William H. Willimon - "You've Got Spirit" (June 4, 1995)

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-	Welcome to Duke University Chapel	0:07
	on this day of Pentecost,	0:08
	when throughout the church,	0:12
	the church celebrates its birth	0:14
	in the descent of the Spirit.	0:16
	This is also Employee Sunday here at Duke.	0:19
	We welcome Addy McCullough, our Chapel Hostess,	0:21
	who serves as one of our Lectors today,	0:24
	and Mr. Jim Warren,	0:28
	who is president of the Duke Alumni Association.	0:30
	They are meeting here this weekend.	0:34
	We also, last Sunday,	0:38
	we welcomed our summer choir under	0:40
	the direction of Mr. Tom Janes.	0:42
	Tom is one of our regular choir members	0:45
	and will be directing our choir this summer.	0:48
	If you're a singer,	0:51
	and you're around Durham for the summer,	0:52
	we invite you to join our choir.	0:54
	7:30 this evening the North Carolina Boy Choir	0:57
	gives their annual concert here in the chapel.	1:00
	Let us stand for the greeting.	1:06
	Our help is in the name of the Lord,	1:11
	who has created heaven and earth.	1:13
	(voices of congregation echoing)	1:17
	He rides in the Heaven,	1:23
	and sends forth His mighty voice.	1:25
Congregation	Hallelujah.	1:28
-	How wonderful is God in His holy places,	1:30
	the God of Israel giving strength	1:33
	and power to His people.	1:36
Congregation	Hallelujah.	1:39
-	All who are led by the Spirit of God	1:40
	are children of God.	1:43
	Lord, send forth Your Holy Spirit,	1:45
	and renew the face of the earth.	1:49
Congregation	Hallelujah.	1:52
	(peaceful organ music)	1:54
	(congregation singing)	2:41
	(background noise drowns out other sounds)	2:44
	♪ How lovely is Thy name ♪	2:49
	♪ Alleluia ♪	3:12
	♪ Alleluia ♪	3:15
	(Background noise drowns out other sounds)	3:20
	♪ Alleluia ♪	4:02
	♪ Alleluia ♪	4:06
	♪ Alleluia ♪	5:14
	♪ Alleluia ♪	5:18
	(background noise drowns out other sounds)	5:23
Debra	Let us pray.	5:37
	O God, You sent the Holy Spirit	5:41
	to enkindle the zeal of Christ followers	5:44
	waiting in Jerusalem for his promise gift,	5:48
	for the same inspiration	5:52
	on Your people here assembled,	5:53
	and on the church of Christ throughout the world,	5:56
	revive the power of the Gospel in our hearts	6:00
	that it may be to us a sacred trust	6:04
	for the blessing of all creation.	6:06
	Enable Your church to spread	6:09
	the good news of salvation,	6:11
	so that all nations may hear it	6:14
	in their own tongues,	6:16
	and welcome it into their own lives.	6:18
	Protect, encourage, and bless	6:21
	all people who follow You.	6:25
	Prosper their words and works	6:28
	so that Jesus Christ may be lifted up	6:31
	and may draw all people unto him,	6:34
	and the kingdoms of the world may become	6:37
	the kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.	6:40
	Amen.	6:46
	You may be seated.	6:48
	(congregation rustling)	6:49
All	Open our hearts and minds, O God,	6:57
	by the power of Your Holy Spirit	7:00
	so that as the Word is read and proclaimed	7:03
	we may hear with the message	7:07
	and the joy of his name.	7:09
	Amen.	7:11
-	The first lesson is from	7:13
	Acts, chapter 2 verses 1-12.	7:14
	"When the day of Pentecost had come	7:20
	"they were all together in one place.	7:23
	"And suddenly from heaven there came a sound	7:26
	"like the rush of a violent wind	7:29
	"and it filled the entire house	7:32
	"where they were sitting.	7:34
	"Divided tongues, as of fire appeared among them,	7:37
	"and a tongue rested on each of them.	7:41
	"All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit	7:45
	"and begin to speak in other languages	7:48
	"as the Spirit gave them ability.	7:51
	"Now there were devout Jews from	7:55
	"every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem	7:58
