There is a story I remember from my childhood that talks about gratitude, and it is found in Luke 17:11-19 About the 10 lepers.
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I can imagine what the Church was like in its first 50 or 60 years of existence. Perhaps the older members remembered Jesus and his miracles and helped encourage others with their testimonies about their experiences of what they saw and heard from Jesus.
Rio Bravo, Coahuila, MX, was a small community of less than 900 inhabitants where my first appointment occurred.
Raul was a man who suffered from bipolar illness and schizophrenia, and he had just arrived in the city because he had been in a clinic and was only under treatment and supervision.
The church is living through a very difficult time, and John knows it.
One of the many things I enjoyed about the Methodist youth camps I was able to attend was the “anonymous friend.”
One of the first people who gave her life to Jesus in my first appointment (2001) was a mother of 2 young people and a kid (Jorge, Lupita, and Mario) named Irene. She was a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
The first commandment is: “I am the lord thy god: thou shalt not have strange gods before me.”
In my local church, we had a hard-working and visionary pastor who took us from a congregation of friends and family to an influential congregation in the neighborhood, from having an attendance of 50 to 60 people to having an attendance of over 200 people.
The United people are strong, and divided people are weak. When David began to rule, things began to go well for the people, and all of Israel accepted David and his son Solomon as their king.