Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. – 2 Corinthians 5:17
You’ve got to see this video. It’s brilliant and powerful. What an innovative way to testify to the goodness of God! Men and women from all walks of life in this video prove one thing: God is involved in our personal lives! He knows every detail, He knows every battle, and He knows every circumstance of our lives. In His eyes, nothing is hidden.
Do you have a cardboard testimony? Care to share one? Why don’t you type in to the comment box just below this post? The bible tells us in Romans 10:17 that faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Sharing our faith by our testimonies is a bold action glorifying God and edifying and bridging people to God. We serve a living God. A real God. An awesome God.
If I were to write my cardboard testimony, it would be this: “I am a drunkard. I am a liar. A sinner recidivist! But by God’s Grace, I am a Holy Spirit- led man.” What’s yours?
I started thinking: What good reason was there to think God exists, and what good reason was there to think atheism was true? This step was important, because my own unbelief rested comfortably on the fact that the smart people around me didn’t believe in God either. It was more a reasonable life assumption than the conclusion of a solid argument. But of course, if I was going to refute Christianity, I first needed to know what it claimed. So I picked up a Bible.- Guillaume Bignon
Have you heard the testimony of a French Atheist Becomes Christian theologian? His name is Guillaume Bignon. Born and raised in France, Guillaume was happy and successful as an atheist. He studied math, physics, and engineering in college, graduated from a respected engineering school, and landed a job as a computer scientist in finance. On the sports front, at a height of 6 feet 4 inches, he was playing volleyball in a national league, traveling the country every weekend for the games. Yeah, he was a successful atheist. So why is he now a Christian theologian? Find out how God changed him in this interview.
“Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” – Luke 23:34
“This was the first word spoken by our Lord on his cross. It was uttered just when the soldiers were in the act of crucifying him — driving the terrible nails through his hands and feet. It was a moment of excruciating, inconceivable anguish. Yet he uttered no cry of pain, no word of execration upon those who were causing him such suffering, but calmly prayed for his brutal, pitiless murderers — “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.”
The moment the sacred blood began to flow the intercession for sinners began. The pleading was first for the ignorant heathen soldiers who were acting as executioners; but it was not for these alone. It certainly widened out, and took in all who had been concerned in the condemnation and crucifixion of Jesus. It was for the Jewish rulers and people who had rejected their Messiah. May we not believe that many of those who on the day of Pentecost and afterward were brought to repentance were forgiven and saved because on his cross Jesus made intercession for them? Then the prayer went out beyond the people who had a direct part in the crucifixion. From his cross Jesus saw the lost world down to the end, and prayed for all men. We know, too, that that word of prayer was but the beginning of an intercession that is going on yet inside heaven, where Jesus pleads the merits of his own sacrifice for the salvation of sinners.
This word of Jesus teaches us a great lesson on Christian forgiveness. He prayed for his murderers. We should pray for those who injure us. There are some fragrant trees which bathe in perfume the axe that gashes them. So should it be with Christ’s people. Instead of resentment and injury for injury, we should show only sweet, tender love to those who harm us.”
“I Lift My Hands” is one of the newest worship songs from Christian Worship Leader Chris Tomlin. It’s a song of faith. It declares our as our Healer. He is our refuge. He is our strength.
The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!” Lamentations 3:22-24 New Living Translation
CHRIS TOMLIN ALBUMS, CDs, MP3 Downloads, RESOURCES
[amazon_image id=”B005FT2MLQ” link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection[/amazon_image]
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[amazon_link id=”B003X5F4Q4″ target=”_blank” ]And If Our God Is For Us[/amazon_link]
[amazon_link id=”B002MOWA9G” target=”_blank” ]Glory in the Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship[/amazon_link]
[amazon_link id=”B000S51XMQ” target=”_blank” ]Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)[/amazon_link]
[amazon_link id=”B000HT36S2″ target=”_blank” ]See the Morning[/amazon_link]
[amazon_link id=”B0048W3SQ4″ target=”_blank” ]And If Our God Is For Us… [+Digital Booklet][/amazon_link]
[amazon_link id=”B0048W7HM0″ target=”_blank” ]I Lift My Hands[/amazon_link]
“Our God” is another powerful worship song from Christian Worship Leader Chris Tomlin. The song put a strong declaration of the Bible verse in Romans 8:31 that says “If God is for us, who can be against us?“
Chris Tomlin co-wrote Our God with Matt Redman, Jesse Reeves and Jonas Myrin. He is currently a worship leader at Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia with Louie Giglio and Christy Nockels. He was awarded Male Vocalist of the Year at the 2006, 2007, and 2008 GMA Dove Awards.
Watch Chris Tomlin as he performs Our God live at the 2011 Dove Awards.
CHRIS TOMLIN ALBUMS, CDs, MP3 Downloads, RESOURCES
[amazon_image id=”B005FT2MLQ” link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection[/amazon_image]
[amazon_link id=”B005FT2MLQ” target=”_blank” ]How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection[/amazon_link]
[amazon_link id=”B003X5F4Q4″ target=”_blank” ]And If Our God Is For Us[/amazon_link]
[amazon_link id=”B002MOWA9G” target=”_blank” ]Glory in the Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship[/amazon_link]
[amazon_link id=”B000S51XMQ” target=”_blank” ]Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)[/amazon_link]
[amazon_link id=”B000HT36S2″ target=”_blank” ]See the Morning[/amazon_link]
[amazon_link id=”B0048W3SQ4″ target=”_blank” ]And If Our God Is For Us… [+Digital Booklet][/amazon_link]
[amazon_link id=”B0048W7HM0″ target=”_blank” ]I Lift My Hands[/amazon_link]