Day 2-Sunday Morning worship

Sunday morning we all got up and went to Davide and Alida's house for church. They had church in their living room. The furniture was pushed back against the wall and formed a circle for everyone to sit at. We began with a song which Davide's 4 daughters sang for us. It was very beautiful. After that they took turns picking a song which we would sing. It was very quiet and reverent during this. After a couple of songs one of the men would pray. The cool thing was, well the whole thing was cool, but the coolest thing was that we could actually sing with them. We had a hymnal and could could sing and pick out what some of the words meant. And some were familiar. In fact on one, during the chorous, the girls sang in english while everyone else sang in Italian. After the songs we had communion. Davide read Isiah 53, we could understand most of it because the passage is familiar. He then talked about the passage and pointed out what Christ did for us. How we need to really think about it. How great a blessing that he has offered this to all and how our hearts need to be right before we partook of communion. Scott then read 1Corinthians 13 about the communion. The Davide quietly went to the table and got a plate with a loaf of bread. He went around to each person who has been baptized and held the bread while they broke a piece off. You did not have to wait for everyone, you just ate it when you were ready. Then Davide grabbed the cup and offered it to us and we took a sip and handed it back. Davide would wipe the cup and take it to the next person. After that we Scott preached a message from Revelation ch2:8-11. The letter to the church at Smyrna. In verse 9 it talks about their poverty, yet they are rich. If you think about this spiritally this reminds me of the Italian church. They are small in number but they are rich in spirit. As we have met Italian people, they are very nice and they seem normal, but when you talk to an Italian believer you can see the light in their eyes. You can feel the passion for the message of salvation, and to share it with their people. Scott mentioned something back to a previous lesson about the church in Ephesis, that they had forgot their "primo amore" first love. I was very convicted. I love God and want to serve him, but I often fall short in my desire to share him with others. It was a great reminder that we need to not take our salvation for granted. We have been given a wonderful gift. A gift that was bought with the ultimate price. I didn't cost us anything, but it cost him everything. It is not for us to hug to ourselves and feel good about what we have. We need to really think about what he has done, really think about it. We need to make Jesus our "primo amore". Then we wouldn't be able to hold the good news in. What about you who or what is your "primo amore."