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Today I want to talk about Testimony or Testimonies: When you go to church and tell the pastor you want to share your testimony,The Lord did something for you and you want to publicly testify.Watch your words carefully! The testimony was or is supposed to be to the glory of God and not to make others feel worse. The person giving testimony must be sensible and sensitive to the feelings of others in that meeting. This woman had a baby after 5 childless years and her testimony includes words like these; ''I thank the Lord so much who showed me mercy after all these 5 years and shamed all my enemies who called me barren and mocked me.It is not because I'm more righteous than those that has been childless for over 10 years,It is by his grace'' You see,Words like these shouldn't be used and I hope pastors clamp down on those making a nuisance of themselves in the name of testimony. How do you think men/women in that church that has been childless for much longer feels after such words? Who asked you why you had a baby before those that waited longer? How does that concern you? You are simply being selfish,ignorant and completely out of touch with reality. You don't have more grace than those,God's grace is available to all and we receive our miracles in our own time.My time might not be your time. Just thank the Lord for the baby and glorify his name and go and sit down.Leave others out of it. Even some Facebook testimonies leaves you scratching your head as to what these people mean. ''Some people said I'll not succeed,Today I'm living in a big house and most of my mates are still living in one room'' Really? Couldn't you have testified of God's goodness that helped you to succeed despite what people said without adding the woes of your mates? Is it not possible to find a mate of yours that lives better life than you right now? That's ego,The moment you are full of yourself,everything will be You versus them. You can't talk about your success without mentioning the failure of others.That's a very bad spirit. You won't talk about how you succeeded without aiming a dig at those that didn't succeed. Testimonies are shared in the church to highlight what God did for you,Not what satan is doing in the lives of your mates and rivals. It is about God and not about your pride. You escaped a fatal accident with your life and some died,Talk about God's goodness but don't make it look like the dead did something wrong to be dead. Sometimes we play too much with words and that's very dangerous. Disaster can befall anyone,Death can take anyone. It doesn't mean those that survived it are much better than those that died.It simply means we all have our timetable to fulfil and when it gets to your turn,You will answer the call and how or where or by what means you go you won't know. So stay humble and let your words be few. The truth about life is that in any situation you find yourself,someone somewhere might be worse/better off,It doesn't make you better,but life has always been a mystery. One thing I tell people sharing testimonies to eliminate is pride and sense of ''Better than them'' It takes one moment for people's lives to change either for good or for bad.Just one moment,One phone call,one text,one meeting and all that could change either for good or for bad.So stay calm and talk about what the Lord did for you and leave others with their life's struggle.Don't complicate things,You might regret it later. Anyway,Thanks for getting this far,Great day ye all.