{"id":1986,"date":"2020-08-16T12:39:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-16T18:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bflchurch.org\/?p=1986"},"modified":"2020-08-16T12:39:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-16T18:39:49","slug":"great-is-your-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bflchurch.org\/great-is-your-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Great is Your Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.bflchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/08-16-2020.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Listen to the service.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Great is Your Faith - August 16, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aAHTdOTM7ls?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Watch the Service.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Isaiah 56:1, 6-8 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>56&nbsp;<\/strong>Thus says the&nbsp;Lord:<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Maintain justice, and do what is right,<br>for soon my salvation will come,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and my deliverance be revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>6&nbsp;<\/sup>And the foreigners who join themselves to the&nbsp;Lord,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to minister to him, to love the name of the&nbsp;Lord,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and to be his servants,<br>all who keep the sabbath, and do not profane it,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and hold fast my covenant\u2014<br><sup>7&nbsp;<\/sup>these I will bring to my holy mountain,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and make them joyful in my house of prayer;<br>their burnt offerings and their sacrifices<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;will be accepted on my altar;<br>for my house shall be called a house of prayer<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;for all peoples.<br><sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup>Thus says the Lord&nbsp;God,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;who gathers the outcasts of Israel,<br>I will gather others to them<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;besides those already gathered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Psalm 67 (NRSV)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>1&nbsp;<\/sup>May God be gracious to us and bless us<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and make his face to shine upon us,<br><sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup>that your way may be known upon earth,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;your saving power among all nations.<br><sup>3&nbsp;<\/sup>Let the peoples praise you, O God;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;let all the peoples praise you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>4&nbsp;<\/sup>Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;for you judge the peoples with equity<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and guide the nations upon earth.<br><sup>5&nbsp;<\/sup>Let the peoples praise you, O God;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;let all the peoples praise you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>6&nbsp;<\/sup>The earth has yielded its increase;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;God, our God, has blessed us.<br><sup>7&nbsp;<\/sup>May God continue to bless us;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;let all the ends of the earth revere him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gospel Reading<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matthew 15:21-28 (NRSV)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>21&nbsp;<\/sup>Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon.&nbsp;<sup>22&nbsp;<\/sup>Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting, \u201cHave mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by a demon.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>23&nbsp;<\/sup>But he did not answer her at all. And his disciples came and urged him, saying, \u201cSend her away, for she keeps shouting after us.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>24&nbsp;<\/sup>He answered, \u201cI was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>25&nbsp;<\/sup>But she came and knelt before him, saying, \u201cLord, help me.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>26&nbsp;<\/sup>He answered, \u201cIt is not fair to take the children\u2019s food and throw it to the dogs.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>27&nbsp;<\/sup>She said, \u201cYes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters\u2019 table.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>28&nbsp;<\/sup>Then Jesus answered her, \u201cWoman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.\u201d And her daughter was healed instantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thanks Be to God!<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isaiah 56:1, 6-8 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 56&nbsp;Thus says the&nbsp;Lord:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Maintain justice, and do what is right,for soon my salvation will come,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and my deliverance be revealed. 6&nbsp;And the foreigners who join themselves to the&nbsp;Lord,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to minister to him, to love the name of the&nbsp;Lord,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and to be his servants,all who keep the sabbath, and do not profane [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bflchurch.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bflchurch.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bflchurch.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bflchurch.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bflchurch.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bflchurch.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bflchurch.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bflchurch.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bflchurch.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}