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The Ministry of Healing
are still, through the power of Christ, transformed into messengers
of righteousness and are sent forth to tell how great things the Lord
hath done for them and hath had compassion on them.
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“My Praise Shall Be Continually of Thee”
After the woman of Capernaum had been healed by the touch of
faith, Jesus desired her to acknowledge the blessing she had received.
The gifts which the gospel offers are not to be secured by stealth or
enjoyed in secret.
“Ye are My witnesses, saith the Lord,
That I am God.”
Isaiah 43:12.
Our confession of His faithfulness is Heaven’s chosen agency
for revealing Christ to the world. We are to acknowledge His grace
as made known through the holy men of old; but that which will
be most effectual is the testimony of our own experience. We are
witnesses for God as we reveal in ourselves the working of a power
that is divine. Every individual has a life distinct from all others,
and an experience differing essentially from theirs. God desires that
our praise shall ascend to Him, marked with our own individuality.
These precious acknowledgments to the praise of the glory of His
grace, when supported by a Christlike life, have an irresistible power
that works for the salvation of souls.
It is for our own benefit to keep every gift of God fresh in our
memory. By this means faith is strengthened to claim and to receive
more and more. There is greater encouragement for us in the least
blessing we ourselves receive from God than in all the accounts we
can read of the faith and experience of others. The soul that responds
to the grace of God shall be like a watered garden. His health shall
spring forth speedily; his light shall rise in obscurity, and the glory
of the Lord shall be seen upon him.
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“What shall I render unto the Lord
For all His benefits toward me?