{"id":2567,"date":"2016-08-05T22:22:13","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T22:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=2567"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:47:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:47:48","slug":"worship-august-7-2016-12th-sunday-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=2567","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; August 7, 2016 &#8211; 12th Sunday after Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #800080\">&#8220;Prayer&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/PRAYER-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/PRAYER-3-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"PRAYER 3\" class=\"wp-image-2570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/PRAYER-3-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/PRAYER-3-250x136.jpg 250w, https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/PRAYER-3-150x81.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/PRAYER-3.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><em><strong>Matthew 6:5-9, 13-15 &nbsp;(English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><span id=\"en-ESV-23288\" class=\"text Matt-6-5\">The Lord&#8217;s Prayer<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"text Matt-6-5\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">5&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cAnd when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-23289\" class=\"text Matt-6-6\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">6&nbsp;<\/sup>But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span id=\"en-ESV-23290\" class=\"text Matt-6-7\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">7&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cAnd when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-23291\" class=\"text Matt-6-8\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">8&nbsp;<\/sup>Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-23292\" class=\"text Matt-6-9\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">9&nbsp;<\/sup>Pray then like this:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"poetry top-1\">\n<p class=\"line\"><span class=\"text Matt-6-9\"><span class=\"woj\">\u201cOur Father in heaven,<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Matt-6-9\"><span class=\"woj\">hallowed be your name&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"poetry\">\n<p class=\"line\"><span id=\"en-ESV-23296\" class=\"text Matt-6-13\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">13&nbsp;<\/sup>And lead us not into temptation,<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Matt-6-13\"><span class=\"woj\">but deliver us from evil.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"first-line-none top-1\"><span id=\"en-ESV-23297\" class=\"text Matt-6-14\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">14&nbsp;<\/sup>For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-23298\" class=\"text Matt-6-15\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">15&nbsp;<\/sup>but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"first-line-none top-1\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><em><strong>1 Thessalonians 5:17 &nbsp;(English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><sup class=\"versenum\">17&nbsp;<\/sup>pray without ceasing,<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080\"><em><strong>Holy Communion:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\nHoly Communion is celebrated the first Sunday of every month.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080\"><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: #800080\"><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: #800080\"><em><strong>Sunday Morning Worship:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n10:00 AM \u2013 in the Sanctuary. &nbsp;Join us today for Pastor Phil Ross\u2019s sermon \u201cPrayer.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Prayer&#8221; Matthew 6:5-9, 13-15 &nbsp;(English Standard Version) The Lord&#8217;s Prayer 5&nbsp;\u201cAnd when you pray,<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-2567","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\/2567","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=2567"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4857,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567\/revisions\/4857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}