Ep 36 - What is A Testimony?

We explore what testimony really means, tracing the word from Scripture to daily life, and share candid stories about speaking up while still in the middle of the trial. We show how small wins preach, why credit belongs to God, and how honest witness strengthens faith and community.

Transcript

Welcome And Defining Testimony

SPEAKER_00 0:01

Shalom, shalom saints. Welcome back to the Unfiltered Christian podcast. I'm CeCe.

SPEAKER_02 0:08

And I'm Shay.

SPEAKER_00 0:10

And I hope everyone is well. Thank you so much for tuning in to another episode. This is a space where we just keep it real. And today I actually feel like myself from recording, which I'm happy about. So whoop whoop. Little winds, little winds in life. So today is my question. Um it's a simple question, but it's a deep question at the same time. So, Cher, I don't want you to go in too too deep because I feel like some of your answers may overlap with some of my questions. So, when before you became strong in your faith, when you heard the word testimony, testimony, what came to your mind?

SPEAKER_01 1:08

Without going into detail, just hearing the word, I wasn't sure what that meant. So yeah, just simple as that. I didn't know what that word meant. So it's yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:26

When I heard the word and what does okay, and what does testimony mean to you now?

SPEAKER_01 1:34

Simple and sweet. Now, test yeah, so for me now it's having a oh okay. I don't know to make that simple. I don't have to make that one simple. Um without giving too much, isn't it? Like um for me now, testimony means having something, having an experience that I have conquered to be able to share with someone to help them. I like that. That's the simplest way. That's the simplest thing.

Is Testimony Biblical

SPEAKER_00 2:12

That's the simplest way. I like the word, I like the conquer. So I thought about this because many of us don't know what a testimony is, or they've heard about it, or may not may never even heard of the word. So we're gonna go into a little a little bit of school here. So it's with you know, sometimes we just change things up because it's all about learning and we love learning. So let's break it down a little bit more. We hear the word testimony a lot in church. You may hear it's being said like who has a testimony they want to share, or you might hear somebody said, You know what, I've got a powerful testimony, or you may not even have heard the word. So, where does it actually come from? And is and is it even biblical? Because sometimes we'll be saying things and we don't know. So let's go backwards. So, yes, it is biblical. The Bible talks about testimonies over and over again. In Revelations 12, 11, it says, and they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. So that shows us that a testimony isn't just telling a story, it's a weapon, it's evidence, and it's part of how we overcome the enemy. So we're gonna look at it in different languages because obviously we all know well, some of us know, and some of us don't know. So if you don't know, English is a mix of different languages: Hebrew, Latin, and Greek, and that's what brings English. So in Hebrew, the word testimony is called idut or in Hebrew, I don't know. So sorry if I'm saying it wrong, which comes from the root of the word odd, meaning to return, to repeat, or to do again. In the Old Testament, testimonies were often connected to Yahuwah's covenant and his law. That's why the Ark of the Covenant was sometimes called the Ark of Testimony, and you can look in that in Exodus 25, verses 22. Because it was carried, because it carried Yahweh's witness of his covenant to his people. So in Greek the word is mataria, which means witness, evidence, or testimony. It's actually where the English word martyr comes from. A martyr is somebody who bears witness to their faith even unto death. So it's a testimony to so the testimony is really about being a living witness of Yahuwah's power in our lives. And then in English, which we all speak or understand here, and this is the English dictionary um definition, it means um a formal statement or declaration, often used in a court of law. So spiritually, when we give a testimony, we're standing as witnesses in the court of heaven or earth, declaring that Yahuwah is real and active in our life. So testimonies were not just about us, they're about pointing people back to Yahuwah as the ones who brought us through. When we share them, we strengthen others through faith and even remind ourselves of Yahuwah's goodness. So Shay, he'd have to go a little bit into it now. Can you think of a time in your life when sharing your testimony made you feel closer to Yahuwah or even encouraged somebody?

