Exodus 19:2-8
God tells his servant, Moses, to meet him on the mountain in the desert of Sinai.
Here God tells Moses that the Israelites will be God’s treasured people. God
reminds Moses to say to the Israelites that he carried them on “eagle’s wings.”
God also tells Moses that the Israelites will be a holy people and a nation of
priests. Later in the New Testament God will say Christians are treasured and are
called to be a holy people and a royal priesthood. What does all this mean?
Treasure is something that we love. So God is saying that we who love Him will
be treasured (loved) by him. Priests are a type of pastor. We think of pastors as
people who are very devoted to God. God promised the Israelites they could be
very devoted to God when they obeyed Him. God also promises Christians that
we can also be very devoted to God when we love Jesus and keep His
commandments.
Psalm 100
This song (psalm) is one of the most famous psalms. Watch the video and sing along with everyone on the below Psalm 100.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yC1KdAAv-k
Romans 5:1-8
Here Paul, a follower of Jesus, says that when we go through bad times that we
will gain many good things. These good things include being able to keep on
going even when we want to quit (perseverance). They also include building our
personalities to become strong (character). Paul tells us when we build
perseverance and character then we will have hope because God gives us His
Holy Spirit in our hearts. Learn a game that requires perseverance such as
checkers or scrabble.
Matthew 9:35-10:23
Jesus calls his 12 disciples here. Memorize their names. Jesus sends his 12
disciples out into their country, Israel. Jesus says they are not to take anything
with them but are to trust that people will feed them and give them a place to
stay. They are not to even take extra clothes. This must have been a very scary
thing for the disciples to do but they did as Jesus said. Jesus also told them to
tell everyone they met the good news that Jesus is the Savior of the World. The
disciples did this too. Think about who you can tell that Jesus is the Savior of the
world.
Faith Songs:
https://youtu.be/B1pFlu2r_IE
Thank you, Jesus, for opportunities to show compassion towards others.
Amen.