Readings for Pentecost Sunday

The Holy Spirit makes us squirm. In our churches the third person of the Trinity is often the first person to be shown to the door. He is not considerate of our conventions, sympathetic to our inhibitions or patient with our sin. Our God is a God of order but His Holy Spirit disorders our lives and our churches when He sweeps in.
I love to open the windows in my house, and I like a slight breeze.
But I draw the line and close the window at the point when the breeze picks things up and moves them around. I don't feel, most times, like my house can afford that.
I feel the same way about the Holy Spirit. But in our lives and our church we can't afford for the wind not to rearrange us.
Oh Lord, help us to open the windows wide and practice the discipline it takes to keep them open when things start to flutter dangerously.

Call to Repentance
Ephesians 4:17 (page 1821)

Call to Worship
Psalm 139 (page 974)

OT Reading
Isaiah 32:9-20 (page 1107)

NT Reading
Acts 2:1-13 (page 1692)

Message
1 John 4:13 (page 1902)