RULES OF TESTIFYING.

[prophetess m. brignac]

"WE OVERCOME HIM (THE ADVERSARY) BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB, AND THE WORD OF OUR TESTIMONY". THERE IS A DUAL PHENOMENON MANIFESTING IN CHURCHES ACROSS THE CORPORATE BODY, REGARDING THE EXHORTATION TO TESTIFY OR , PROCLAIM GOD'S GOODNESS THROUGH EXPERIENCING HIM.ON ONE HAND, THE SAINTS ARE UNDER SUCH GREAT OPPRESSION AND LETHARGY, BECAUSE THEY ARE SO HEAVLY WEIGHED DOWN BY THE TEMPORAL THINGS OF THIS LIFE, AND THEY HAVE BEEN SO CONDITIONED BY WHAT TESTIFYING IS NOT, THAT YOU HAVE TO NEARLY COERCE THEM INTO REHEARSING THE GOODNESS OF LORD, BECAUSE IF GOD HASN'T "GIVEN THEM SOMETHIN" RECENTLY, THEY FEEL THAT THEY HAVE NO REASON TO EXALT HIM. ON THE OTHER HAND, MANY ARE ZEALOUS WHEN IT COMES TO TESTIFYING, BUT ARE CLUELESS, BECAUSE OF A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND ENLIGHTMENT, IN THE DYNAMICS OF IT. IT IS VERY COMMON TO HEAR A RAMBLING TESTIMONY, THAT AT THE END, YOU STILL CAN'T FIGURE WHAT IT IS THAT GOD DID FOR THEM, BECAUSE THEIR THOUGHTS AND SPEECH ARE SO SCATTERED AND UNCONNECTED. THEN THERE ARE THOSE THOSE THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LORD AT ALL, AND IT'S AN INJUSTICE TO EVEN INSERT HIM INTO THE STORY AS THE SOURCE OF THE ALLEGED "BLESSING"! FILLING YOUR CAR WITH GAS TO OVERFLOWING, ON YOUR WAY TO "LIFT UP HOLY HANDS" , WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT, BECAUSE THE PUMP DIDN'T REGISTER IT, OR THEY DIDIN'T ASK YOU FOR THE 39.43 WHEN YOU PAID FOR YOUR SNICKERS, IS NOT A TESTIMONY THAT IS STEALING, AND IN THE TOP FIVE OF GOD'S "THOU SHALL NOTS!" TELLING PEOPLE HOW THE LORD "BLESSED" YOU WITH A MAN WHO WAS WITH HIS FAMILY WHEN YOU BEGAN SEEING HIM, GIVES GOD NO GLORY, AND YOU SHOULD BE SEEKING DELIVERANCE FORY OUR ROLE IN DESTROYING A COVENANT FAMILY AND MARRIAGGE RELATIONSHIP. TELLING THE SAINTS HOW A MYSTERIOUS 2000. OO APPEARED IN YOUR CHECKING ACCOUNT,WITHOUT YOU CHECKING WITH YOUR BANK AND THEM TELLING YOU TO KEEP IT, DOES NOT REPRESENT YOUR SALVATION OR THE KINGDOM, OR CHRIST WELL AT ALL. GIVING A "DISSERTATION" THAT GOES WAY BACK TO WHEN YOU WERE ALITLE GIRL, WITH A DOG NAMED "SPOT", SITTING ON YOUR DADDY'S KNEE, TO REACH THE POINT THAT YOUR STOLEN CREDIT CARD WAS RESTORED BACK TO YOU, WITHOUT REFERENCING CHRIST'S HAND IN IT IS, NO MORE THAN FILERBUSTING, OR VOCALIZING A STORY. SAYING " I HAD A HEADACHE THIS MORNING, BUT NOW I DON'T", IS NOT REALLY A "TESTIMONY", IT'S JUST THE STATEMENT OF A FACT, AND PEOPLE MAY GIVE THE GLORY TO THE SEVEN TYLENOL YOU POPPED. STATING THAT YOU ARE PERSUADED THAT THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB STILL HAS POWER , BECAUSE YOU APPLIED IT TO YOUR INFIRMITY, AND "GOD DID IT!", WILL SET THE HOUSE ON FIRE BECAUSE GOD IS BEING HONORED AND ACKNOWLEDGED, AND THIS IS THE PROVOCATIVE RENDERING THAT WILL COMPEL HIM TO "STOP BY" THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH, AND SHARE HIS GLORY. IT IS REALLY SAD THAT WE RUN VICTORY LAPS AND DO THE HARLEM SHAKE FOR BEING GIVEN THE PRIVILEGE TO PARK A NEW "BEAMER" IN THE GARAGE, WITH RIDICULOUS INTEREST AND NOTES, AND WE DO SOMERSAULTS AND WORK THE USHERS TO DEATH WITH OUR OVERZEALOUS "SHOUTING", BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE A NEW MORTGAGE OR A NEW MAN, BUT IN OUR DAY TO DAY EXISTENCE, WE FIND NOTHING TO LIFT JESUS HIGHER ABOUT! THE OLD SAINTS HAD A REVELATION AND A GREATER INTIMACY WITH CHRIST BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HESITATE TO TESTIFY, IF IT WAS NO MORE THAN "IT'S JUST ANOTHER DAY THAT THE LORD HAS KEPT ME!","BECAUSE HE LIVES I CAN FACE TOMORROW", AND THE BEST OF ALL "AMAZING GRACE HOW SWEET THE SOUND"! DAVID NEVER TESTIFIED ABOUT HIS WEALTH OR RICHES, BUT THE PATRIARCH WAS QUICK TO DECLARE " I LOVE THE LORD BECAUSE HE HEARD MY CRY, AND DELIVRED ME OUT OF A HORRIBBLE PIT! DAVID TESTIFIED THAT HE "WOULD"VE FAINTED, HAD HE NOT BELIEVED TO SEE THE GOODNES OF THE LORD IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING!" HE TESTIFIED OF HIS AWE THAT GOD "CONSIDERED HIM", AND WAS MINDFUL OF HIM! HE TESTIFIED THAT GOD WAS HIS SHEPHERD, AND OF HIS "SWEETNESS", AS THE HONEY IN THE HONEYCOMB. THEN AGAIN, DAVID FOUND, AND CAME TO "KNOW" GOD, INTIMATELY THROUGH THE MANY DIFFICULTIES AND INTENSE TRIALS HE WAS PROCESSED BY, AND HE TREATED HIM LIKE SOMEONE HE WANTED TO CONTINUE TO KNOW AND MAINTAIN IN HIS LIFE, HE EXALTED HIM, EVERY CHANCE HE HAD. KNOW THAT GOD HAS DONE SOMETHING NOTEWORTHY FOR YOU, EVERYTIME YOU INHALE, AND ARE OF A RIGHT MIND AND CAN THINK A LUCID THOUGHT. HE IS HEARTBROKEN, WHEN ANY OF HIS SERVANTS, WHO DECLARE THAT THEY LOVE HIM, ARE RELUCTAND AND EVEN REBELLIOUS, TO SPEAK OF HIS LORDSHIP, TENDER MERCIES, AND SPIRITUAL OVERSIGHT, WHEN GIVEN A CHANCE. THERE IS A DAY PREDESTINED, WHEN HE WILL BE CALLED UPON, BY THE FATHER, TO GIVE TESTIMONY REGARDING EVERY ONE OF US, AND GOD FORBID, THAT HE RESPONDS THE WAY THAT WE DO.
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[PASTOR CHARLES E BELL JR]

