The Parable of the Good Samaritan

Week of July 30th, 2014

This week at Saint Matthew’s, we continue our summer in the parables with the parable of the Good Samaritan.  The story reminds us of how we have each been the one down and out in need of help, and each been the one to walk by and do nothing.  How do we respond when God calls us to love our neighbors as ourselves?  What does it look like to love all people, even the ones we differ with as our neighbors?  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 all things are possible with 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:  Who is one stranger that you saw today?  What do you think their story was?  Who is one person you showed love to today?  Share about that too.

Read:

Wednesday-Mark 12:30-31

Thursday- Romans 15:2

Friday- Galatians 3:28

Saturday- John 13:34

Sunday- Proverbs 10:12

Monday- Romans 8:28

Tuesday- Proverbs 17:17

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

Pray: For Israel and Palestine, for Iraq and Afghanistan, for those who feel alone and abandoned, for those who are moving, for the young and the elderly

Bless: Hold hands as a family, and pass around a squeeze blessing, saying: “You are loved, go out and love your neighbor”