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GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY!
[GOOD MORNING, PASTOR!] HOW IS EVERYBODY TODAY?
[GOOD] WHO WOULD LIKE TO LOOK IN THE PURPLE BAG
THIS MORNING? LET'S LET ...
ELIZABETH.
[PASTOR HANDS ELIZABETH THE PURPLE BAG]
[ELIZABETH REACHES INTO THE PURPLE BAG]
DO YOU KNOW
WHAT THOSE ARE, ELIZABETH?
THEY'RE CANDLES. DO YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF CANDLES THEY ARE?
LET ME TAKE 'EM OUTTA THE BAG, OKAY?
CAN YOU GET 'EM OUTTA THE BAG, ELIZABETH?
WELL, WHAT KIND ARE THEY?
LET ME ...
[WE HAVE ONE OF THEM AT HOME - THEY'RE HALLOWEEN CANDLES]
[HALLOWEEN CANDLES] WHY WOULD YOU USE ONE OF THESE
CANDLES AT HALLOWEEN?
WHERE WOULD YOU PUT THIS ON HALLOWEEN?
YOU WOULD PUT IT IN YOUR KITCHEN.
OR YOU COULD PUT 'EM ON YOUR PORCH.
THAT'S RIGHT. BUT, WHAT IS SPECIAL
ABOUT THIS KIND OF CANDLE
AS OPPOSED TO THE ONES THAT ARE UP THERE ... ON THE ALTAR?
THIS IS AN ELECTRONIC CANDLE. SO WHAT
CAN WE DO WITH THESE CANDLES THAT WE COULDN'T ...
THAT'S EXACTLY IT BRANDEN. YOU COULD PICK IT UP BY THE FLAME.
AND YOU WOULD NOT GET HURT.
BECAUSE IT'S A FAKE FLAME.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE FIRE, DOESN'T IT?
YES, IT DOES ... LOOK LIKE FIRE.
IT DOES LOOK LIKE FIRE. YES, AND IF IT WERE DARK,
IT WOULD LOOK EVEN MORE LIKE FIRE.
OH, IT WOULD, BRANDEN. PLEASE TRUST ME.
THEY SELL THESE TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE EVERY DAY WHO GO ...
OOOO ..... A REAL LIVE FLAME!
WATCH QVC. ASK GRANDMA TO WATCH QVC
WITH YOU.
BUT WHAT THESE REMIND US OF, WE SEE THE FLAMES
ON THE ALTAR ON THE CANDLES? THIS COULD REMIND US
OF WHAT WE'RE CELEBRATING TODAY ... WHICH IS,
PENTECOST. PENTECOST.
THAT'S WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME ON THE DISCIPLES.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER IN OUR READING FOR TODAY, IT SAID ...
THERE WERE LIKE FLAMES ON THE TOPS
OF THEIR HEADS. LIKE TONGUES OF FIRE
WERE OVER THEM SHOWING THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS THERE
AND ON THEM AS ... JUST AS JESUS SAID HE WAS GOING TO
COME ONTO THEM. SO THAT THEY KNEW
THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE LIGHT OF JESUS CHRIST.
DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER WHEN YOU RECEIVED
THE HOLY SPIRIT? WHEN, WILLIAM?
WHEN YOU WERE BAPTIZED.
THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME ... AND YOU WERE BAPTIZED? RIGHT?
[I WAS BAPTIZED IN THE HOSPITAL]
THAT'S RIGHT! WELL YOU WERE SPECIAL
WHEN YOU WERE BAPTIZED IN THE HOSPITAL.
BECAUSE MOMMY AND DADDY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU ... WERE IN GOD'S CARE.
AND THAT'S THE BEST WAY, IS THROUGH FAITH.
SOPHIA?
[INAUDIBLE]
I WAS BAPTIZED
AT HOME. YES.
BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE WE WERE BAPTIZED,
IT ... WHAT MATTERS IS THAT WE WERE BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF
THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
SO THAT'S WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME ON US, AND HE LIVES
WITH US. HE'S CREATED FAITH AND KEEPS US IN THE FAITH.
SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS COME
UPON US AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE TODAY.
SO! YOU GUYS CAN GO BACK TO YOUR MOMS AND DADS
AND WE'LL JOIN TOGETHER IN OUR HYMN-OF-THE-DAY. HYMN 177.