Hebrew And Greek Roots Explained

SPEAKER_01 5:50

Um, to be honest, I feel like I've been sharing testimonies even before my relationship grew with Elizabeth, like before I was actually active or anything like that. Because I feel like the word testimony can be heavy sometimes. Like you kind of think it has to be this um this big massive thing like you did and you conquered, and like you know, we don't it it can be there's no measurement of it, it can be small, it can be big, it could be whatever. And I've always been a person that loved to like I was always that friend that everyone came to for advice. And before, like I said, before I knew what a testimony was, I was always sharing things that I had experienced and I had um been through to help others. So once I had the when you're going through a trial, you might not know the answer at the end, like what is the lesson, but I always had a lesson to pass on to my friends. So I don't even have a specific at this point in time because I'm I'm on um I'm uh it's it's um oh gosh, I can't find my word, it's on the spot. But um I let's just say I've always had a testimony to give to someone. I just I just can't remember if it's been something that's helped. Um it could have, and I didn't know, to be fair, because sometimes you don't realize when you've given a testimony to someone that has actually helped them. Um it might not be specifically with what you've been through, but it could touch touch them in another way with something similar, or the fact that you even made it through it's what's encouraged that individual. So yeah, I've had those moments where I've made it through something and someone's like, Do you know what? I love that. Like, I love that you're you were able to see it in this way, I love that you were able to see it in that way, I love that. Do you know what I'm saying? Um I'm in the middle of a testimony right now, because a testimony is gonna come out. I'm in the middle of a battle, basically, but I'm gonna call it a testimony. Oh, I even blew myself with that one.

SPEAKER_00 8:17

So you're being tested, you're in the test part of it.

SPEAKER_01 8:20

Love it. I am in the test of it, and right now I've got a friend that's also in the middle of the same thing, and because I spoke to that person and we didn't realize we're going through the same things, I feel like that's how I know there's a testimony at the end of it, because I've realized that I'm not in it by myself. There's someone else also going through that trial, and it's made me have hope for the end.

Living As A Witness, Not A Story

SPEAKER_00 8:51

So yeah. I think one thing that like with this first question, that one thing that I love about testimonies to me um is your experience of going through something and meeting somebody who is going through what you went through, but they feel like there's no light at the end of the tunnel, and so you can encourage them by saying, Do you know what I've been through this and it's difficult and it is hard, and I think that's what Shay means about like the harder ones, or it could be so simple as a mini testimony that you could have been having insomnia for the whole week, and then the following week you was able to sleep, or it could be things like catching a bus on time because you're always late, so it's like those little things, and then the encouraging part is the conquering ones, or even helping somebody to feel like they might feel like you know, I'm I'm not really good at writing stuff, but you'd be like, you know what? I was in your shoes, um, but look where I am now, um, and that's the encouraging part. Yeah, so have you ever been nervous to share your testimony and what was it like? This could be in any environment, whether it be church, outside.

SPEAKER_01 10:29

I've I've definitely always been nervous about sharing my testimony in church. Like, I've had quite a few testimonies that's built up that I haven't shared yet. Um, every time they're like, you know, do you have a testimony? I'm like, oh my gosh, I'm just shaking. Um, I can share my testimony in smaller groups or environments. Um, even that, even then, that's still a big thing for me. But I'm easier at sharing my testimony individually, like with a one-on-one conversation with a friend. Um I feel like I have shared testimonies in regards to my condition. Um, and for those who have not listened to us before, I have albinism, uh, also known as uh a person as albino, I guess that's the term. Um, but I've shared that in church at least twice. I've even shared that recently a few weeks ago. Um, and I've I've shared it so many times that I sometimes don't see it as a testimony anymore. Because it's like the way of life. I'm just used to, I'm just used to dealing with it. It's it's my normal. Um, so I think that's the only thing I've done, I've shared or spoken about publicly with a lot of people. But that was still nerve-wracking, even though I have shared it so many times. It was still a lot to, you know, even the last time I spoke a few weeks ago, um, well, a few months ago now in July, it was still a lot for me to speak of it because I don't know who was listening for the first time. Um, and I don't know what questions I could receive or whatever it could be. So it was still nerve-wracking, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 12:18