	"and at this sound the crowd gathered	8:03
	"and was bewildered, because each one heard them	8:06
	"speaking in the native language of each.	8:10
	"Amazed and astonished they asked,	8:14
	"Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?	8:17
	"And how is it that we hear, each of us,	8:21
	"in our own native language?	8:24
	"Parthians, Medes, Elamites;	8:27
	"and residents of Mesopotamia,	8:30
	"Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,	8:33
	"Phrygia and Pamphylia,	8:38
	"Egypt and the parts of Libya	8:41
	"belonging to Cyrene.	8:43
	"And visitors from Rome,	8:45
	"both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs,	8:48
	"in our own languages we hear them	8:53
	"speaking about God's deeds of power.	8:56
	"All were amazed and perplexed,	9:01
	"saying to one another, "What does this mean?"	9:04
	"But others sneered and said,	9:08
	"They are filled with New Wine!"	9:11
	This is the Word of the Lord.	9:15
Congregation	Thanks be to God.	9:17
-	The Psalm appointed for this Pentecost Sunday	9:26
	is number 104 verses 24-35.	9:29
	You can find this on page 827 in your hymnal.	9:33
	Together let us praise God in singing the Psalm	9:38
	and the Gloria responsively.	9:40
	Please rise.	9:42
	(organ music)	9:44
	♪ O Lord how manifold are Your works ♪	9:51
	♪ In wisdom you have made them all ♪	9:56
	♪ The earth is full of Your creatures ♪	10:02
	♪ Yonder is the sea great and wide ♪	10:07
	♪ Creeping things innumerable are there ♪	10:12
	♪ Living things both small and great ♪	10:18
	♪ There go the ships ♪	10:24
	♪ And Leviathan, whom you formed to play in it ♪	10:27
	♪ These all look to You ♪	10:34
	♪ To give them their food in due season ♪	10:38
	♪ When You give to them they gather it ♪	10:44
	♪ When you open Your hand ♪	10:49
	♪ They are filled with good things ♪	10:52
	♪ When You hide Your face they are dismayed ♪	10:57
	♪ When You take away their breath ♪	11:02
	♪ They die and return to their dust ♪	11:05
	♪ When You send forth Your Spirit ♪	11:11
	♪ They are created ♪	11:14
	♪ And You renew the face of the ground ♪	11:18
	♪ May the glory of the Lord endure forever ♪	11:24
	♪ May the Lord rejoice in His works ♪	11:30
	♪ Who looks on the earth and it trembles ♪	11:35
	♪ Who touches the mountains and they smoke ♪	11:40
	♪ I will sing to the Lord as long as I live ♪	11:46
	♪ I will sing praise to my God while I have being ♪	11:52
	♪ May my meditation be pleasing to the Lord ♪	12:00
	♪ In whom I rejoice ♪	12:06
	♪ Let sinners be consumed from the earth ♪	12:10
	♪ And let the wicked be no more ♪	12:16
	♪ Bless the Lord O my soul ♪	12:22
	♪ Praise the Lord ♪	12:27
	♪ All glory be to You Creator ♪	12:33
	♪ And to Jesus Christ our savior ♪	12:36
	♪ And to Your Holy Sprirt ♪	12:40
	♪ As it was at time began ♪	12:47
	♪ This hour and will be forevermore ♪	12:52
-	Please be seated.	13:03
	(congregation rustling)	13:05
-	The second lesson is from	13:11
	Romans chapter 8 verses 14-17.	13:12
	"For all who are led by	13:18
	"the Spirit of God are children of God.	13:19
	"For you did not receive a spirit of slavery	13:23
	"to fall back into fear,	13:26
	"but you have received a Spirit of adoption.	13:28
	"When ye cry, Abba, Father,	13:31
	"it is that very Spirit bearing witness	13:34
	"with our spirit that we are children of God,	13:37
	"and if children, then heirs.	13:41
	"Heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ.	13:43
	"If in fact we suffer with him	13:47
	"so that we may also be glorified with him."	13:49
	This is the Word of the Lord.	13:53
	(voices of congregation echoing in response)	13:56
	("Come Down O Love Divine")	14:17
	♪ Come down O Love divine ♪	14:31
	♪ Seek Thou this soul of mine ♪	14:38
	♪ O Comforter draw near ♪	14:46
	♪ Within my heart appear ♪	14:52
	♪ And kindle it Thy holy flame within ♪	14:59
