Prayer: God, our solid rock, build our faith to be rock solid. Amen
Reading: Matthew 16: 13-20 (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: As a child attending Sunday School, I pictured the disciple Peter as a rock, maybe even a statue, and that St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome was built upon the rock where Peter stood. Later I came to understand that Christ and His teachings are the rock upon which we base our lives, beliefs, and our actions. There is an impressive organ solo entitled “Thou Art the Rock”. We sing the simple hymn, “On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand”. Whatever I pictured of Peter, rock…statue…cathedral, the point is we can all be living rocks of God’s teachings. If you are wondering how you can possibly be a rock of faith, remember it was Jesus who said, “…you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church.” (v. 18). Jesus makes more of people than they can make of themselves. Someone once said “Our daily lives are the only Bible some people read.” Will they read something rock solid? --Alice Yeakel
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