So it was the questions, the what ifs that could come up come about it. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 12:25

Why do you think I feel like it's one of those things? No, I was gonna say what it is with it that is that I feel like I'm continuously going through the uh the journey with my albinism. Um so I feel like I think it's a continuous uh trial/slash testimony, if that makes sense, because there's so many areas, so I feel like sometimes I could be speaking about it and I don't necessarily believe what I'm saying at that time. Like for example, I could be speaking about I don't know, conquering something that affects me with my albinism, like something people say, or whatever it may be, whatever it may be. And when I when I'm doing a presentation about it, I might not necessarily believe what I'm saying, like you know, I know God is gonna do this and that. And that's why I was having a conversation with one of my friends about it, and she was just like, um, you know, she was just encouraging me, like it's something you do need to start believing for yourself. Um, and I know all you guys tell me this, but it's just it like I said, it's a continuous trial, and it does end in testimonies, but it's it's a journey, like you know, like people have a trial, but you don't come back to that trial, if that makes sense. Whereas with me, this is something that's continuous, so yeah, I think that's what it is, why it's it's a challenge at times.

SPEAKER_00 13:57

Why do you think testimonies are important or powerful?

Everyday Wins As Testimonies

SPEAKER_01 14:03

Oh my gosh, testimonies are huge. It is a a big percentage of what encourages believers, I think, or a non-believer. Um, when I say non-believer, I meant to say like someone who is now starting in the beginning of their journey. Actually, to be fair, it could be a non-believer too, someone that never believed in Elohim, didn't see like they're like, oh yeah, all these things are coincidences or whatever, and someone could give them a testimony, and they're like, wow, it has to be God, who else could have done that? Um, and I feel like for me, it's been a huge like hearing people's testimonies is what encourages me. So there could be something that you've been praying for, you've been praying for that thing for years, and you've heard a testimony about someone actually um receiving that thing. It could be anything, it could be from a child or um children or a husband or whatever it may be or a wife, and you think it's not gonna happen for you, and testimonies, it's what gives you that encouragement. Like God was very, very, very clever by using our trials to be something of positives, and he speaks of that in his words that he will use your trials um to give out, like I'm paraphrasing here, but he will use our trials for good, and that is what a testimony is. So we need that, we all need this, and like I said, a lot of us are giving testimonies without realizing that that's that is the name. It's just a um it is a term, but sometimes you don't realize that you're actually doing that daily. Um, and it's it's it's powerful, it's what we need, it's what encourages us in our faith, it's what encourages us, encourages us on our journey, and it's what is used to encourage others. It brings us closer to God, and it also brings us closer to others as well, who are believers, who are, you know, yeah, and it also shows that we're not all perfect. So I think like a lot of people look at others in the church and they're like, oh yeah, you know, she thinks she's this and that and whatever. And a lot of people don't want to go to church because they're thinking, oh, you know, those are those quote unquote perfect people. But then when people start actually dropping their testimonies, they're like, oh my gosh, like they're not the way I think they are, you know. Um you realize that those persons, those people go through struggles. That they're going through the same thing that I'm going through, they're going through the same thing that maybe my sister or my brother is going through. And they continue to strive and push in a relationship with Elohim to get past that trial, to get through that trial. And they're encouraged because they have a story to tell. Yeah. And it just touches so many areas. So a testimony is not just a story, but it just touches so many areas. It it just helps you with every it helps you with so many things. And without testimonies, I don't know where we'd be. I don't know where I would be. Yeah.

