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Believe Without Doubt, and Testify

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Edification and Testimony

Today I am going to share an email with you that I wrote several years ago (on March 5, 2016). I wrote it to a very dear friend, and brother in Christ, with whom I was reading a devotional book each day. I wrote this daily message just before I started sharing my devotionals beyond family and a few very close friends. Then, as he often did, my friend Chuck wrote me a note in return, and I am almost reluctantly sharing it with you because of its personal nature. However, it demonstrates the power of our testimony, and the impact it has on those around us… believers and unbelievers alike.

Our Testimonies and shared suffering

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional , Testimony and Suffering

We may have suffered much in our lives, but with that suffering comes the comfort of the Lord, and it often comes from the testimony and goodness of people who have endured what we are facing. Likewise, the hardships in our lives that produce great spiritual lessons and blessings, aren’t meant to cause us pain, but to give our Heavenly Father the opportunity to bring us relief, and to prepare us to pass that same relief on to others. We share the story of our grief and pain, then tenfold we share the joy and peace that follows. Do we use our moments of torturous trial to touch others? Do we use the relief and understanding from God that flows from those experiences to deliver that message of mercy to others who share our unpleasant experiences with us?

Easter, the Holy Spirit, and our Testimony

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional , Testimony

Once the Holy Spirit begins to move on us we receive great power, but the often overlooked gift of the Spirit is our ability to give testimony to others. The apostles testified regarding the resurrection of Jesus, and although we can speak of that too, our most effective testimony comes when we not only speak of Jesus, but give witness to our own experiences, such as how we came to know Jesus as our savior, our own moments of amazing faith and grace, and how we now await anxiously for His return, and our own resurrection.