Prayer: Dear Lord, help me to make the right decisions in my life. Give me that knowledge and strength to deal with the things which are troubling me now. Guide me throughout my life and keep me safe always. Thank you for giving us your son, Jesus. Amen.
Reading: Mark 15:6-15 (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: More than once, I have received a gift and thought to myself, "What am I going to do with this?" Sometimes the gift was just put away never to be seen again or given away. But there have been other gifts which have completely changed my outlook and even my life! In 1982 my grandmother gave me a nice journal which I thanked her for and put away for years. Just last year, while cleaning out some old boxes I came across this book. I dusted it off and wrote the first entry of what was to become my daily diary- an important part of my life today. It took me nine years, but I finally came to realize what its purpose was in my life. Jesus was given to us as a gift from God. What difference will this gift make in your life? Don't store Jesus away. Love, trust, and obey Jesus. Pilate had a decision to make about what to do with Jesus. Today, we have that decision to make, too. Will you decide to follow Jesus? --Rebecca Schwartz
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