Sunday Club and Sunday Stars...........

Friends
We’re missing our friends just now, but here is a picture of some of the Sunday Stars and Sunday Club celebrating Pentecost.

Here are some pictures of friends. Can you name them?
 
 
Jesus promised his disciples that when he left them to be with his Father in heaven, God would send a friend who would never leave them. He was talking about the Holy Spirit.

Friends are there for us on good days and bad days. They give us help when we need help. They listen to us when we need to talk. Our human friends can’t be with us all the time, especially just now, but the Holy Spirit is always with us, always listening to us and speaking to God on our behalf, always guiding us to do what Jesus would do.
On Pentecost we read the story in the bible about when the disciples received the Holy Spirit.

Acts 2:1-13 International Children’s Bible (ICB)
The Coming of the Holy Spirit

2 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a noise came from heaven. It sounded like a strong wind blowing. This noise filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw something that looked like flames of fire. The flames were separated and stood over each person there. 4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak different languages. The Holy Spirit was giving them the power to speak these languages.


5 There were some religious Jews staying in Jerusalem who were from every country in the world. 6 When they heard this noise, a crowd came together. They were all surprised, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. 7 They were completely amazed at this. They said, “Look! Aren’t all these men that we hear speaking from Galilee? 8 But each of us hears them in his own language. How is this possible? We are from different places: 9 Parthia, Media, Elam, Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia, 10 Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the areas of Libya near Cyrene, Rome 11 (both Jews and those who had become Jews), Crete and Arabia. But we hear these men telling in our own languages about the great things God has done!” 12 They were all amazed and confused. They asked each other, “What does this mean?”

13 But others were making fun of them, saying, “They have had too much wine.”
God has promised the Holy Spirit to everyone who believes in Him.
 
“And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; the Spirit of truth.” John 14:16

 


Prayer
Dear God,
Thank you for the Holy Spirit.
Thank you that the Holy Spirit is with us on good days and bad days.
Thank you that the Holy Spirit helps us to be more like Jesus each day.
Amen

This song is a prayer asking Jesus to send us the helper, the Holy Spirit.
Listen to the song here:

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