Advent Week of Dec 6-While We Wait

Week of December 6^th, 2015

 

This Advent at Saint Matthew’s, we are working on finding ways to slow down and prepare for the coming of Christ.  This past week we heard the story of John the Baptist.  This week we are talking about what we do while we wait.  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, for those who are waiting…for a job, a child, a spouse, etc.

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!”