	♪ O let it freely burn ♪	15:14
	♪ Till earthly passions turn ♪	15:21
	♪ To dust and ashes in its heat consuming ♪	15:28
	♪ And let Thy glorious light ♪	15:40
	♪ And let Thy glorious light ♪	15:43
	♪ And let Thy light shine ♪	15:47
	♪ Shine ever on my sight ♪	15:56
	♪ And clothe me round ♪	16:09
	♪ The while my path illuming ♪	16:16
	♪ Within my heart ♪	16:32
	♪ Within my heart ♪	16:35
	♪ Shall be Thy holy flame ♪	16:39
	♪ Thy holy flame ♪	16:46
-	The gospel is from	17:17
	the book of John chapter 14 verses 8-17.	17:18
	Phillip said to him,	17:23
	"Lord, show us the Father	17:25
	"and we will be satisfied."	17:27
	Jesus said to him,	17:30
	"Have I been with you all this time, Philip,	17:31
	"and you still do not know me?	17:34
	"Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.	17:37
	"How can you say, show us the Father?	17:40
	"Do you not believe that I am	17:43
	"in the Father and the Father is in me?	17:45
	"The words that I say to you	17:48
	"I do not speak on my own,	17:50
	"but the Father who dwells in me does His works.	17:52
	"Believe me that I am in the Father	17:56
	"and the Father is in me.	17:59
	"But if you did not,	18:01
	"then believe me because of the works themselves.	18:03
	"Very truly I tell you, the one who	18:07
	"believes in me will also do the works that I do,	18:10
	"And, in fact, will do greater works	18:14
	"than these because I am going to the Father.	18:16
	"I will do whatever you ask in my name	18:21
	"so that the Father may be glorified in the son.	18:25
	"If in my name you ask me for anything, I will do it.	18:29
	"If you love me you will keep my commandments,	18:35
	"and I will ask the Father and He will give	18:38
	"you another advocate to be with you forever.	18:41
	"This is the Spirit of truth	18:45
	"whom the word cannot receive	18:47
	"because it neither sees Him nor knows Him.	18:49
	"You know Him because he abides with you	18:53
	"and He will be in you."	18:56
	This is the Word of the Lord.	18:58
	(congregation responding)	19:01
-	After the tragic bombing in Oklahoma City,	19:12
	in the aftermath as a hurting city pulled together,	19:16
	Nelda Chapman of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce	19:23
	was being interviewed by a reporter from the New York Times.	19:29
	Miss Chapman said,	19:34
	"There is a Spirit	19:38
	"which bonds people together,	19:41
	"and it's not the human spirit,	19:46
	"it is the Holy Spirit."	19:50
	The reporter from the Times said that time and again	19:55
	in interviewing people in Oklahoma City	19:57
	she found people there she said,	19:59
	"Who spoke of religious things in ways that might	20:03
	"embarrass people in other parts of the country."	20:08
	To which James Wall,	20:14
	the editor of the Christian Century said,	20:15
	"No, it would only embarrass people	20:17
	"who read the New York Times,	20:18
	(congregation laughing)	20:20
	"and write for it."	20:23
	But it is, it's hard to speak of spiritual things.	20:27
	Professor Ned Arnett said to me that he kept track	20:34
	and it's rare that we really talk about the Holy Spirit	20:38
	here in Duke Chapel.	20:43
	The Holy Spirit, the most neglected person of the Trinity.	20:45
	We talk about God the Father with ease,	20:50
	God known through His creations.	20:53
	We speak of the Son,	20:59
	God as friend and ever-present guide for us.	21:01
	But the Holy Spirit?	21:06
	Why don't we talk more about the Holy Spirit?	21:09
	Well for one thing, it's hard to talk	21:11
	about spiritual things, just try it.	21:13
	We're all getting together,	21:16
	we're going to talk about spiritual things.	21:17
	We're gathered here for a spiritual reason,	21:19
	we're gonna follow the Spirit,	21:22
	we're going to be spiritual.	21:24
	See?	21:27
	You can just feel the oak pews	21:28
