Naeane Church, Sunday Worship Service, November 1, 2026 The Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost
Naeane Church, Sunday Worship Service, November 1, 2026 The Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost Title: The Holy Spirit Opens Even a Closed Person's Heart Text: Acts 16:1-14 Key verse: Acts 16:14 On this twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost, I want to preach under the title, The Holy Spirit opens even a closed person's heart. Following on from last week, we are continuing to preach about the Holy Spirit. In the larger flow, we are moving in the direction of asking how we receive the Spirit's help out in the world, outside the church building. Last week I preached on how, even in the scattered places, the church matters, and how we move as an individual church, that is, because the Holy Spirit dwells inside me, that individual church is on the move. But when an individual church is on the move, we meet countless people and circumstances. People above all. And then, that utterly shut person, that stubborn person, that person who...