Journey to Bethlehem-Week 1-Elizabeth

Week of December 1^st, 2014

This Advent at Saint Matthew’s, we are working our way towards Bethlehem by hearing the story from those that were there.  This past week we heard from Elizabeth who talked with us about being blessed with a baby after waiting and waiting for God to answer her prayers.    As we enter this “waiting time” of Advent, our prayers are with you as you spend time in your Faith 5 this week.  May your time together help your family to remember that God hears your prayers and answers them when the time is right!

Remember the Faith 5 is 5 simple steps:

1.  SHARE highs and lows of the day

2.  READ and highlight a verse of Scripture in your Bible

3.  TALK about how the verse relates to your highs and lows

4.  PRAY for your highs and lows, your family and the world

5.  BLESS one another.

Share:  How are you at waiting?  Did you have to wait for anything today?  Is waiting hard or easy for you?  Why?

Read:

Wednesday-Isaiah 40:31

Thursday-Lamentations 3:25

Friday-Psalm 27:14

Saturday-Matthew 7:7

Sunday-1 John 5:14

Monday-Jeremiah 33:3

Tuesday-Luke 1: 68

Talk: What does the daily reading mean to you?  How does it apply to you?  To how your day has gone?

Pray:  For those with new babies or babies on the way, for those who have lost a child, for those who feel alone

Bless: Make the sign of the cross on the forehead of the one being blessed and say… “God hears your prayers and answers them…and God will never stop loving you!”