Sunday Afternoon at Zagyuri Baptist Church

Sunday afternoon I had scheduled a Storying class for those who would come at Zagyuri Baptist Church where pastor Daniel is the leader. He had invited me and I agreed, but Sunday afternoon I did not want to go. I just was not into it. Maybe I was tired. Maybe I was lazy. Maybe I just did not feel like it. I had a bad attitude. The missionary needed a missionary. In my defense I went even though I did not want to. When I got there there was no one but the pastor. We waited 15 or 20 min. and still no one. I said God I'll give youe 5 more min. and if no one shows I'm outa here. I need a nap. In the next few min. 3 womwn and one young man came in. We started. God took over and I got excited. Five more women came along with their small children. It was maybe the best teaching on storying I've been a part of. I told the story, Daniel translated. Then he told the story with out a hitch, and then the young man, Zakaria told the story to perfection. I turned to the ladies and said, "ok ladies your turn." They did a group thing each one told as much as they could remem,ber then the opthers would help them. They all promised to be back next week and I promised God I'll have a better attitude. Here is the story they learned
Creation to the Church:
In the beginning there was only God. God spoke and created the world and everything in it. The last thing He created was man and woman. God loved them greatly. He supplied everything they needed in a garden, and visited them there. One day they disobeyed God and broke their fellowship with Him, so He banned them from the garden. The man and woman had children and their children had children, and their children had children, filling the world with people, but they also disobeyed. God stilled loved man so He chose one named Abraham and told him that He would give him a son and make Himself a people from his descendants. God promised to bless the whole world through Abraham’s descendents. Abraham was old and had no children, but he believed God. Because Abraham believed God, God counted Abraham righteous. God gave Abraham a son, as promised. Abraham’s son had children and his children had many children and God made them His people. They also disobeyed God. God sent messengers to tell His people how to be right with Him. One of these was a man named Isaiah. Isaiah brought a message from God about a promised savior. He said, “We have all gone against God, but God will send a Savior who will take our sins on Himself. He will be whipped, beaten and will die for our sins, but God will give Him life again, and because of Him we can have a right relationship with God.” From that day on, God’s people waited for the promised Savior to come. God remembered His promise and sent Jesus, His very own Son, to be the Savior. Jesus proved to men that He was that Savior by His message of love and repentance, and by performing miracles such as healing the sick. Not every one recognized who Jesus was, but many followed Him and He taught those who did. He told them if they followed Him they would have eternal life. He said, “Those who believed in me are in my hand, and no one could take them away from me, and He said, “I and the Father are the same. When He said that, it made those who did not follow Him angry, and they plotted to kill Him. Just like the prophet Isaiah said, they beat Jesus and whipped Him and killed Him, and just like he said, Jesus was raised from the dead. Jesus proved that He had come back from the dead by showing Himself to His followers for forty days. He told them that soon He would leave them, but He would send God’s Spirit to empower them to tell people about Him. Jesus told them to go into all the world, telling people about Him, and teaching them to obey everything He told them. Those who believed were baptized to show that they had obeyed God and were following Him. Later, Jesus went up into heaven. As His followers watched Him, two angels said, “Jesus has gone but one day He will return the same way He left.” From that time the followers of Jesus have waited for His return and have told others about Him. Those who believe in Jesus are baptized, showing that they have obeyed God and are following Him by faith in Jesus Christ. That is what believers do, they tell others about Jesus, and those who believe are baptized showing their faith in Jesus. Believers also come together to worship God, to learn about Jesus and to take care of one another’s needs. I am a follower of Jesus and I tell people about Him. I hope you will think of these things and also become a follower of Jesus.