Prayer: Jesus, you are our living hope. We praise you for giving us the joy and hope of our heavenly inheritance with you. May we radiate your love to others, so that they too may know you as a Savior and an ever- present hope. Amen.
Reading: 1 Peter 1:3-9 (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? Reflection: This passage really made me smile. I think the header for this section in my Bible is very appropriate: “Praise to God for a Living Hope.” It includes so many words and phrases that inspire hope in me, and I hope they do in you as well. A few of the words/phrases that warmed my spirit were: Living Hope, Inexpressible and Glorious Joy, Inheritance is Kept in Heaven for YOU, Genuineness of YOUR Faith, & Salvation of YOUR Souls These are all such powerful truths, foundational for our faith, and also the focal point of the Easter season. This Easter season in particular has most likely been challenging for us all. To be separated from family, church family, and friends during a time of Holy celebration is quite unusual. But hold tight to those relationships – text, call, and write to others, check-in and show your concern and love for them. Hold tight to Jesus Christ, our living hope, and see the glorious joy in his gift of salvation. And hold tight to these verses from today’s passage (v. 6 and 7) “In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith- of greater worth than gold, which perishes though even refined by fire- may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.” Also, here is a link to the song I listened to while writing this: https://youtu.be/u-1fwZtKJSM --Anne Harshbarger
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