Sharing While Still In The Trial

SPEAKER_00 17:36

I think sometimes testimonies come when you least expect it. Um like blessings in disguise. Um you know, you can be in debt and you randomly get money from nowhere. Um and you're like, where is this? Like, how did that where's this from? Um because he sees you, he knows what you're going through. Um, especially when you see everybody around you winning and you feel like you're not, and winning could be anything like you could be jobless or homeless, and you know, friends and family are buying houses, or getting a pay rise, getting a job, or your friends are having children around you, or getting married, or and you just feel like oh, I've been stuck here in the same place, but your testimony is coming, like your trial and tribulation, what you're going through right now, is coming, and um the Lord likes to test us, just like the story um of Job. Um, he said to Satan, like, test my humble servant. Um, and Job went through a lot, a lot that many of us couldn't go through today. Um, so Job's story, he has numerous testimonies, and like I what what I want you to do is like now when you read stories in the Bible, look for the testimony in it. Um that's that's a good way of like trying to understand or look at your life for those who don't know, like think that what what is what is a good thing that has happened. Um and then yeah, and then hopefully you'll be able to share. Um and I would say like sometimes not not all testimonies are receiving, like you might have a testimony, um, and again, like where people are like I can even use myself, like last week. Was it last week? No, it wasn't last week. Was it last week? Um somebody gave a testimony in church that they had a stroke, and um and my sister had a stroke.

SPEAKER_02 20:02

It was last week, anyway.

SPEAKER_00 20:04

Um, so his testimony was like he had a stroke on the Monday, and on Sabbath, the Saturday, he was singing on the praise team. But he was basically saying, like, you know, there was many people in there that couldn't move, or there would be many people that didn't make it out, but that's still a testimony. And from from from on my side, it's like even though my sister has passed away, um, whereas her brain kept bleeding, we didn't know I might not have got my sister back how I wanted her. So, my testimony that I'm trying to teach myself is that she's no longer in pain because it would hurt me more to not have my sister back. Um, and then there's sometimes where like you could give a testimony and somebody could say to you, that's not a testimony, because that's happened to me. Um, but within that, it's still your testimony, like it's what you've gone through. So just bear that in mind to let to not let it discourage you if you ever go through those stages. Um Shay, if somebody listening has never shared a testimony before, what advice would you give them on where to start?

Nervous To Share In Church

SPEAKER_01 21:26

Oh start small. Don't think you have to like go and stand in front of the congregation like today, this week. Um we're having conversations every day, and there's always a testimony to give. Um and sometimes it like I said, it doesn't have to necessarily relate to the thing that the person has come to talk to you about. Just the fact that you've conquered something is what encourages others. So start off small, you could share with a good friend, and also it doesn't have to be like, oh, someone told me something, so I told you something. It could just be things like I just wanted like whatever brings you joy in knowing that you you made it through something, like you you can share. Um, and that will make you feel uplifted as well because you're able to reflect back on the goodness of God and what he has done for you. Um yeah, it's literally a good place to start. For example, I gave my friend a testimony the other day about a toaster. Like my toaster broke, and I didn't think I had the finances to buy a new one. And Elohim showed me the way to buy one because it was it went down on sale. Um, so it fit more of my um my budget, and I was so excited. So it sounds silly, but I've learned to now give those small testimonies. Whereas before it'd be a thing like, oh yeah, I was able to buy whatever. But there's some people that just can't, it's not possible, in it. Like you can't just go out and say, Oh, this broke, I can buy it that day. But I was able to do that. I was able to say, Yeah, my thing broke, I can go shop today and buy a new one. So to me, that was a big testimony because not everyone has that thing there has their finances. They might have to wait two weeks, three weeks, they might have to wait a month. Do you know what I'm saying? Um, so you can start off small, start off small, start off with one person, and you go from there. And you can also pray about it as well, like because there's like I said, there's so many people you can help, and you just go to Elohim and say, Lord, you know, let me be able to give testimonies to others um and encourage someone today, you know, and that's what that what form that can come in. And I want to revert back as well to what you were talking about in regards to Job, because in the program at church last week, the pastor was talking about um the fact that God like pointed out Job to Satan, like it blew my mind because I never really paid attention to that part. Like, God was like, What about my faithful servant Job? And I'm like, What? You actually pointed him out to be child. Um it's it was crazy. But what the pastor said was, did you ever think about the fact that God chose you for that trial because he felt that you were able to, he found you capable and able to carry that trial because of the power of the testimony that's gonna be given at the end? It blew my mind. Now, not every time in the middle of the trial, you're gonna be hunky dory, and it's it's not gonna be easy. But you all you have to think that you know what? Elaim has trusted me with this. What am I gonna do with it? Am I gonna constantly ache and complain, or am I gonna continue to turn to him and lean upon him to get through this trial so that you can you know the end, you're gonna have this amazing testimony to give. Yeah, just wanted to add that in there.

