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Dry Bones Come Alive
Sermon Series: The Prophets-A Call to Holiness ​​
The Season of Kingdomtide
Prelude
Brian Turner
Breathe On Me Breath Of God
arr. by Turner
Special Music
Andrea Bailey and Brian Turner
Spirit of the Living God
UMH 393 
Words and Music: Daniel Iverson

Spirit of the living God,
Fall afresh on me.
Melt me, mold me, fill me, use me.
Spirit of the living God,
Fall afresh on me.
Prayer   
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All things come from you, O God, and with gratitude we return to you what is yours. You created all that is, and with love formed us in your image. When our love failed, your love remained steadfast. You gave your only Son Jesus Christ to be our Savior. All that we are, and all that we have, is a trust from you. And so, in gratitude for all your gifts, we offer you ourselves, and all that we have, in union with Christ’s offering for us. By your Holy Spirit make us one with Christ, one with each other, and one in ministry to all the world; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen                   

 Hoyt Hickman
​Scripture
Ezekiel 37:1-14 NIV
The Valley of Dry Bones

​37 The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2 He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. 3 He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”
I said, “Sovereign Lord, you alone know.”
4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! 5 This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. 6 I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8 I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.
9 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come, breath, from the four winds and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’” 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.
11 Then he said to me: “Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’ 12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel. 13 Then you, my people, will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. 14 I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and I have done it, declares the Lord.’”
Dry Bones Come Alive 
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The prophet Ezekiel was with the exiles in Babylon when God asked him the question “Son of man, can these bones live?” Sometimes where are so disheartened with life we begin to wonder if new life is possible. The vision Ezekiel was given by the Lord was a valley of dry bones coming to life!  God can bring times of renewal, and spiritual revival when we repent and call upon Him. Would you like to experience a new time of refreshing from God through the power of the Holy Spirit? Dry bones can live again! 
Message 
Pastor John Fowler
Dry Bones Come Alive 
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Offertory
Andrea Bailey and Brian Turner
In His Time
Words and Music: Diane Ball

In His time, in His time,
He makes all thing beautiful in His time.
Lord, my life to you I bring,
May each song I have to sing,
Be to you a lovely thing, in your time.

In your time, in your time,
You make all things beautiful in your time.
Lord, my life to you I bring,
May each song I have to sing,
Be to you a lovely thing, in your time.
Children's Message
Kim Garland
Postlude 
Brian Turner
Nearer, My God, To Thee
arr. Turner
​Life is short.
And we have little time
​to Gladden the Hearts
of those who Travel with us.
So Love quickly, and make haste to be Kind. 
May the Christ who loves us,also travel
with us, and give us PEACE.