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This week’s readings are about trusting God for protection and provision. In Exodus 1:8-2:10 we read how God protected the midwives as they were faithful to him. God also protected Moses through the midwives, Moses Mother, Moses’ sister and pharaoh’s daughter. A Hebrew word play on Moses name is ‘drew him out’. Moses was drawn out or saved from the water, just as God will use Moses to draw out or save his people. Psalm 124 is psalm of praise of the Lord for Israel’s deliverance and finishes with a confession of trust in the Lord ‘Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth’ (Psalm 124:8). In Romans 12:1-8 we read that the most sensible way to serve God is by offering your bodies as a living sacrifice. By using the different gifts that God has given each of us we are offering ourselves as a living sacrifice to support the body of Christ and worship God with our lives. In the passage from Matthew 16:13-20 Peter declares that Jesus is the Messiah. Jesus lets Peter know that he will serve God by using Peter to build his church.
In God Protects the story from Exodus 1:8-2:10 is told using people figurines and objects. After this, wondering questions can be used to help explore the scripture together and learn from the wisdom in the room.
In Romans 12:1 we are implored to offer our bodies as a living sacrifice and told that this is the most sensible way to serve God. Further along in the passage Paul likens the church to a body, the body of Christ. Just as each part of the body has its own use, so do we. Body Biscuits explores this passage by looking at how you need different ingredients to make biscuits and just like that we need people with different gifts to make up the body of Christ. We’ll decorate body shaped biscuits to remind us that we can use our gifts to serve God and others. To continue the body theme, Body Prayer is a pray of thanksgiving and confession that will use different parts of the body as we pray. This prayer also incorporates ideas from all of this week’s readings.
Finally, the Spiritual Gifts Exercise helps us explore what our spiritual gifts might be in an active way.
