Week of August 7-Ruth

Week of August 7^th, 2013

Share highs and lows.  Each day gather with your family and share your high and low of the day.  Listen to each other and hear what each person is saying.  If you live alone, journal your highs and lows, or choose a friend or family member that you can call and share them with.

Read the assigned bible verse(s) together. 

Talk about the verse.  How does it relate to the highs and lows? Talk it through as a family…or, if you are a family of one, journal your answer.  Unpack the verse a bit.   What does it mean in your own words? How might it relate to where you are today in your highs and lows?

Pray for one another’s highs and lows, for your family, and for the world. Simply talk to God, thank Jesus for the good, and ask the Holy Spirit for guidance in specific problems.  If you would like, pray for the suggested prayer concerns.

Bless one another. Make the sign of the cross on each person’s forehead and say “Wherever you go, God goes with you.”

Character of the week: Ruth

Bible Verses for the week of August 7^th:

Wednesday- Romans 8:38-39

Thursday-Deuteronomy 31:6     

Friday- Matthew 6:25-27   

Saturday-John 14:16-17      

Sunday- Romans 8:31

Monday- Matthew 18:20

Tuesday- Psalm 51:1

Keep in your prayers this week:  those who are lonely, those needing to feel God’s presence, widows and widowers, orphans, those who have lost a child, families

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