Welcome to Testify to Grace! I'm Holly Dae. I'm a minister at my church and my heart's desire is to see my people grow and mature in their knowledge of the Lord Jesus so that they will feel confident in sharing their stories of what the Lord has done for them. For too long there has been a culture of fear in the church which has paralyzed Christians and prevented them from sharing their testimonies. I want to see that fear disappear as each person grows in confidence about the person of the Lord and what He has done for them. A person who is confident in their knowledge of the Lord and His love for them will want to share with others so that others will want to know Him too. My calling is to work toward spiritual awakening in the church, and one of the ways we can see this awakening is by sharing our testimonies of what God has done for us. There’s a verse in Revelation 12 that talks about the defeat of Satan. It says “They have defeated him (Satan) by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony.” Satan has been defeated by the sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Our precious Savior willingly went to the cross, suffered and died because He wasn’t willing for any of us to perish. His perfect work took away our sins and broke forever the stronghold of sin and death. When He rose from the grave, Satan was defeated. Praise the Lord! What a wonderful Savior we serve!
Now for our testimonies… there are several reasons they are so important:
What we can conclude here, is that those who love Him don’t need to be afraid to speak out about Him because He loves us and values us. But we must, must “acknowledge Him before men” (vs 32) or we aren’t even worthy of being His disciples. Why would you choose to love and follow someone and not talk about them? Think about your loved ones. Aren’t you proud to talk about the sweet and wonderful things they do for you? Would you be worthy of their love and affection if you were pretending you didn’t know them, or you lied about what they have done for you? It’s the same way with our Lord. He is worthy: He loves us with an everlasting love. He gives us mercy and forgiveness, healing (yes I said that), and wholeness. He restores us gently. Romans 1:16 says, “I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” What is the gospel? Gospel literally means “Good News.” What is the good news? In Luke chapter 4, Jesus returns to Nazareth after having been tempted in the wilderness—and overcoming, by the way. He read to the people from Isaiah, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” In other words, Jesus came to give us liberty from sin (those destructive decisions that destroy us and separate us from God), to provide for the poor and helpless, to bring healing to the sick and disabled, and to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor—unmerited and undeserved loving kindness. If you doubt He’s done these things, look at the many ministries, both sacred and secular that assist the poor and disabled. There have been countless medical breakthroughs over the years and miracles of healing. Isn’t that worth sharing? It is good news! Paul admonishes Timothy in 2 Timothy chapter 1 not to be “shamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me (Paul) His prisoner but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.” Paul wrote to Timothy from prison, where he had been sent for preaching about Jesus. Speaking from a human point of view, Paul had plenty of reason to shut down and stop talking about Jesus. But he didn’t. He even kept it up to the point of death because he had first-hand knowledge of mercy and deliverance. Paul knew where he was going at the end of his life. It was his goal to help as many people as possible come to a saving knowledge of the Deliverer. Finally, in Hebrews chapter 2, it says “For He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why He is not ashamed to call them brothers.” We as Christians have been adopted into God’s family. That’s why we have one source. God. Jesus is not afraid to call us his family, so we shouldn’t be afraid either. God loves us with all of our messiness and faults. He already has a plan for how we will turn out. And because of the grace of Jesus, we have wonderful stories to tell. There are so many more stories I have of how God has and is working in my life. I’m looking forward to sharing them with you along with insights I’ve gained about the Lord. But I want to hear from you too! Share your testimonies with me: salvation, deliverance, comfort, anything that the Lord has done for you. You can reach me on Facebook and YouTube at Testify to Grace. Be sure to like, subscribe and follow me so you can get the next video in this series. May the Lord bless you and keep you. May He show you favor and blessing. Our wonderful Lord, thank You for all the ways You help us. Thank You for saving us and showing us Your mercy and grace. We love you and we praise You because You because You are worthy to be praised. Give us boldness to tell our stories to others so that not yet believers will come to know you. We pray this in the name of Jesus. Keep sharing your stories!
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