he allowed us to get up this moring,and SEE another day ,Walk ing,eating,sleep, is a testimony.we take every day thing to lite and for Jesus being Jesus. just bing ALIVE WHEN THE DOC SAID YOU SHOULD BE DEAD,EVEN IF THE DOC DIDNT SAY IT TO YOU IT IS A BLESSING.

[Evelyn Blacksher]

testimonies are a powerful weapon in the saints arsenal. i try never to miss an opportunity to encourage people to share their testimonies aloud every chance they get with the enemy,remind him how great is our GOD,share them aloud with GOD let HIM know you remember and are still grateful,share them aloud with yourself ,especially in the tough times ,remind yourself HE did it then HE is the same GOD that change not ,share with your neighbors,co-workers,market place. Your neighbor would probably be blessed beyond measure to know JESUS CHRIST healed your spouse of cancer, spared your wayward child,kept your mind when everybody just knew you were gonna lose it ,matter of fact had you lost it ,everyone would have understood,all the pressure you were under.... but what an opportunity to present JESUS CHRIST ,to offer overcoming hope through your testimony ,,by the time you get to service you probably won't take up a lot of time because you've been testifing and overcoming on an ongoing basis

[T.L. Hawkins]

LOL! You have a very valid point. I remember when testimonies were full of thanking God for the salvation of a loved ones soul or for healing or a miracle. Now, all you hear is "thank you Lord for materialistic possessions that I can't take with me when I die"! What a waste of service time. Sure. it's okay to thank God for the small things (material possessions and wealth are SMALL things), but our focus should be on salvation, healing and the work of the holy spirit through us (the called out ones).