Today I (Emil) was reading the Bible in Luke about the 10 lepers, Luke‬ ‭17‬:‭12‬-‭19‬ ‭Passion Translation. This story really touched my heart! 10 lepers came to Jesus—they were complete outcasts, totally unclean, and were banned from society! They called out to Jesus, and He said, “Go show yourself to the priests,” and as they were obedient and went to the priests, they were cleansed and healed! Yet one of the 10, meaning 10%, stopped when he realized he was healed and returned to the Lord, giving Jesus praise, worship and glory! Why is this important? Because Jesus said, “Ten of you were healed! What about the other nine?” But the one who came back with gratitude overflowing from his heart, for what the Lord did for him, was the only one of the 10 who got saved. The other nine were made clean! This is something for us to really think about, the power of gratitude and thankfulness to the Lord for the things that He does in our life. Gratitude is the attitude that moves the hand of God more than anything else I can imagine! So the next time you go to grumble, I hope you remember this story! Read it below in the passion translation for yourself, and see what I’m talking about!

As he entered one village, ten men approached him, but they kept their distance, for they were lepers. They shouted to him, “Mighty Lord, our wonderful Master! Won’t you have mercy on us and heal us?” When Jesus stopped to look at them, he spoke these words: “Go to be examined by the Jewish priests.” They set off, and they were healed while walking along the way. One of them, a Samaritan, when he discovered that he was completely healed, turned back to find Jesus, shouting out joyous praises and glorifying God. When he found Jesus, he fell down at his feet and thanked him over and over, saying to him, “You are the Messiah.” “So where are the other nine?” Jesus asked. “Weren’t there ten who were healed? They all refused to return to give thanks and give glory to God except you, a foreigner from Samaria?” Then Jesus said to the healed man lying at his feet, “Arise and go. It was your faith that brought you salvation and made you whole.”
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