Wrestling with Doubt...Waiting for Blessing

Week of Oct 16, 2013

 

 

This week at Saint Matthew’s, our first lesson tells the story of Jacob wrestling with an angel, and not letting the angel go until he received a blessing.  So often in today’s world, we struggle with questions and doubts.  We pray for blessings and hope.   Our hope for you this week is that you can spend time during your Faith5, recognizing the ways God has blessed you, and recognizing that God does not leave you in times of questioning and doubting, but loves you all the more.  May your time together help your family to strengthen your faith and your relationships with each other and our awesome God.

 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:  What is one thing you wrestled with today?  What is one thing that made you feel blessed?  Where did you see God today?

Read:

Wednesday-James 1:17
Thursday-2 Corinthians 12:9-10
Friday-Isaiah 41:13
Saturday-1 Corinthians 13:12
Sunday-Genesis 28:20-21
Monday-John 14:26
Tuesday-1 Corinthians 2:9

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

Pray:  For those who are struggling to believe, for those who feel abandoned, for those in need of blessing, for those in need of hope

Bless: Have the person being blessed hold their hands out in front of them as if they are holding something.  Place your hands on top of theirs, and say “May God give you blessings and may you always know God is present in your faith and in your doubts.”

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Check out a song about praying for Blessings here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CSVqHcdhXQ