What do You Hope For?
Crestfield 2018: Beyond Belief • Sermon • Submitted
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· 7 viewsTheological Summary: Jesus affirms that trusting in and acting on behalf of hopeful instincts is a powerful way to embody faith.
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Opening Prayer
Opening Prayer
Check in Time
Check in Time
How are your kids?
How are you?
Opening Prayer
Opening Prayer
Several days later Jesus came back to Capernaum. The report went out that he was home. Many people had gathered. There was no room left, even in front of the door. Jesus was speaking ⌊God’s⌋ word to them.
Four men came to him carrying a paralyzed man. Since they could not bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof over the place where Jesus was. Then they lowered the cot on which the paralyzed man was lying.
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”
Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that her warfare is ended,
that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.
A voice cries:
“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough places a plain.
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together,
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
What is it that brings you hope?
Do you have a faith community that brings you hope? How does that community give you hope? If not, where might you look to find that spiritual support and hope?
How can you help your campers find hope in Jesus or in one another this week?
How can you help show hope to each other this week?