Prayer: Dear God, free us to serve our neighbor with the good news of your love for us and for all. Amen
Reading: 1 Corinthians 9: 16-23 (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: How can a person be free and a servant at the same time? And why would a person give an apparent contradiction as the way to live as a Christian? Because it’s Paul. That’s Paul. Head-scratching Paul confusing us all. Free. Have you ever known someone who was able to get along with everyone? Someone who, no matter who they were with, always seemed comfortable – listening, sharing and caring. They simply seem to be free in their hearts. Perhaps that is a bit of what Paul is explaining. We are to be free in our hearts. Listening, sharing and caring. Servant. By being free in our hearts, we then serve whoever we are with. Listening, sharing and caring. For the sake of the gospel; the good news of God’s love for everyone. Feel free to be a servant. --Ruth Gates
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