Families are experiencing more together time than ever before. My family is using the basement a lot. But God is going to bring good out of this Coronavirus season. This is a time to try new things. Over the next five weeks I’m going to use the pulpit, this newsletter and Adult Bible class to advocate for trying Faith5. It is a simple daily 5 step process for growing closer as a family and God.
Step one is to SHARE your highs and lows with your household. We do this every Sunday morning Bible class. You can do it around the dinner table or when you are tucking your kids or grandkids into bed. Step two is to READ a Bible verse or story. It doesn’t have to be long, but reading the word every day will change your household. Step three is to TALK about how the Bible reading might relate to your highs and lows. This makes the Bible practical and life giving. You don’t have to be a theologian, you just have to talk it out. Step four is to PRAY with each other, focusing on your highs and lows. Step five of FAITH5 is to BLESS one another by making the sign of the cross on their forehead.
Here’s how it looks like. SHARE: My high was visiting with Dereck and Laurel, a couple who want to become members of Glendale and want me to marry them. My low was that my doctor says I have a partially torn rotator cuff injury. READ: Today’s daily Bible reading from the bulletin is Exodus 14, the crossing of the Red Sea. In the chapter the Lord says to Moses “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward.” TALK: God is always with his people. He was with the Israelites as they were being pursued and he is with us as we are avoiding Coronavirus. He blessed them and he is blessing us with Dereck and Laurel. PRAY: Dear Lord, keep our congregation safe. Thank you for this new couple and Laurel’s son Silas. May we be a blessing to them and them to us. BLESS: I am making the sign of the cross on your forehead. Now you try it.
Faith5 can take five minutes but it will change your family forever. You can be a retired couple who does it over coffee. You can be a young family who does it as a bedtime ritual. You can be single and do it over the phone with a friend. Five minutes can transform your household and bring you closer together during this uncertain time.
