{"id":839,"date":"2014-03-14T00:56:48","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T00:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=839"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:55:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:55:56","slug":"worship-march-16-2014-2nd-sunday-in-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=839","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; March 16, 2014 &#8211; 2nd Sunday in Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><em><strong>&#8220;Secrets of the Tabernacle&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Secrets-of-the-Tabernacle.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Secrets-of-the-Tabernacle.jpeg\" alt=\"Secrets of the Tabernacle\" class=\"wp-image-841\" \/><\/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>Psalm 27:1-8 &nbsp;(English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>The&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;Is My Light and My Salvation<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 16px;color: #444444;line-height: 24px\">27&nbsp;The&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;is my&nbsp;light and my&nbsp;salvation;<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p>whom shall I fear?<br>\nThe&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;is the stronghold&nbsp;of my life;<br>\nof whom shall I be afraid?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p><sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup>When evildoers assail me<br>\nto&nbsp;eat up my flesh,<br>\nmy adversaries and foes,<br>\nit is they who stumble and fall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p><sup>3&nbsp;<\/sup>Though an army encamp against me,<br>\nmy heart shall not fear;<br>\nthough war arise against me,<br>\nyet&nbsp;I will be confident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p><sup>4&nbsp;<\/sup>One thing have I asked of the&nbsp;Lord,<br>\nthat will I seek after:<br>\nthat I may&nbsp;dwell in the house of the&nbsp;Lord<br>\nall the days of my life,<br>\nto gaze upon&nbsp;the beauty of the&nbsp;Lord<br>\nand to inquire&nbsp;in his temple.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p><sup>5&nbsp;<\/sup>For he will&nbsp;hide me in his shelter<br>\nin the day of trouble;<br>\nhe will conceal me under the cover of his tent;<br>\nhe will&nbsp;lift me high upon a rock.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p><sup>6&nbsp;<\/sup>And now my&nbsp;head shall be lifted up<br>\nabove my enemies all around me,<br>\nand I will offer in his tent<br>\nsacrifices with shouts of&nbsp;joy;<br>\nI will sing and make melody to the&nbsp;Lord.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p><sup>7&nbsp;<\/sup>Hear, O&nbsp;Lord, when I cry aloud;<br>\nbe gracious to me and answer me!<br>\n<sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup>You have said,&nbsp;\u201cSeek&nbsp;my face.\u201d<br>\nMy heart says to you,<br>\n\u201cYour face,&nbsp;Lord, do I seek.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800080\"><em><strong>Hebrews 8:1-7 &nbsp;(English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><em>Jesus, High Priest of a Better Covenant<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>8&nbsp;Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest,&nbsp;one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,&nbsp;<sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup>a minister in the holy places, in&nbsp;the true tent&nbsp;that the Lord&nbsp;set up, not man.&nbsp;<sup>3&nbsp;<\/sup>For&nbsp;every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thus&nbsp;it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer.&nbsp;<sup>4&nbsp;<\/sup>Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer gifts according to the law.&nbsp;<sup>5&nbsp;<\/sup>They serve&nbsp;a copy andshadow of the heavenly things. For when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying,&nbsp;\u201cSee that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>6&nbsp;<\/sup>But as it is, Christ&nbsp;has obtained a ministry that is&nbsp;as much more excellent than the old as&nbsp;the covenant&nbsp;he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.&nbsp;<sup>7&nbsp;<\/sup>For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800080\"><em><b id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1762\">Sunday School:<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\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; in the Parish Hall Lower Level.&nbsp; A Children\u2019s Church program is available weekly on Sunday mornings<b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1758\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><em><b id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1770\">Nursery Ministry:<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1755\"><b id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1772\">10:30 \u2013 11:30 AM&nbsp;<\/b>&#8211; in the Parish Hall Lower Level.&nbsp; Available every Sunday morning during the worship service.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1773\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><em><b id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1774\">Sunday Morning Worship:<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1778\"><b>10:30 AM<\/b>&nbsp;\u2013 in the Sanctuary.&nbsp; Join us today for Pastor Tom Hendershot\u2019s sermon \u201cSecrets of the Tabernacle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Secrets of the Tabernacle&#8221; Psalm 27:1-8 &nbsp;(English Standard Version) The&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;Is My Light and My<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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","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\/839","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=839"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5034,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839\/revisions\/5034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}