008. Abraham, Father of the Faithful, Fights by Faith

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About 3 minutes, from Genesis 13â€’14

Participants (No need to memorize lines the aim is to relive sacred events,
not to perform)
Â Â Abraham
Â Â Lot
Â Â PrompterÂ Â Â Â Â Shout a brief line and Echoes repeat it.
Â Â EchoesÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Children and all adults who want to take part. Echoes need no script.

Lot	Uncle Abraham, you left the land that made you wealthy. That was strange, but I came with you anyway to this land of Canaan.
Abraham	God had us leave that land of idols, Lot. Iâ€™m glad you came with me. It was dangerous traveling through alien lands for months. Every step of the way I relied on Godâ€™s protection.
Prompter & Echoes	Trust in God!
Lot	We now have a problem, uncle Abraham. My herdsmen are fighting with yours over the best grazing land.
Abraham	You choose the more fertile land, nephew Lot, and settle there.
Lot	I choose the best land, and settle my family in the city of Sodom. Soon after, five pagan kings unite, and attack the city! Help! They are too strong for us!
Prompter & Echoes	Lotâ€™s city surrenders!
Abraham	Herdsmen, arm yourselves! Those greedy kings captured Sodom! They stole much plunder, along with my nephew Lot and his family. We will rescue them. Fight as I have trained you. We number only 318, but we will divide our forces by night and ambush them.
Prompter & Echoes	Fight by faith!
Abraham	We pursue the five kings beyond Damascus and defeat them. We rescue the captives, and get back the plunder.
Lot	Oh, who is this who comes to meet us on our way back?
Abraham	It is Melchizedek, king of righteousness.
Prompter & Echoes	Priest of the Most High God!
Melchizedek	Abraham, man of courageous faith, I bring to you and your exhausted men bread and wine. Rest as we dine together in Godâ€™s presence.
Abraham	We are deeply grateful. I rejoice to find someone in this idolatrous land that still serves the one true God.
Melchizedek	Blessed be Abraham of God Most High who owns heaven and earth and delivered your enemies into your hand.
Abraham	Lot, I believe that this meeting with Melchizedek is very significant.
Lot	But uncle, why do give him a tenth of the spoils that you recaptured?
Abraham	He is priest of the Most High God who rescued you, Lot, and not an ordinary man. What we give him we actually give to God.
Prompter & Echoes	Praise our Most High God!