Prayer: Faithful God, by our faith may we be assured of things hoped for. Amen
Reading: Hebrews 11: 1-3, 8-16 (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: I have been hoping for a lot of things lately. The list is long; maybe too long as a whole lot of my time could be spent hoping, hoping and hoping for this, that and the other thing. How about you? It is written in Hebrews that by our faith we are assured of things hoped for. Notice faith comes first which then gives us assurance. Keeping that in mind, perhaps the hopes won't get in the way of living in faith. In other words, instead of being hopefully hopeful we are to live faithfully hopeful. I am feeling more assured already. How about you? --Ruth Gates
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