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their duty is done, the meeting should be closed. Thus the interest will
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be kept up to the last. This is offering to God acceptable worship. His
service should be made interesting and attractive, and not be allowed
to degenerate into a dry form. We must live for Christ minute by
minute, hour by hour, and day by day; then Christ will dwell in us,
and when we meet together, His love will be in our hearts, welling up
like a spring in the desert, refreshing all, and making those who are
ready to perish, eager to drink of the waters of life.—
Testimonies for
the Church 5:609
.
Do not imagine that you can arouse the interest of the young by
going to the missionary meeting and preaching a long sermon. Plan
ways whereby a live interest may be aroused. From week to week the
young should bring in their reports, telling what they have tried to do
for the Saviour, and what success has been theirs. If the missionary
meeting were made an occasion for bringing in such reports, it would
not be dull, tedious, and uninteresting. It would be full of interest, and
there would be no lack of attendance.—
Gospel Workers, 210, 211
.
When faith lays hold upon Christ, the truth will bring delight to
the soul, and the services of religion will not be dull and uninteresting.
Your social meetings, now tame and spiritless, will be vitalized by the
Holy Spirit; daily you will have a rich experience as you practice the
Christianity you profess.—
Testimonies for the Church 6:437
.
Testimony of Personal Experience
As followers of Christ we should make our words such as to be a
help and an encouragement to one another in the Christian life. Far
more than we do, we need to speak of the precious chapters in our
experience.—
Christ’s Object Lessons, 338
.
The church needs the fresh, living experience of members who
have habitual communion with God. Dry, stale testimonies and prayers,
without the manifestation of Christ in them, are no help to the people.
If every one who claims to be a child of God were filled with faith
and light and life, what a wonderful witness would be given to those
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who come to hear the truth! And how many souls might be won to
Christ!—
Testimonies for the Church 6:64
.
Our confession of His faithfulness is Heaven’s chosen agency
for revealing Christ to the world. We are to acknowledge His grace