	and the limestone walls turn to Jell-O.	21:30
	Spirit.	21:33
	It's hard to talk about.	21:34
	And yet, when you think about it,	21:40
	most of the really real and important things of life	21:41
	are hard to talk about.	21:46
	And yet, just because of our difficulty	21:51
	in speaking of them does not deny their reality.	21:53
	There are things which are too deep for words.	21:58
	Talk about fire.	22:05
	Fire?	22:09
	The embers turn from a bright orange to an iridescent red	22:11
	as the evening wore on.	22:18
	No that's, that's talking about fuel.	22:22
	Talk about fire.	22:24
	We caught a whiff of it in late afternoon,	22:29
	there was just a trace of smoke	22:31
	and then someone said, "Look!	22:32
	"Look at that dark cloud over there by the Rogers' place."	22:35
	And the next thing we heard where the sirens	22:40
	from the volunteer fire department coming our way.	22:42
	And by late afternoon you could see it clearly	22:47
	there was a orange glow down in the valley	22:49
	as the fire creeped up the mountain.	22:51
	And then a large pine just exploded into flames	22:53
	and it was bright and it was lovely and it was terrifying.	22:58
	Fire!	23:02
	No, that's smoke, it's trees, it's sirens,	23:06
	it's not really fire.	23:12
	Describe wind.	23:17
	Sitting on the porch last week	23:22
	somebody said, "It's hot.	23:24
	"It's hot for so early in June.	23:27
	"You're getting up?	23:34
	"Bring me a lemonade from the kitchen.	23:36
	"It's hot."	23:37
	And then, there was just the slightest rustle of leaves	23:39
	and you could hear the wind chimes tinkle,	23:44
	and then the leaves rustle more,	23:48
	and you could hear, then,	23:50
	branches rubbing against branches.	23:51
	And there was a breeze.	23:56
	Wind.	23:59
	Refreshment.	24:00
	Life!	24:01
	No, no that's leaves, that's limbs,	24:04
	that's metal against metal, that's not wind.	24:08
	Describe wind.	24:14
	We drove down to see if for ourselves and there were houses,	24:19
	large beach houses, just piled up like boxes on the beach.	24:23
	One house, lifted up, pulled all the way over	24:28
	into the middle of the highway there at Pawleys.	24:30
	Two rocking chairs still turned over there on the porch.	24:33
	Huge live oak tree that's just	24:37
	as if lifted up by some giant hand	24:40
	and just placed over in the marsh like a tuft of grass.	24:42
	That's wind!	24:46
	No.	24:50
	That's the aftermath of a storm	24:52
	That's Hugo seen after its affects.	24:53
	No.	25:00
	That's wind.	25:02
	Talk about the Holy Spirit.	25:07
	Wind breathed over	25:12
	dark waters, brooded,	25:16
	whipped up waves, dry land appears!	25:19
	A clump of dirt gathered up into the palm of God's hand	25:23
	and breathed upon just like you're breathing	25:28
	into the embers of a fire	25:31
	and it comes a glow, and there was life!	25:33
	Genesis.	25:38
	No, that's creation, that's the beginning,	25:43
	that's not spirit.	25:45
	The disciples are gathered,	25:50
	Jews from every nation unto the earth.	25:52
	So many different languages.	25:56
	People from all over, nobody could understand anybody.	25:59
	Fractious humanity.	26:02
	Oh, we call it now diversity.	26:04
	We call it now pluralism.	26:07
	No, no, no, tell the truth.	26:09
	It's called division.	26:13
	It's called fragmentation.	26:15
	It's called nobody able to understand anybody.	26:17
	Irreconcilable difference, that's what it is.	26:21
	Babble.	26:25
	Suddenly, somebody heard the sound of wind.	26:28
	The doors flew open, nearly knocked off the hinges.	26:33
	Tongues of fire descended from on high,	26:38
	and people begin to speak, people began to hear,	26:41
	each in his or her own native tongue.	26:44
	And they hear, and they understand,	26:47
	and they are one at Pentecost.	26:50
