{"id":2839,"date":"2020-10-18T08:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mvcog.org\/wp\/?p=2839"},"modified":"2020-10-21T19:19:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T02:19:50","slug":"comfort-for-gods-people-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mvcog.org\/wp\/2020\/10\/18\/comfort-for-gods-people-2\/","title":{"rendered":"COMFORT FOR GOD&#8217;S PEOPLE"},"content":{"rendered":"\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<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sunday Service at Mountain Valley Church of God COMFORT FOR GOD&#039;S PEOPLE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ztT2GVVPvKw?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mvcog.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/COMFORT-FOR-GODS-PEOPLE.pdf\">COMFORT-FOR-GODS-PEOPLE<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mvcog.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/COMFORT-FOR-GODS-PEOPLE.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Pastor John speaks on Isaiah 40:1-8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Download and print the sermon notes above to follow along.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastor John speaks on Isaiah 40:1-8 Download and print the sermon notes above to follow along.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-services"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":228,"url":"http:\/\/mvcog.org\/wp\/2012\/02\/12\/comfort-able-christianity\/","url_meta":{"origin":2839,"position":0},"title":"Comfort &#8211; Able Christianity","author":"Robert","date":"February 12, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Comfort-Able Christianity 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Services&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Services","link":"http:\/\/mvcog.org\/wp\/category\/services\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2462,"url":"http:\/\/mvcog.org\/wp\/2019\/10\/06\/philippians-21-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":2839,"position":1},"title":"Philippians 2:1-2","author":"Robert","date":"October 6, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. 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