Prayer: Dear Lord, thank you for this day and the opportunity to learn more about you and your word. Please help us to meet others where they are and help them to discover more about you and the good news of your saving grace. Amen.
Reading: Acts 8: 26-39 (Click to read text) Stop and GROW: After reading the text, discuss/ponder the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Book of Faith questions, which are part of Camp Mount Luther's GROW Time with campers. QUESTION 1: What scares, confuses, challenges, or doesn’t make sense to me in this text? QUESTION 2: What delights me in this text or is my favorite part of the story? QUESTION 3: What stories or memories does this text stir in me? QUESTION 4: What is God up to in this text? Other Questions:
Reflection: Phillip trusted God when he told him where to go. He did not ask questions, he got up and went. It can be hard sometimes for us to willingly do things without asking the question, “why?”. However, this blind faith is something that God calls us to have. He calls us to trust in him and answer when he calls. Phillip went and did what God called him to do and, on his way, he met the Eunuch. The Eunuch was reading scripture for the first time ever. He most likely bought this scripture during his trip to Jerusalem. Phillip’s first question is “Do you understand what you are reading?”. He asks this to find out what the Eunuch knows about the scripture. The Eunuch’s response shows him that he does not know much. It is important as we serve others, for us to meet people where they are. To ask what they already know and to help them not in the way that we want to, but in the way that they need it. It is important for us to meet people where they are just like Phillip. --Grace Roux
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