Salt and Light

Week of Feb 9, 2014

 

This week at Saint Matthew’s, we are talking about how we are called to recognize our gifts and the light of God within us and let it shine for the good of others.  Our prayer for you in your Faith 5 time with your family this week is that you can help each other discover what gifts you have been given, and plan new ways to use those gifts together.  What can you as a family (or an individual) do when you are out in the world to let the light of Christ shine through you?

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:  Take turns sharing 3 gifts that you think each person has.  Where have you seen that person use their gifts recently?  Talk about a gift that each person in your family has that they might want to grow.  How can you help each other to strengthen your gifts?  Talk about what keeps you from sharing your gifts…how can you help each other have the courage to shine?

Read:

Thursday-Matthew 5:14-16
Friday-Colossians 3:17
Saturday-1 Corinthians 12:4-7
Sunday-John 13:34-35
Monday-John 1:5
Tuesday- Galatians 5:22
Wednesday-1 Peter 4:10

 

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 have not yet experienced the light of Christ, for those who struggle with depression, for those whose gifts have not been encouraged, for those who don’t know what their gifts are

Bless: As a family, place your hands on the head and shoulders of the person being blessed and say…”you are a loved child of God, given gifts, called to share the light of Christ with all you meet.”