	Conglomeration of strangers caught,	26:55
	trapped in their differences and divisions of culture	26:58
	and class and race,	27:01
	becomes church.	27:05
	That's the Holy Spirit.	27:07
	Acts 2.	27:09
	No, no that's called reconciliation,	27:12
	that's called understanding, communion, communication.	27:16
	Or is it Holy Spirit?	27:23
	Maybe this is the closest we ever get	27:26
	to ever talking about this.	27:28
	Maybe the Holy Spirit is one of those human phenomena,	27:32
	there are others,	27:35
	which are only known by their effects, their results.	27:36
	We don't talk much about the Holy Spirit,	27:42
	not because we don't know it,	27:44
	for we certainly do.	27:47
	It's just that there's some phenomena that	27:50
	have to be seen in reflection.	27:52
	By their effects.	27:59
	You can't know about it 200 watt light bulb	28:00
	by staring directly into the bulb, that will only blind you.	28:03
	No, you know about light	28:09
	when you enter a darkened room and you turn on the light	28:12
	and suddenly all of that dark,	28:15
	all of that deadness just comes to life.	28:19
	Objects appear.	28:23
	That is light.	28:25
	Light is best known, not by staring directly	28:26
	into the sun at noon,	28:30
	but light is known in reflection by its effects.	28:32
	Wind, fire, breath.	28:38
	These are all biblical ways of speaking of the Holy Spirit.	28:41
	And it's as if scripture cannot speak	28:46
	of this most intimate of experiences of God	28:47
	without use of metaphor and trope and simile.	28:53
	There are just some things we know only by their effects.	28:58
	And yet, that is also knowledge.	29:04
	Love, talk about love.	29:11
	See them over there?	29:16
	You can see them spending their lunch hour staring	29:17
	at each other's faces.	29:20
	Transfixed for an entire hour,	29:22
	feeding each other pimento cheese sandwiches	29:24
	just like it was ambrosia of the gods.	29:27
	That's love!	29:30
	Love is best known by its effects	29:34
	in reflection and, thus, the Holy Spirit.	29:38
	Everybody was fighting mad	29:46
	that night in Montgomery, Alabama.	29:47
	Rosa Parks got on a city bus late in the afternoon	29:52
	after a long day of work,	29:56
	and she just sat down.	29:58
	She sat down on the Montgomery bus	30:02
	in the section reserved for whites only.	30:04
	She had been thrown off of Montgomery bus about 5:30	30:09
	and taken to jail.	30:15
	Already at seven,	30:17
	people didn't go home for dinner, they gathered	30:19
	at the Holt Street Baptist Church in Montgomery.	30:23
	And everybody was talking at the same time,	30:28
	somebody said, "We ought to get organized!"	30:30
	Somebody else said, "We oughta march on City Hall	30:31
	"and teach 'em a lesson!	30:34
	"We've had enough of this!"	30:35
	"People get tired," they said,	30:40
	"people just get fed up with Jim Crowe and his laws."	30:41
	A 26-year-old Baptist preacher was there	30:48
	standing on the margins of the crowd.	30:52
	He had only been in town a short time.	30:55
	He was a scholarly man.	30:58
	People complained that he used words in the pulpit,	31:01
	that were too big to understand.	31:04
	People said he'd gone to Boston University	31:06
	and it hadn't gotten out of him yet.	31:08
	He was there,	31:14
	and during the course of that night somebody said,	31:17
	"Preacher, why don't you come up and say a word?	31:19
	"Reverend King, won't you just say a word to the people?"	31:27
	He was, he was in his mid-20s, he had no time to prepare.	31:29
	But he picked up on the theme	31:40
	of Rosa Parks being tired	31:42
	and sitting down on that bus in the wrong section.	31:44
	And he said, "Rosa Parks was tired this afternoon,	31:50
	"but there are a lot of people here at this service	31:52
	"who are also tired."	31:56
	Somebody down there said, "Amen!"	31:58
