit, Loving God, that sometimes we are left wondering when we experience the mystery of your presence with us.

You tell us that unless we are born again, we cannot see the Kingdom of God.

Help us to understand that we are constantly given opportunities to begin again.

Teach us again how to see, but this time through your eyes.

Teach us again to walk, this time in your shoes.

Teach us again to feel, this time through your senses.

Teach us again to love, this time with your heart.

Help us to be born from above and inspire us with the confidence that you will be with us in our life journey.

Help us to let go of those things that hold us down.

Comfort those among us who struggle with illness, who anxiously await the outcome of medical testing, who are overcome with loss, who are held prisoner by addictions, who are despondent over their present life situation.

And on this Memorial Day weekend, we especially remember those who have gone before us, who have fought the good fight, who have finished the race

and now celebrate life eternal.

We ask for your special guidance for the leaders of our country, and we pray for peace throughout the world.

You, Loving God, come to offer hope, to change the circumstances of our lives and to offer to us the promise of eternal life.—Susan

Gregg Schroeder

*~*HYMN OF PRAISE                                                                  *# 189 

“The Comforter Has Come”

*Scripture Text                                                       John 14: 8-17, 25-27*

8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.”

9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me?

Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.

How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?

The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own; but the Father who dwells in me does his works.

11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; but if you do not, then believe me because of the works themselves.

12 Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father.

13 I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

14 If in my name you ask me for anything, I will do it.

15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever.

17 This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him.

You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you.

25 “I have said these things to you while I am still with you.

26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you.