{"id":698,"date":"2013-11-08T02:21:40","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T02:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=698"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:51:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:51:26","slug":"worship-november-10-2013-25th-sunday-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=698","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; November 10, 2013 &#8211; 25th Sunday After Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #999900\">&#8220;The Blessed Life&#8221;<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Blessed-Life-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Blessed-Life-3-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"The Blessed Life 3\" class=\"wp-image-700\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #999900\">Psalm 84 &nbsp;(English Standard Version)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p>84&nbsp;How&nbsp;lovely is your&nbsp;dwelling place,<br>\nO&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;of hosts!<br>\n<sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup>My soul&nbsp;longs, yes,&nbsp;faints<br>\nfor the courts of the&nbsp;Lord;<br>\nmy heart and flesh sing for joy<br>\nto&nbsp;the living God.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p><sup>3&nbsp;<\/sup>Even the sparrow finds a home,<br>\nand the swallow a nest for herself,<br>\nwhere she may lay her young,<br>\nat your altars, O&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;of hosts,<br>\nmy King and my God.<br>\n<sup>4&nbsp;<\/sup>Blessed are those who dwell in your house,<br>\never&nbsp;singing your praise!&nbsp;Selah<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p><sup>5&nbsp;<\/sup>Blessed are those whose strength is in you,<br>\nin whose heart are the highways to Zion.<br>\n<sup>6&nbsp;<\/sup>As they go through the Valley of Baca<br>\nthey make it a place of springs;<br>\nthe early rain also covers it with&nbsp;pools.<br>\n<sup>7&nbsp;<\/sup>They go&nbsp;from strength to strength;<br>\neach one&nbsp;appears before God in Zion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p><sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup>O&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;God of hosts, hear my prayer;<br>\ngive ear, O God of Jacob!&nbsp;Selah<br>\n<sup>9&nbsp;<\/sup>Behold our&nbsp;shield, O God;<br>\nlook on the face of your anointed!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p><sup>10&nbsp;<\/sup>For a day&nbsp;in your courts is better<br>\nthan a thousand elsewhere.<br>\nI would rather be&nbsp;a doorkeeper in the house of my God<br>\nthan dwell in the tents of wickedness.<br>\n<sup>11&nbsp;<\/sup>For the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;God is&nbsp;a sun and&nbsp;shield;<br>\nthe&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;bestows favor and honor.<br>\nNo good thing does he withhold<br>\nfrom those who&nbsp;walk uprightly.<br>\n<sup>12&nbsp;<\/sup>O&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;of hosts,<br>\nblessed is the one who trusts in you!<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #999900\">Galatians 3:13-14 &amp; 25-29 &nbsp;(English Standard Version)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><sup>13&nbsp;<\/sup>Christ&nbsp;redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us\u2014for it is written,&nbsp;\u201cCursed is everyone who is hangedon a tree\u201d\u2014&nbsp;<sup>14&nbsp;<\/sup>so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might&nbsp;come to the Gentiles, so that&nbsp;we might receive&nbsp;the promised Spirit&nbsp;through faith.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 16px;color: #444444;line-height: 24px\">&nbsp;<sup>25&nbsp;<\/sup>But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,&nbsp;<sup>26&nbsp;<\/sup>for in Christ Jesus&nbsp;you are all sons of God, through faith.&nbsp;<sup>27&nbsp;<\/sup>For as many of you as&nbsp;were baptized&nbsp;into Christ have&nbsp;put on Christ.&nbsp;<sup>28&nbsp;<\/sup>There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave&nbsp;nor free,&nbsp;there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.&nbsp;<sup>29&nbsp;<\/sup>And&nbsp;if you are Christ&#8217;s, then you are Abraham&#8217;s offspring,&nbsp;heirs according to promise.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999900\"><em><b id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1762\">Sunday School:<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1760\"><b id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1761\">10:30 \u2013 11:30 AM&nbsp;<\/b>&#8211; 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