SPEAKER_00 25:24

I think also it doesn't always have to be a trial, um, like testimonies like you like you know, because there's times where where life is good. Um, that's a testimony in itself. Um I would like to put that out. Like, you know, like there's some people that we we all have trials of winning, so it doesn't a testimony doesn't have to just be when you're struggling or when you're going through um hardships. Testimonies can also come like when you're actually winning, you know, when everything is going right, like on Monday I got the job, three months later I got a pay rise. Like those are all blessed like every blessing is a testimony. I think that's a simpler way of saying it. Anytime you get blessed, waking up in the morning, being able to do anything, like all of those are testimonies in itself. So every blessing that you have is a testimony. Because with everything that we do, like we expect to wake up every morning, so we don't really see it as a testimony, like we already are planning, like, okay, for for us, like you're preparing for Sabbath tomorrow or for whatever you're doing, whatever day of the week that you listen to this, like you might be going to work, doing school run. You expect that you expect for y'all to wake you up tomorrow, but many people don't. So those are the little things that when you wake up, that's a blessing in itself because many people didn't even reach back to their front door, many people didn't even open their eyes, many people lost movement, um, lost eyesight, lost lost being able to speak. Um, so those little things, even breathing, um all of this is a blessing, and all of those little things are testimonies, and sometimes there's blessings in disguise. Like I have a testimony, but I can't remember it properly. Like, my mind's all over the place right now. Back to my sister that passed away, like her partner was running late for work. So many people see that as an annoy an annoyance, but if he was if y'all didn't delay him, he would have missed that my sister was having a stroke. So sometimes things are in disguise without realizing.

SPEAKER_02 27:59

Wow, that's powerful. That is so true. That is so so true. Um, honestly.

SPEAKER_01 28:11

I remember I had to think about something similar this morning because I missed two buses, and I was like, this is silly, and I missed one of them when my back was turned. Um, and I was so annoyed, like starting to get annoyed, and then I had to like, I felt the Holy Spirit say, like, you know, everything happens for a reason, you just don't know. And I literally don't know, like, God forbid, do you know what I mean? Like, I wouldn't say anything was gonna happen with those buses, but like I said, you just don't know. Um, so like you said, isn't it? But I that's that's powerful what you said about taking the wins because it's we're so used to like having trials or something happening that when things are going smoothly, we're thinking there's something wrong. When actually, it's it's amazing that you're having a season of goodness. Um, I feel like I went through that at one point, like I was having a season of goodness, and I was just like, oh my gosh, this is so weird. This is so weird because you're just not used to it. Um, and it's like I don't know, I feel like it's that the lies of the enemy, which is something I need to pray away because I was so used to trials all the time. Like I started to quote unquote like claim it as my normal. Um, so it's important that we just take those wins, especially if they're coming one after the other, and just not even speak negativity in ourselves to be like, oh my gosh, what's going on here? Like, why is this happening? Because like it's like you're rejecting what Elohim is doing, you're rejecting this huge testimony, like these testimonies, should I say, that you have to give. So, yeah, I feel like it's a very important point that you made. Because, yeah, we need to we need to check ourselves sometimes.

SPEAKER_00 30:00

I was meant to ask you this question before the other question. So it would flow nicely, but hey. Y'all knows what he's doing, right? Right. Do you think I'm trying to think of how I can word it? Do you think people can sometimes confuse a testimony with just a story about themselves instead of making it about Yahuwah?

SPEAKER_02 30:30

I guess you can.

