{"id":1112,"date":"2014-10-09T23:26:32","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T23:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=1112"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:56:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:56:57","slug":"worship-october-12-2014-18th-sunday-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=1112","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; October 12, 2014 &#8211; 18th Sunday after Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">&#8220;Kingdom Living&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Kingdom-Living1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Kingdom-Living1-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Kingdom Living\" class=\"wp-image-1114\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Psalm 68:5-19&nbsp; (New King James Version)<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup><span style=\"font-size: small\">5 <\/span><\/sup>A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows,<br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-68-5\"><i>Is<\/i> God in His holy habitation.<\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-NKJV-14907\" class=\"text Ps-68-6\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">6 <\/span><\/sup>God sets the solitary in families;<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-68-6\">He brings out those who are bound into prosperity;<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-68-6\">But the rebellious dwell in a dry <i>land.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"poetry top-1\">\n<p class=\"line\"><span id=\"en-NKJV-14908\" class=\"text Ps-68-7\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">7 <\/span><\/sup>O God, when You went out before Your people,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-68-7\">When You marched through the wilderness, <span class=\"selah\">Selah<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-NKJV-14909\" class=\"text Ps-68-8\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">8 <\/span><\/sup>The earth shook;<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-68-8\">The heavens also dropped <i>rain<\/i> at the presence of God;<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-68-8\">Sinai itself <i>was moved<\/i> at the presence of God, the God of Israel.<\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-NKJV-14910\" class=\"text Ps-68-9\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">9 <\/span><\/sup>You, O God, sent a plentiful rain,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-68-9\">Whereby You confirmed Your inheritance,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-68-9\">When it was weary.<\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-NKJV-14911\" class=\"text Ps-68-10\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">10 <\/span><\/sup>Your congregation dwelt in it;<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-68-10\">You, O God, provided from Your goodness for the poor.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"poetry top-1\">\n<p class=\"line\"><span id=\"en-NKJV-14912\" class=\"text Ps-68-11\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">11 <\/span><\/sup>The Lord gave the word;<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-68-11\">Great <i>was<\/i> the company of those who proclaimed <i>it:<\/i><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-NKJV-14913\" class=\"text Ps-68-12\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">12 <\/span><\/sup>\u201cKings of armies flee, they flee,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-68-12\">And she who remains at home divides the spoil.<\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-NKJV-14914\" class=\"text Ps-68-13\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">13 <\/span><\/sup>Though you lie down among the sheepfolds,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-68-13\"><i>You will be<\/i> like the wings of a dove covered with silver,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-68-13\">And her feathers with yellow gold.\u201d<\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-NKJV-14915\" class=\"text Ps-68-14\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">14 <\/span><\/sup>When the Almighty scattered kings in it,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-68-14\">It was <i>white<\/i> as snow in Zalmon.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"poetry top-1\">\n<p class=\"line\"><span id=\"en-NKJV-14916\" class=\"text Ps-68-15\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">15 <\/span><\/sup>A mountain of God <i>is<\/i> the mountain of Bashan;<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-68-15\">A mountain <i>of many<\/i> peaks <i>is<\/i> the mountain of Bashan.<\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-NKJV-14917\" class=\"text Ps-68-16\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">16 <\/span><\/sup>Why do you fume with envy, you mountains of <i>many<\/i> peaks?<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-68-16\"><i>This is<\/i> the mountain <i>which<\/i> God desires to dwell in;<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-68-16\">Yes, the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span> will dwell <i>in it<\/i> forever.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"poetry top-1\">\n<p class=\"line\"><span id=\"en-NKJV-14918\" class=\"text Ps-68-17\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">17 <\/span><\/sup>The chariots of God <i>are<\/i> twenty thousand,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-68-17\"><i>Even<\/i> thousands of thousands;<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-68-17\">The Lord is among them <i>as in<\/i> Sinai, in the Holy <i>Place.<\/i><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-NKJV-14919\" class=\"text Ps-68-18\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">18 <\/span><\/sup>You have ascended on high,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-68-18\">You have led captivity captive;<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-68-18\">You have received gifts among men,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-68-18\">Even <i>from<\/i> the rebellious,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-68-18\">That the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span> God might dwell <i>there.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"poetry top-1\">\n<p class=\"line\"><span id=\"en-NKJV-14920\" class=\"text Ps-68-19\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">19 <\/span><\/sup>Blessed <i>be<\/i> the Lord,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-68-19\"><i>Who<\/i> daily loads us <i>with benefits,<\/i><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-68-19\">The God of our salvation! <span class=\"selah\">Selah<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><em><strong>1 Peter 2:9-10&nbsp; (New American Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span id=\"en-NASB-30409\" class=\"text 1Pet-2-9\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">9 <\/span><\/strong><\/sup>But you are <span class=\"small-caps\">a chosen race, a<\/span> royal <span class=\"small-caps\">priesthood, a<\/span> <span class=\"small-caps\">holy nation<\/span>, <span class=\"small-caps\">a people for<\/span> <i>God\u2019s<\/i> <span class=\"small-caps\">own possession<\/span>, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;<\/span> <span id=\"en-NASB-30410\" class=\"text 1Pet-2-10\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><sup class=\"versenum\">10 <\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/strong>for you once were <span class=\"small-caps\">not a people<\/span>, but now you are <span class=\"small-caps\">the people of God<\/span>; you had <span class=\"small-caps\">not received mercy,<\/span> but now you have <span class=\"small-caps\">received mercy<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><em><strong>Sunday School:<\/strong><\/em><br>\n<\/span> 10:00 \u2013 11:00 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Lower Level. A Children\u2019s Church program is available weekly on Sunday mornings.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><em><strong>Nursery Ministry:<\/strong><\/em><br>\n<\/span> 10:00 \u2013 11:00 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Lower Level. Available every Sunday morning during the worship service.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><em><strong>Sunday Morning Worship:<\/strong><\/em><br>\n<\/span> 10:00 AM \u2013 in the Sanctuary. Join us today for Pastor Tom Hendershot&#8217;s&nbsp;sermon \u201cKingdom Living.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Kingdom Living&#8221; &nbsp; Psalm 68:5-19&nbsp; (New King James Version) 5 A father of the<span class=\"more-dots\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-worship-this-week","no-post-thumbnail"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Sharon Tali","author_link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?author=2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1112"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5064,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112\/revisions\/5064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}