	He said, "You know, people do get tired.	32:02
	"You know, my friends, there comes a time	32:07
	"when people just get tired,	32:09
	"they get tired of being trampled down	32:10
	"under the feet of the oppressor."	32:13
	And there was applause down at the front.	32:16
	"There comes a time, my people,	32:20
	"when people get tired of being flung	32:22
	"across the dark abyss of humiliation."	32:27
	And there was tumult.	32:31
	And he couldn't finish his speech	32:35
	because people in the congregation	32:36
	just started chanting, "King! King! King!"	32:39
	A moment had been transformed into a movement.	32:47
	Of that speech, my friend and King biographer	32:56
	Rick Lischer says,	32:59
	"History prepared the people that night	33:02
	"for that moment of joy.	33:06
	"History and the Holy Spirit	33:08
	"prepared the way for that moment of joy."	33:14
	Just out of nothing, out of shattered dreams and dust.	33:22
	Of centuries of frustrated hope and helpless hurt.	33:26
	There was this movement because the Spirit	33:32
	had moved again over dark waters,	33:36
	and brought forth life and fire!	33:39
	And a new people was created.	33:45
	Thus says Saint Paul,	33:51
	"All who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.	33:54
	"You didn't receive the spirit of slavery	33:58
	"to fall back into fear.	34:01
	"You received the Spirit of adoption.	34:04
	"When we cry, Abba, Father,	34:08
	"it is that Spirit bearing witness	34:11
	"with our spirit, that we are children of God.	34:13
	"Heirs with Christ, in fact,	34:17
	"if we suffer with him	34:19
	"so that we may be glorified with him."	34:21
	He had never had a brother.	34:30
	He had a younger sister, he had an older sister,	34:32
	but he had never had a brother.	34:34
	So when he came to college he went out for Rush.	34:36
	He joined a fraternity, became a pledge.	34:40
	He had always been a bit unsteady socially,	34:44
	had not had that many social experiences.	34:47
	Hadn't dated much in high school.	34:50
	And as he said, "I wanted a brother".	34:52
	He put a lot into his fraternity.	34:56
	The drinking bothered him somewhat at the parties,	35:01
	but, as they say, "that's all part of it."	35:04
	But then there was that night when a number of the brothers	35:10
	had had much too much to drink.	35:13
	And somebody turned out the lights at the end of the hall	35:19
	and she was left there alone at the end of the hall.	35:22
	Too drunk to know her clear and present danger.	35:27
	And he watched as a group	35:33
	of ordinary college fraternity boys	35:35
	turned into a group of ravenous beasts.	35:38
	And he admitted, there was a moment	35:46
	when he, looking down the hall,	35:47
	he thought to himself,	35:48
	"Well, really, it is no business of mine."	35:50
	They are all upperclassman.	35:54
	There was even a moment when he turned away, he turned away.	35:58
	But then, as if seized by some force,	36:04
	some undeniable power greater than himself,	36:09
	something from the outside,	36:13
	when he turned	36:17
	and in confidence, with amazing confidence,	36:20
	he said in a loud, clear, deep voice	36:23
	that he didn't even know he has, he said,	36:27
	"Stop! You don't want to do this."	36:29
	Maybe someone in his hearing cursed him.	36:38
	Maybe someone said, "Butt out,	36:41
	"you'll be sorry if you get into this."	36:43
	It was no matter, he was determined.	36:45
	Even in the darkness you could look through there	36:47
	and see the flash in his eyes.	36:49
	And one by one, with some drunken grumbling,	36:55
	one by one people walked away,	36:58
	and he helped her back to her dorm.	37:02
	Amazingly, as he walked back to his dorm,	37:07
	as dawn was beginning to break across campus on a Saturday,	37:11
	he thought to himself,	37:17
	"It's amazing, even if I don't get into this fraternity	37:19
