{"id":723,"date":"2013-12-05T21:36:37","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T21:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=723"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:56:17","slug":"worship-december-8-2013-second-sunday-in-advent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=723","title":{"rendered":"Worship – December 8, 2013 – Second Sunday in Advent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“God Keeps His Promises”<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"God<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Psalm 130  (Common English Bible)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A pilgrimage song.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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130 I cry out to you from the depths, Lord\u2014 2 <\/sup>my Lord, listen to my voice!  Let your ears pay close attention to my request for mercy! 3 <\/sup>If you kept track of sins, Lord\u2014my Lord, who would stand a chance? 4 <\/sup>But forgiveness is with you\u2014that\u2019s why you are honored.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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5 <\/sup>I hope, Lord. My whole being hopes, and I wait for God\u2019s promise. 6 <\/sup>My whole being waits for my Lord\u2014more than the night watch waits for morning; yes, more than the night watch waits for morning!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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7 <\/sup>Israel, wait for the Lord!  Because faithful love is with the Lord; because great redemption is with our God! 8 <\/sup>He is the one who will redeem Israel from all its sin.<\/p>\n

Isaiah 9:2-7  (Common English Bible)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

2 <\/sup> The people walking in darkness have seen a great light.  On those living in a pitch-dark land, light has dawned. 3 <\/sup>You have made the nation great; you have increased its joy. They rejoiced before you as with joy at the harvest, as those who divide plunder rejoice. 4 <\/sup>As on the day of Midian, you\u2019ve shattered the yoke that burdened them, the staff on their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor. 5 <\/sup>Because every boot of the thundering warriors, and every garment rolled in blood will be burned, fuel for the fire. 6 <\/sup>A child is born to us, a son is given to us, and authority will be on his shoulders.  He will be named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. 7 <\/sup>There will be vast authority and endless peace for David\u2019s throne and for his kingdom, establishing and sustaining it with justice and righteousness now and forever.<\/p>\n

The zeal of the Lord of heavenly forces will do this.<\/p>\n

John 3:16-21  (Common English Bible)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n
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16 <\/sup>God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him won\u2019t perish but will have eternal life. 17 <\/sup>God didn\u2019t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him. 18 <\/sup>Whoever believes in him isn\u2019t judged; whoever doesn\u2019t believe in him is already judged, because they don\u2019t believe in the name of God\u2019s only Son.<\/p>\n

19 <\/sup>\u201cThis is the basis for judgment: The light came into the world, and people loved darkness more than the light, for their actions are evil. 20 <\/sup>All who do wicked things hate the light and don\u2019t come to the light for fear that their actions will be exposed to the light. 21 <\/sup>Whoever does the truth comes to the light so that it can be seen that their actions were done in God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sunday School:<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

10:30 \u2013 11:30 AM – in the Parish Hall Lower Level.  A Children\u2019s Church program is available weekly on Sunday mornings.<\/b><\/p>\n

Nursery Ministry:<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

10:30 \u2013 11:30 AM – in the Parish Hall Lower Level.  Available every Sunday morning during the worship service.<\/p>\n

Sunday Morning Worship:<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

10:30 AM \u2013 in the Sanctuary.  Join us today for Pastor Tom Hendershot\u2019s Sermon \u201cGod Keeps His Promises.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“God Keeps His Promises” Psalm 130  (Common English Bible) A pilgrimage song. 130 I…<\/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-723","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\/723","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=723"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5048,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723\/revisions\/5048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}