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<v Speaker 1>Welcome and greetings, blessings.

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<v Speaker 1>In the mighty name of our Lord and Savior, jesus Christ, I want to share with us a word titled your Testimony is Powerful.

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<v Speaker 1>Your Testimony is Powerful.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me read from John, chapter 4, verse 39, just to underline the fact that your testimony is powerful.

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<v Speaker 1>This is what the Bible says that your testimony is powerful.

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<v Speaker 1>This is what the Bible says.

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<v Speaker 1>Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman's testimony.

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<v Speaker 1>He told me everything I've ever done.

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<v Speaker 1>You have a testimony and that testimony is powerful.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't hide it, don't cover.

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<v Speaker 1>It is powerful.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't hide it, don't cover it.

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<v Speaker 1>Just go forth and tell the nations and the world your testimony.

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<v Speaker 1>This lady in John chapter 4, we call her famously the Samaritan woman she was from a town called Sychar, which was in Samaria, and Jesus came and transformed her life, which was in Samaria, and Jesus came and transformed her life.

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<v Speaker 1>Then the lady went into her town and shared her testimony.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what we just read.

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<v Speaker 1>She shared her testimony and because of her testimony, many of the Samaritans in that town called Sychar actually believed in Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>Your testimony is powerful, actually believed in Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>Your testimony is powerful.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't put it under a basket.

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<v Speaker 1>Put it on a lampstand so that it can send light to the people and that many people would come to know Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>There are three things I want to share about this testimony.

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<v Speaker 1>Your testimony that is powerful.

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<v Speaker 1>Number one your testimony is powerful because it tells the world of what the Lord has done for you.

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<v Speaker 1>What God has done for you.

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<v Speaker 1>No one can take it away from you.

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<v Speaker 1>It is very, very special.

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<v Speaker 1>It is very, very unique, and you need to tell the world what the Lord has done for you, just like in John, chapter 9, verse 25,.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a guy there who had been healed of blindness and people tried to take him this way or that way.

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<v Speaker 1>He said Whoever healed me, I don't know whether he was a sinner or not, but one thing I know I was blind and now I see your testimony is yours and it is unique.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't hide it.

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<v Speaker 1>Simply go ahead and tell it to the world, because it's what God has done for you and therefore it's powerful.

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<v Speaker 1>Secondly, your testimony is powerful because it points people to Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>This lady knew what the Lord had done for her at Jacob's well.

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<v Speaker 1>She had lived a life, you know, with five husbands.

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<v Speaker 1>Now she was living with a sixth husband.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus was the seventh man meeting her at the well in her life and Jesus just turned her life around in her life.

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<v Speaker 1>And Jesus just turned her life around and she simply used her testimony to point her city, saika, to the one who transformed her life.

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<v Speaker 1>Your testimony is powerful because it will point people to Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like a signboard.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it's very, very unique, like I said in the first point.

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<v Speaker 1>But secondly, it will point to Jesus, people to Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>I received Jesus when I was about 17 years old and I've shared my testimony for the last many years that I have served the Lord and every time I share it, I share it.

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<v Speaker 1>I see people led to Jesus just when I share my testimony.

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<v Speaker 1>But finally, let me say your testimony is powerful because it brings glory to God.

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<v Speaker 1>When people hear of what the Lord has done for you, when people are pointed to Jesus by your testimony, then God is glorified.

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<v Speaker 1>Where you are right now, whether working place or at home or in school, you need to let the glory come to God by sharing your testimony.

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<v Speaker 1>Your testimony is like a light.

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<v Speaker 1>It lights up a world that is dark.

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<v Speaker 1>When you begin to tell people what the Lord has done for you, then they start saying hallelujah and praise the Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>The people in Sychar began to acknowledge God because of the testimony of this lady.

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<v Speaker 1>Today, I challenge you and encourage you to share your testimony.

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<v Speaker 1>There is no testimony that is small or big.

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<v Speaker 1>Any testimony is powerful.

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<v Speaker 1>Just I challenge you to share that testimony with one person, maybe three people, five people in your own world.

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<v Speaker 1>Begin to share your testimony.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a powerful tool for changing the world and so, even as we look at impartition of uncommon utterance, there's something you can share with your lips that will change your world.

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<v Speaker 1>Give glory to God by sharing your testimony, like this lady, the Samaritan woman, did in her town called Sychar, which was in Samaria.

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<v Speaker 1>As you share your testimony, god bless you.

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<v Speaker 1>May the world around you change.

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<v Speaker 1>May God be glorified, amen.