“When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
. . .
“‘But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
“And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,
That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your young men shall see visions,
Your old men shall dream dreams.
And on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days;
And they shall prophesy.
I will show wonders in heaven above
And signs in the earth beneath:
Blood and fire and vapor of smoke.
The sun shall be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
And it shall come to pass
That whoever calls on the name of the Lord
Shall be saved.”’”
(Acts 2:1–4, 16–21)
“Lord God, we give You thanks this day for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Your Church, and as Your menservants and maidservants we pray that we would be filled with Your Holy Spirit, that You would loose our tongues to proclaim the gospel, and that by Your Holy Spirit You would conform our lives to live by it. We call upon Your name, O Lord, and look to You alone for the gifts that come through the power of the Holy Spirit. Blow the Spirit-Wind of God into our lives, burn away by the Fire of the Spirit all worthlessness remaining, do great and mighty things in us and through us, that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ might be magnified and that Your holy kingdom might be spread through all the world as the waters cover the seas. So we pray in the name of our Creator, Lord, and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.”
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