TUESDAY...tell them

It's Tuesday. The third day of the week.  The second day of a normal work week.  You are right between Monday and Wednesday, in case you didn't notice.

Tuesday has never been an exciting day.  It's just another work day.  It isn't close to Friday, so it doesn't get much respect. 

One person said, "Tuesday isn't so bad...It's a sign that I've somehow survived Monday."

Many years ago in a period commonly known as Next Friday Afternoon, there lived a King who was very Gloomy on Tuesday mornings because he was so Sad thinking about how Unhappy he had been on Monday and how completely Mournful he would be on Wednesday.

But, hey, cheer up!  Tuesday is an important day.  Presidential elections are held on Tuesday.  Yea!!  It's an important day of the week. 

This is one day of the week that can be revitalized by sharing your testimony of how Jesus Christ saved your soul...when He brought salvation and He made you whole!  So, why aren't we testifying, why aren't we telling others what Jesus did for us?   Face it, communication has never been easier.  We have cell phones, texting, facebook, email...and yet a face to face encounter - telling someone about Jesus Christ on a one-on-one basis is difficult.   

We used to have "testimony" services in our churches. You don't hear much of them, lately.  There are stories we can tell that would cause the world to double over with laughter.  A comedian has nothing on church folks. We could write their material. 

I remember several of those times. One lady stood in the testimony service and she talked on and on and on....about her preparation H.  They left it at a house where they were visiting and had to turn around and go get it....Thank God they finally recovered that tube... so she could sit down, no pun intended!   That's all of the story that I remember - probably because I was laughing so hard!

 I remember my husband telling this story about a couple in church:  the wife testified, then it was  her husband's turn.  He handed his gum to her and she chewed it while he testified!  That happened, so help me, with my hand on my heart!

And how many times have we heard:  "The devil's been after me all week, praise His Holy Righteous Name."  Of course, we knew what he meant.  The praise part was referring to the Lord, of course.  Often, you had to know the person in order to interpret the full meaning.

And we haven't even started on the foot washin' services!  That will have to wait till another time.

A grateful woman on a farm wrote to the vendors of the patent medicine:
"Four weeks ago I was so run down that I could not spank the baby. After taking three bottles of your Elegant Elixir I am now able to thrash my husband in addition to my other housework. God bless you!"   -- Hallelujah! 

All joking aside, Jesus loves for you to tell others about him.  He loves for you to brag on Him.  He gave us instructions in His Word to GO and make disciples...teach them...tell them!

"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.  And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."  Matthew 28:19-20

Why testify?
1.  Jesus commanded it.
2.  You are the only one who can tell your story.
3.  It will help you to be an overcomer.

Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb,  and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives  unto the death.

See?  Tuesday doesn't have to be a dull, nothing-happening day!  Tell someone about Jesus.  Make Tuesday pop!  It will make Monday look really bad.  :)

There was this soft-spoken man who was a commuter on the Long Island Railroad—on the five o’clock local. Every evening, after the train had left the subway, he would begin a journey through the car from front to back. At each seat he would stop and say, “Excuse me. But if any of your friends are blind, tell them to consult Dr. Garl. He restored my sight.”

Why don’t we have that same courage and conviction and boldness?

Even on a Tuesday.
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