	"it's OK, 'cause, it's like I feel like I've grown up.	37:24
	"It's like I know who I am."	37:30
	He didn't know what it was,	37:37
	he didn't know what to call it, it didn't have a name.	37:38
	What to call that force which brought strength and courage	37:44
	to stand against the omnipotent, oppressive crowd?	37:48
	Where did he get those words to speak,	37:54
	even though he had never been too good at words?	37:57
	He didn't know what to call it!	38:02
	He didn't know how to define it, describe it.	38:04
	But he knew that it was,	38:10
	the effect, was just undeniable.	38:14
	Thus says John,	38:22
	"Jesus says, I will ask the Father	38:27
	"and He will give you an advocate to be with you forever.	38:29
	"This is the Spirit of truth,	38:37
	"which the world cannot receive,	38:38
	"because the world doesn't see Him,	38:42
	"the world doesn't know Him.	38:44
	"You know Him, you know Him because He abides in you,	38:47
	"He will be with you."	38:54
	Amen.	38:59
	(joyous organ music)	39:03
	(choir and congregation singing)	39:41
	(background noise drowns out other sounds)	39:45
	♪ Holy Spirit ♪	40:09
	(background noise drowns out other sounds)	40:12
	♪ Holy Spirit ♪	40:21
	(background noise drowns out other sounds)	40:24
	♪ Holy Spirit ♪	40:36
	(background noise drowns out other sounds)	40:39
	♪ Holy Spirit ♪	41:13
	(background noise drowns out all other sounds)	41:16
	♪ Holy Spirit ♪	41:26
	(background noise drowns out other sounds)	41:29
	♪ Holy Spirit ♪	41:33
	(background noise drowns out all other sounds)	41:37
Debra	The Lord be with you.	41:48
Congregation	Also with you.	41:50
Debra	Let us pray.	41:51
	When the day of Pentecost had come,	41:54
	they were all together in one place,	41:57
	and all of the many foreigners heard	42:00
	the witnesses speaking in their own tongue.	42:02
Congregation	Come, Holy Spirit.	42:06
	Release to us also our tongue of flames.	42:08
-	Speak in the language of our need.	42:13
	Let us hear how our deepest hungers,	42:17
	desires, and aspirations	42:21
	can be filled by Your goodness,	42:24
	and in Your service.	42:27
Congregation	Come, Holy Spirit.	42:30
	(voices of congregation echoing)	42:32
-	Speak in the language of our fear.	42:35
	Let us hear how our worries about the future,	42:39
	and about each other,	42:42
	and about ourselves,	42:44
	can find rest in Your providential care.	42:46
Congregation	Come, Holy Spirit.	42:50
	(voices of congregation echoing)	42:52
-	Speak in the language of our guilt.	42:56
	Let us hear how our confessed shame	43:00
	for wrong things done,	43:03
	and for good things undone,	43:05
	is covered by Your forgiveness.	43:08
Congregation	Come, Holy Spirit.	43:11
	(voices of congregation echoing)	43:14
-	Speak in the language of our gratitude.	43:17
	Let us hear how our honest thanks relate us	43:21
	not only to those with whom we live,	43:25
	but also to You, the Lord and Giver of life.	43:28
Congregation	Come, Holy Spirit.	43:33
	(voices of congregation echoing)	43:35
-	Speak to us in the language of joy.	43:38
	Let us hear how our gladness and our delight	43:42
	not only brighten this world,	43:47
	but honor You who made the world.	43:49
Congregation	Come, Holy Spirit.	43:53
	(voices of congregation echoing)	43:54
-	Speak to us in the language of hope.	43:58
	Let us hear how our yearning and our expectations	44:02
	are not just wishful thinking,	44:06
	but responses to Your promise.	44:09
Congregation	Come, Holy Spirit.	44:12
	(voices of congregation echoing)	44:14
Debra	Amen.	44:29
	You may be seated.	44:30
	(congregation rustling)	44:33
	May we be inspired by the Holy Spirit	44:37
	to give the fruits	44:39
	of our labor and our lives in thanksgiving.	44:40
	(peaceful organ music)	44:46
	("Abide With Me! Fast Falls The Eventide")	45:50
