Need to Know: We live in God's circle of caring. God cares for us. Becuase God loves us, we care for others. Others draw near to God because we show love and are for them. Our relationships with others say a lot about our relationship with God.
Bible Story: God's Circle of Caring (Isaiah 58:9b-14)
Remember Verse: Isaiah 58:10 (NRSV)
...if you offer (make a motion like ladling soup in a bowl)
your food to the hungry (hold out an imaginary bowl in front of you)
and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, (pretend to comfort someone)
then your light shall rise in the darkness (bring hands up over head in a big circle to make a sun)
and your gloom be like the noonday. (spread your hands wide to your side)
Isaiah 58:10 (Hold up 5 fingers, then 8 fingers, and then 10 fingers)
At Home:
- Talk about the backpack supplies you received today. What do you plan to do with them? How did you feel knowing that many supplies will be sent to needy children somewhere in the world through Lutheran World Relief, while other supplies will stay here in town.
- Discuss how you know that God cares for you. How can you show the love of God to others? Reread the passage from Isaiah (you may want to read all of chapter 58 throughout the week) and discuss the kind of change God wanted from the people.
- Think about how helping others can make you a better person. Parents, you may be able to give specific examples of how your faith has grown through serving God and your neighbor.
- Visit the Lutheran World Relief Website (http://lwr.org/) and look at the many ways people are helped through this organization.
- Click here to watch the video "God Loves Us" from Club Dust and Work of the People. Club Dust is a faith-based ministry in Tecate, Mexico, ministering to the very poor. Talk about the video and how God loves all of us. How can we love others more?
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