{"id":1707,"date":"2015-09-17T23:12:51","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T23:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=1707"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:54:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:54:51","slug":"worship-september-20-2015-17th-sunday-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=1707","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; September 20, 2015 &#8211; 17th Sunday after Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em><strong>&#8220;Beyond Superstition&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Jesus-Heals-Man-at-Pool.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Jesus-Heals-Man-at-Pool-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"Jesus Heals Man at Pool\" class=\"wp-image-1709\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em><strong>Psalm 119:65-72 &nbsp;(English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading psalm-acrostic\"><em><span id=\"en-ESV-15964\" class=\"text Ps-119-65\">Teth<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"poetry\">\n<p class=\"line\"><span class=\"text Ps-119-65\"><sup class=\"versenum\">65&nbsp;<\/sup>You have dealt well with your servant,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-119-65\">O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>, according to your word.<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-ESV-15965\" class=\"text Ps-119-66\"><sup class=\"versenum\">66&nbsp;<\/sup>Teach me good judgment and knowledge,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-119-66\">for I believe in your commandments.<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-ESV-15966\" class=\"text Ps-119-67\"><sup class=\"versenum\">67&nbsp;<\/sup>Before I was afflicted I went astray,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-119-67\">but now I keep your word.<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-ESV-15967\" class=\"text Ps-119-68\"><sup class=\"versenum\">68&nbsp;<\/sup>You are good and do good;<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-119-68\">teach me your statutes.<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-ESV-15968\" class=\"text Ps-119-69\"><sup class=\"versenum\">69&nbsp;<\/sup>The insolent smear me with lies,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-119-69\">but with my whole heart I keep your precepts;<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-ESV-15969\" class=\"text Ps-119-70\"><sup class=\"versenum\">70&nbsp;<\/sup>their heart is unfeeling like fat,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-119-70\">but I delight in your law.<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-ESV-15970\" class=\"text Ps-119-71\"><sup class=\"versenum\">71&nbsp;<\/sup>It is good for me that I was afflicted,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-119-71\">that I might learn your statutes.<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-ESV-15971\" class=\"text Ps-119-72\"><sup class=\"versenum\">72&nbsp;<\/sup>The law of your mouth is better to me<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-119-72\">than thousands of gold and silver pieces.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em><strong>John 5:1-8 &nbsp;(English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><em><span id=\"en-ESV-26201\" class=\"text John-5-1\">The Healing at the Pool on the Sabbath<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"chapter-1\"><span class=\"text John-5-1\"><span class=\"chapternum\">5&nbsp;<\/span>After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-ESV-26202\" class=\"text John-5-2\"><sup class=\"versenum\">2&nbsp;<\/sup>Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda,which has five roofed colonnades.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26203\" class=\"text John-5-3\"><sup class=\"versenum\">3&nbsp;<\/sup>In these lay a multitude of invalids\u2014blind, lame, and paralyzed.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26204\" class=\"text John-5-5\"><sup class=\"versenum\">5&nbsp;<\/sup>One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.<\/span><span id=\"en-ESV-26205\" class=\"text John-5-6\"><sup class=\"versenum\">6&nbsp;<\/sup>When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, <span class=\"woj\">\u201cDo you want to be healed?\u201d<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26206\" class=\"text John-5-7\"><sup class=\"versenum\">7&nbsp;<\/sup>The sick man answered him, \u201cSir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me.\u201d<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26207\" class=\"text John-5-8\"><sup class=\"versenum\">8&nbsp;<\/sup>Jesus said to him, <span class=\"woj\">\u201cGet up, take up your bed, and walk.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em><strong>Sunday School:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n10:00 \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: #ff0000\"><em><strong>Nursery Ministry:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n10:00 \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: #ff0000\"><em><strong>Sunday Morning Worship:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n10:00 AM \u2013 in the Sanctuary. Join us today for Pastor Phil Ross&#8217;s sermon \u201cBeyond Superstition.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Beyond Superstition&#8221; Psalm 119:65-72 &nbsp;(English Standard Version) Teth 65&nbsp;You have dealt well with your<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-1707","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\/1707","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=1707"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5016,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707\/revisions\/5016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}