Gospel Workers (1915), page 273, paragraph 1:
Our Saviour calls for faithful witnesses in these days of religious formalism; but how few, even among the professed ambassadors for Christ, are ready to give a faithful, personal testimony for their Master!
Many can tell what the great and good men of generations past have done, and dared, and suffered, and enjoyed. They become eloquent in setting forth the power of the gospel, which has enabled others to rejoice in trying conflicts, and to stand firm against fierce temptations.
But while so earnest in bringing forward other Christians as witnesses for Jesus, they seem to have no fresh, timely experience of their own to relate.
These words encourage me to deepen my relationship with Christ. I don’t want to depend on someone else’s testimony. I want to experience the power and love of Christ myself.
Therefore, I’m motivated to read my Bible and pray. Through Bible reading, I get to know Christ more and more, even as a friend. As I pray, I acknowledge my dependence in Jesus.
As the hymn goes, “I need him. Oh, I need him. Every hour I need him.”
Yesterday’s bread is stale. Likewise, my experience yesterday with God may not help me today. Today I must go back to Christ. Christ keeps me from depending on my strength and ability.
I want to give a new testimony for my Lord Jesus. Last month’s testimony was great, but “Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” Jesus gives grace even today. There is a testimony to glorify Christ today.
Gospel Workers (1915), page 273, paragraph 2:
Ministers of Christ, what have you to say for yourselves? What soul conflicts have you experienced that have been for your good, for the good of others, and for the glory of God?
You who profess to be proclaiming the last solemn message of mercy to the world, what is your experience in the knowledge of the truth, and what has been its effect upon your own hearts?
Does your character testify for Christ? Can you speak of the refining, ennobling, sanctifying influence of the truth as it is in Jesus?
What have you seen, what have you known, of the power of Christ? This is the kind of witness for which the Lord calls, and for which the churches are suffering.
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Mary Ann // Mar 10, 2007 at 6:57 am
My testimony for this morning is about the courage God gave me yesterday.
I was a little discouraged. Finances for our research center are very slim right now, and I see opportunities passing us by because of our lack of resources. But I happened to read in Desire of Ages about Jesus feeding the 5000 at a time when no food seemed to be available.
Look at the paragraphs on pages 370 and 371:
“When the question comes home to your heart, ‘Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?’ let not your answer be the response of unbelief. When the disciples heard the Saviour’s direction, ‘Give ye them to eat,’ all the difficulties arose in their minds. They questioned, Shall we go away into the villages to buy food? So now, when the people are destitute of the bread of life, the Lord’s children question, Shall we send for someone from afar, to come and feed them? But what said Christ? ‘Make the men sit down,’ and He fed them there. So when you are surrounded by souls in need, know that Christ is there. Commune with Him. Bring your barley loaves to Jesus.
“The means in our possession may not seem to be sufficient for the work; but if we will move forward in faith, believing in the all-sufficient power of God, abundant resources will open before us. If the work be of God, He Himself will provide the means for its accomplishment. He will reward honest, simple reliance upon Him . . . . If we go to the Source of all strength, with our hands of faith outstretched to receive, we shall be sustained in our work, even under the most forbidding circumstances, and shall be enabled to give to others the bread of life.”
“And He that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of yourrighteousness: ye being enriched in everything unto all liberality, which worketh through us thanksgiving to God.”
Luke 6:38; II Cor. 9:6-11, R.V.
Dee // Mar 10, 2007 at 5:13 pm
Wow. That’s a great passage.
I pray that God would be gracious to us with finances and resources so that Christ’s fame would increase.
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