Persistent Kingdom – When Faith is Shaken
Worship Service, June 22nd, 2025

1. Please take a moment to download the sermon notes (https://bit.ly/ER250622) for this week.
2. Prepare the elements of “bread” and “wine” for use as we gather around The Lord’s Table. These can be any items convenient around the home that symbolize these for you.

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Sermon Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1-15

Four weeks ago, Jesus told his followers to wait for the gift of power that would come through the Holy Spirit. Then came Pentecost—smoke, wind, and fire filled the room, but most importantly, the Spirit was poured out on everyone gathered. Last week, we listened for Lady Wisdom, the personification of the Holy Spirit, as we learned how to discern her voice.

And today, we ask perhaps the inevitable question: What do we do when living into these promises and blessings just seems to not be working?

What do we do when God’s promises feel distant, when God’s power seems absent, when God’s voice is drowned out by all the noise? What do we do when the world, and perhaps even our faith, seems to leave us in the lurch?

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Music used under CCLI license #1808339, CCLI streaming license #20401862
Performed by Emmaus Road Worship Team

Slow Me Down
CCLI #7212840 | Kate Bluett, Leslie Anne Jordan, Matthew Kaemingk, Sandra McCracken, and Wendell Kimbrough

We Abide We Abide In You
CCLI #7097867 | Elizabeth Vice, Orlando Palmer, Sandra McCracken, Paul Zach, Isaac Wardell, and Madison Cunningham

Only You
CCLI #7026980 | Eric J. Marshall