Continuous Trials And Ongoing Faith

SPEAKER_01 30:33

Uh I don't know. Do you know why I'm struggling with this? Is because I always try to see where God is moved in something. Um but I get where you I see where you're coming, I see where you're going with this. You can, I just can't think of an example. I think you can do that because one way I thought about thought about where this this could happen, where you could confuse a story, is that if you start taking credit for something, as if like you're telling a story like I did this and I did that when it wasn't it wasn't really you, it wasn't just you. Um but then again, maybe that's not the same thing. I just can't think of an example, but I will say I think it's a thing where um you know, like faith, like the Bible says faith without works is dead.

SPEAKER_00 31:32

So we know that like let's use something basic, like studying for an exam. Um like you studied for the exam, you go to the exam, you pass the exam. A lot of people could say, like, y'all didn't help me, I did everything myself, like I put in all the hard work, I sat the paper, and I passed. He didn't help me do anything.

SPEAKER_01 32:06

Yeah, so yeah, that's a great example. Because it's like all you're doing, like you said, you tell the story, but you're telling it as like, oh my gosh, guess what happened? And you'll be like, you know, like say God, like say you're driving your car as well, and like you manage to swerve, like say, you know, you class yourself as this amazing driver, you're a good driver, right? And you are about to have a collision, and you've now you're telling this story to your friends and family, and like, you know, because I'm such a banging driver, like you know, I the way I drove, like the way I swerved, like, oh my gosh, if you ever saw me, right? So you're telling that story as a story as it's coming from you, but it was Elohim that had control of the wheel of that car. He was the one that stopped that collision from happening, but you're now fully taking credit, telling it like it's one James Bond story, instead of actually relating it to him. So definitely that is something that is possible, that does happen.

SPEAKER_00 33:18

How would you with the two examples?

Why Testimonies Encourage Believers

SPEAKER_01 33:20

How would you make it about young so in the first example in regards to like yeah, so in regards to the exam, um I would relate it to him in regards to like he was the one that gave me the encouragement to study, he was the one that kept me focused in that exam. He gave me the questions that I actually studied, because that's not coincidence, like you know. You if you studied, the questions has actually come up, like all my days, everything I studied is there, all the stuff I remember is there, so that's not you, you didn't do that, like you did not control that. He did, and especially when it's unexplainable, because how would you explain the same questions that you got is in relation to what you studied? Come on, do you know what I mean? Um and I think that's the powerful thing about testimony as well, is that you can see there's no coincidence. Um, the same thing now in relation to the collision, like the car collision. Once again, like as a human, would you have reacted that quickly for real for real? Um, like what gave you that um consciousness to be focused so quickly, to react in that way. And do you know what I mean? That your foot was on the brakes that quick, that you swerved that quickly. Like, that was not you, that was not in your own strength. And the fact that you walked away with no scratches, and it it literally you could see that it could have gone left easily, right? That was Elohim, like he had control of that car, he had control of how you moved it and whatever. Do you know what I mean? There could have been a time where you spun that wheel, but then you still saw it spinning. Uh, like, you know what I mean? Your steering wheel, but you still saw it spinning because like I don't know, he was in control, do you know what I'm saying? Yeah, so it's like there is just I even had a testimony on that. That's crazy.

