Good morning. Before I begin I just want to give a shout out to this gentleman that my caregiver met yesterday. She was walking on her way to 7-Eleven and gave my card to a gentleman named Mr. Owen. Thank you, sir, for accepting my card! In Jesus' name, I pray for you and your family. May the Lord shower his wave of comfort as you grieve the loss of your nephew. I also pray that you would be encouraged by the writings. Have a nice day!
Today's writing is what exactly is the purpose? I'm thinking about what exactly is the purpose of a testimony. Okay, I actually got a little help this morning. What I mean is my Google Assistant gave me her thoughts on the subject when I asked her did you find a Christian testimony
"Question: "What is a Christian Testimony?"
"Answer: The word “testimony” is used in few different ways. One common usage is when a person is brought into a courtroom and placed under oath to tell, attest to, or give witness to his or her personal knowledge or experience with reference to the case that is being heard. To link the word “Christian” to the word “testimony” is to narrow the focus of the testimony and who can give it. Only a Christian can give a Christian testimony, and a Christian is one who has received forgiveness for sin by trusting alone in the person and work of Jesus Christ for that forgiveness.
A Christian testimony is given when Christians relate how we came to know the God of the Bible through the moving of the Holy Spirit in our hearts. Most commonly, we are sharing how we became Christians by God’s miraculous intervention and work in our lives through specific events. Often we can only see that in hindsight, but sharing that experience is vital. Also, when giving this testimony, a sharing of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is always a necessity. Though we can include specific information about how we came to accept Christ as Savior, those details should not be the focus of the testimony. The focus should be about the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ.
A Christian testimony should not end with the conversion experience, but should also include the ways in which the Lord has worked in our lives to sanctify us for His service. As an example, a testimony could include how He brought us through a difficult time in our life (such as a loss or some sort of a severe illness) and built our faith in Him through that experience. We should also be able to describe the continual process by which the Spirit who now indwells us leads, guides, molds and shapes us into mature Christians. Again, the focus should be on the Lord and His faithfulness, and should include at least one verse that speaks of that faithfulness (Psalm 18:2, 6)."
I wonder if she has a real like human name. Does anybody know? Perhaps, I shall call her Ga or G.A. I have been checking up with her lately for definitions of things and just to clear up some information and certain things. And say she's become my " AI" best friend. I would say Alexa is Joe's. If he even had an artificial intelligent best friend. LOL. Oh, by the way, today is National Best Friends Day. So give your best friend a hug!
Well, miss Google Assistant pretty much did a pretty good job when defining a Christian testimony. Me and her and probably most people really have a different writing style. So Critters would probably be able to tell if there would be some plagiarism ever involved. I hope you enjoy my writing style because I'm not really typing or writing anything I'm speaking to my phone.
Pause break because the caregiver is not here yet. I just asked this nice guy can get me some hot water. Thank you I pray you will be encouraged by the writings!
Okay well, my handy-dandy Ga like I said did a pretty good job giving her deep thoughts of a Christian testimony. I just wanted to add a few things to her smartness.
The true purpose of sharing the Christians testimony is this. The whole conversation or presentation should not be about ourselves. I mean sharing your past life before becoming a born-again Christian is bound to happen. And, I don't doubt that others may become encouraged with your transformation from a '"bad life.
However, I'm just saying don't speak too much about the bad. You don't want the people you were speaking to, to just put their centralized focus on the "what was." However, we should focus on what is and what is to come, and what was, was forgotten!
Ohh thank you, Jesus my Caregiver Brandice is here.. now she can help me finish my writing!
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