{"id":3611,"date":"2019-02-01T23:05:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T23:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3611"},"modified":"2019-02-01T23:05:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T23:05:54","slug":"worship-february-3-2019-4th-sunday-after-epiphany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3611","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; February 3, 2019 &#8211; 4th Sunday after Epiphany"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"color:#0644e5;text-align:center\" class=\"has-text-color has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>&#8220;G.O.A.T.S (Part 4)&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Abram.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3612\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#0644e5;font-size:26px\" class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Genesis 15:1-11  (New International Version)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">T<em>he\u00a0Lord\u2019s Covenant With Abram<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>15&nbsp;<\/strong>After this, the word of the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;came to Abram&nbsp;in a vision:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDo not be afraid,&nbsp;Abram.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I am your shield,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;your very great reward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup>But Abram said, \u201cSovereign&nbsp;Lord,&nbsp;what can you give me since I remain childless&nbsp;and the one who will inherit&nbsp;my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?\u201d<sup>3&nbsp;<\/sup>And Abram said, \u201cYou have given me no children; so a servant&nbsp;in my household&nbsp;will be my heir.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>4&nbsp;<\/sup>Then the word of the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;came to him: \u201cThis man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>5&nbsp;<\/sup>He took him outside and said, \u201cLook up at the sky and count the stars\u2014if indeed you can count them.\u201d Then he said to him, \u201cSo shall your offspring&nbsp;be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>6&nbsp;<\/sup>Abram believed the&nbsp;Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>7&nbsp;<\/sup>He also said to him, \u201cI am the&nbsp;Lord, who brought you out&nbsp;of Ur of the Chaldeans&nbsp;to give you this land to take possession of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup>But Abram said, \u201cSovereign&nbsp;Lord,&nbsp;how can I know&nbsp;that I will gain possession of it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>9&nbsp;<\/sup>So the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;said to him, \u201cBring me a heifer,&nbsp;a goat and a ram, each three years old,&nbsp;along with a dove and a young pigeon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>10\u00a0<\/sup>Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other;\u00a0the birds, however, he did not cut in half.<sup>11\u00a0<\/sup>Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses,\u00a0but Abram drove them away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#0644e5\" class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Coffee &amp; Discussion:<br><\/em><\/strong>9:00 \u2013 9:45 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Upper Level. &nbsp;Join our adult Coffee &amp; Discussion group.&nbsp; The current topic is a study of Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#0644e5\" class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Sunday School:<\/strong><\/em><br>10:00 \u2013 11:00 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Lower Level. &nbsp;A Children\u2019s Church program is available weekly on Sunday mornings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#0644e5\" class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Nursery Ministry:<\/strong><\/em><br>10:00 \u2013 11:00 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Lower Level. &nbsp;Available every Sunday morning during the worship service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#0644e5\" class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Sunday Morning Worship:<\/strong><\/em><br>10:00 AM \u2013 in the Sanctuary. \u00a0Join us today for Pastor Joe Vasarhelyi\u2019s sermon \u201cThe G.O.A.T.\u2019S. 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