Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And you shall renew the face of the earth. O God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy your consolations.
May the same Spirit who blew over the formless mass of creation and brought order, new life, and a new earth blow over us today and bring order to our lives, create something new in us, and renew our hurting world.
May the same Spirit who raised Christ from the dead raise up everything we thought was hopeless.
May the same Spirit that gave courage to the prophets shake us out of complacency and empower us to speak the truth of God boldly and uncompromisingly in the spirit of Christ’s gracious love.
May the same Spirit that made us the Church draw us together as a congregation and as a worldwide Christian family, with unbreakable bonds and loving unity.
May the same Spirit that caused the first Christians to share the Gospel with boldness until the whole earth knew the name of Jesus compel us to give of the grace we have received until Millbrook truly knows that there is life in the name of Jesus. Amen.
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