SPEAKER_00 35:31

I remember there was a time where I was driving to my dad's house and I was on a drill carriageway, and there was a terrible accident. And I was I had my nephew, he's a big man now, I think he was like one in the back of in the back of my car seat, and I was praying over the people in that car accident, like literally, it looked so bad. I was praying over their lives, and the moment I said amen, I was coming on a major roundabout. And my husband was saying that America in America they don't have roundabouts, so a roundabout is um is like so. We have different in in the UK, we have different junctions, and we have like a circle in the middle, or sometimes that it's not a circle, depending where you are, it or sometimes it has traffic, like sometimes it don't, and you have to wait for the traffic on the right side for you to go around. My explanation is so terrible as a driver. Um, and then you'll exit to whatever junction what whatever junction that you want to come off of, but you have to wait on the traffic from the right hand side for you to be able to maneuver. So, and so we exit on the left hand side in the UK. So I was on the main road, saw the accident, prayed. Coming up to a major junction, I was gonna take the first exit. My car, the moment I said amen, my car started spinning around in a circle. It wasn't raining, it wasn't hot, it wasn't anything. I was just I I my hand wasn't on the wheel, my hand wasn't on the brakes. I was terrified. I was looking at my nephew out the back, like my brother's gonna kill me because I was young as well. I was thinking I can't produce his his child, and I said, Yahuwah, help this car to stop, and the car stopped. And everybody that was around me was looking because my car was spinning, like somebody just spent the bottle, like my car was a bottle, and it was just spinning. And I got to my dad's house, and I was I was panicking, my heart was beating, but I know it was because of my prayers trying to save whoever the whoever it was. I don't know if it was family, whoever it was in that car, that Satan tried to come for me. But y'all again saved my life, so it's like things like that, like, and I forgot all about this because I must have been like 21. So that was time ago, we're getting old. But um, yeah, that testimony right there was when I got to my dad's house and I was explaining it to him, he was just like, Wow, like the sun is shining, like I didn't slip on anything, and the man even came out because I was stuck on the roundabout because I was scared to drive, like that's how scared I was. And he was just like, What happened? He even tested my brakes and whatever, everything was fine. I was scared, so and that was like I've never really shared that testimony because it's it's quite traumatic, but that was a testimony within itself.

SPEAKER_02 38:35

Wow, wow, wow, that is so powerful.

SPEAKER_01 38:40

That's crazy because I'm not a driver, so I don't know what would have come, but I'm just I was just I was just thinking that I'm sure that happens, do you know what I mean? Where like I said, like you're feeling the car being controlled, and you're thinking, like, yeah, I'm not saying you haven't touched the steering wheel, but you're just feeling like something is helping me control this car to not whatever, but we're always relating it to something that is not of God, and that's not what it is. It is literally our creator, he is the one that is there protecting you and carrying that vehicle. Do you know what I'm saying? Um, and I feel like loads of people can have like who are drivers can have those testimonies and really think back on it. Like someone that's listening right now, think back really, like where you've had a situation when you're driving. Because I feel like driving is a big deal because my mum always says you would never see a car on a hospital bed. So, like it it's a big deal when when something has happened and stuff like you've you've been able to say, Oh my gosh, like like you said, it was a traumatic situation, but I'm here and something happened there, and all those unexplainable, quote unquote unexplainable situations that you've had, I'm here to tell you right now that that was Elohim. He was the one that was there protecting you, he was the one that kept you. Like I'm telling you for free, he was the one because oh my gosh, wow. Thank you for sharing that though. I feel like that's definitely gonna be powerful for somebody. Um, and this is what we mean by testimonies. It might not necessarily relate to you, but it can still be for you.

SPEAKER_02 40:36

Yeah.

Job, Delay, And Blessings In Disguise

SPEAKER_00 40:41

Amen. So, saints, I hope this conversation reminds you that your testimony is valuable. Don't underestimate it. What Yahoo has done in your life is evidence, it's proof, it's power, it can break chains for somebody else who needs to hear it. In Psalms 119 46, that's why I was quiet. I was looking for the text. It says, I will speak of your testimonies before kings and will not be ashamed. So don't be ashamed to share what Yahuwah has brought you through. I'll repeat that again. Psalms 119 verses 46 says, I will speak of your testimonies before kings and will not be ashamed. So don't be ashamed to share what Yahuwah has brought you through. And with that being said, we're gonna end with a prayer. Father Yahuwah, we thank you for your goodness and for every testimony that is represented in the lives of your people. Thank you that our stories are not just stories, they are living witnesses of your power, your mercy, and your love. I pray that everyone listening will be bold in sharing their testimony, that it will be strengthening faith, bring encouragement, and point people back to you. Cover us, guide us, and help us to remember that we overcome by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of your testimony. In Yeshua's name we pray. Amen.

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Amen.

SPEAKER_01 42:27

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