	♪ Abide with me ♪	46:05
	♪ Fast falls the eventide ♪	46:08
	♪ The darkness deepens ♪	46:17
	♪ Lord with me abide ♪	46:22
	♪ When other helpers ♪	46:29
	♪ Fail and comforts flee ♪	46:34
	♪ Help of the helpless oh abide with me ♪	46:41
	♪ I need Thy presence every passing hour ♪	47:13
	♪ But what Thy grace can ♪	47:25
	♪ Foil the tempter's power ♪	47:30
	♪ Who like Thyself my guide and stay can be ♪	47:38
	♪ Through cloud and sunshine Lord abide with me ♪	47:51
	♪ I fear no foe with Thee at hand to bless ♪	48:10
	♪ Ills have no weight and tears no bitterness ♪	48:23
	♪ Where is deaths sting ♪	48:35
	♪ Where grave thy victory ♪	48:39
	♪ I triumph still if Thou abide with me ♪	48:48
	♪ Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes ♪	49:06
	♪ Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies ♪	49:18
	♪ Heaven's morning breaks ♪	49:30
	♪ And earth's vain shadows flee ♪	49:34
	♪ In life in death ♪	49:43
	♪ O Lord abide ♪	49:46
	♪ Abide with me ♪	49:54
	♪ Amen ♪	50:01
	♪ Amen ♪	50:09
	("Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow")	50:17
	♪ Praise God from whom all blessings flow ♪	50:42
	♪ Praise Him all creatures here below ♪	50:49
	♪ Alleluia ♪	50:56
	♪ Alleluia ♪	50:59
	♪ Praise Him above ye heav'nly host ♪	51:04
	♪ Praise Father Son and Holy Ghost ♪	51:10
	♪ Alleluia ♪	51:17
	♪ Alleluia ♪	51:20
	♪ Alleluia ♪	51:24
	♪ Alleluia ♪	51:27
	♪ Alleluia ♪	51:31
-	O God of wind, word, and fire,	51:45
	we bless Your name this day	51:49
	for sending the light and strength of Your Holy Spirit.	51:51
	We give You thanks for all the gifts	51:58
	that You have given to us, great and small.	52:01
	And for all the gifts that	52:05
	You have poured out upon Your children.	52:07
	Accept this day these gifts that we bring.	52:11
	That they may show forth the effects of Your power.	52:15
	And we pray that Your power and Your strength	52:19
	would be upon us, that we might become	52:21
	living witnesses to Your love throughout all the earth.	52:25
	We pray these things through Jesus Christ our Lord,	52:30
	who lives with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit,	52:34
	one God, forever and ever.	52:39
	Amen.	52:42
	And now, let us continue our prayers	52:45
	as we pray together The Lord's Prayer.	52:47
All	Our Father, who art in heaven,	52:50
	hallowed be Thy name.	52:53
	Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done	52:56
	on earth, as it is in heaven.	52:59
	Give us this day our daily bread,	53:02
	and forgive us our trespasses,	53:04
	as we forgive those who trespass against us.	53:07
	And lead us not into temptation,	53:11
	But deliver us from evil.	53:13
	For Thine is the kingdom,	53:16
	and the power, and the glory, forever.	53:18
	Amen.	53:21
-	Amen.	53:24
	(organ plays to the tune of "O For A Thousand Tongues")	53:25
	(congregation singing)	53:48
-	And now may the Holy Spirit,	56:04
	Advocate, Comforter, and Guide,	56:06
	be with you and remain with you always.	56:09
	Amen.	56:13
	(choir sings)	56:15
	♪ Alleluia ♪	56:16
	♪ Amen ♪	56:17
	♪ Amen ♪	56:19
	(powerful organ music)	56:26

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William H. Willimon - "You've Got Spirit" (June 4, 1995)

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Sermon start time: 19:12. Sermon end time: 35:59.
The preacher observes that the power of Holy Spirit is rather overlooked under the backdrop of contemporary culture. He argues that the Holy Spirit is the voice of God who converts, transforms, and comforts people. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)

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June 4, 1995

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Willimon, William H.

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