One of the best of ancient practices that we are recovering in the Christian community is Testimony. Again this Sunday we had fresh examples of Testimony’s relevance and power. Members of our church stood up to speak about their faith. This was not easy for any of them.
We have examples in our communal faith story of scripture of how even leaders such as Moses said, “Find someone else to speak. It’s not my talent.” But despite his fears, he got on his feet, opened his mouth and voila, an improbable Exodus from slavery.
Faith is not just about feeling peaceful and at ease. That is part of the faith journey, but not all of it.
For everything there is a season, a time to sit quietly and a time to speak, a time to take in and a time to give out, a time to sit in the back row and a time to take your turn on your feet.
When individuals like Val and Jeremy, Mary and Norma, Pauline and Theresa tell us what music and faith means to them, the whole community is swept up and carried along. Thanks to the fantastic five for your efforts!
…and to all our musicians this morning. Go onto the website for the full effect !
Peter
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Many years ago in a little country church in Haliburton, a young man gave his testimony of coming to faith in Jesus Christ. This young man had been playing around with drugs and booze but discovered through a friend that Jesus Christ truly is God and the Saviour of mankind and that He did indeed rise physically from the dead to overcome death. That night the Spirit of God touched my life in a powerful way. I came to know that night that Jesus is real - I mean really real - so real that I wanted to live completely in His service until I checked out of this life and joined Him for eternity in Glory. It is said that if you haven't found something worth dying for you haven't found something worth living for. That night I found something worth dying for and that conviction has not subsided since. I am thankful to that young man. Unfortunately we lost touch many years ago.
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