CTMI Christian Testimonies

Beccy G. on the message ‘The Joy of the Lord’

Administrator — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:36:20 +0000

I have always heard about how we can have joy in our times of trouble. How we should be joyful when we are going through struggles, and even when life is not difficult, we should rejoice. Nonetheless, I never really understood what this joy was all about. I had been so happy in the past, serving the Lord, doing what I wanted to do, and feeling so joyful, because I was doing what I wanted to do and yet I still had the Lord. As I’ve grown closer to God, in my relationship with Him, I found myself being unhappy a lot of the time. My life seemed more difficult. Suddenly I had to give up this, stop doing that, and I just didn’t want to. I could not find any joy in doing that. So, what Miki Hardy shared today, has helped me to see the reality of finding joy in serving the Lord… How I will find this joy when I die to myself; even in doing things I don’t want to, It is when I accept that these things are from the Lord, and that I will find His joy that will be my strength!

Jonathan H. on the message ‘The Joy of the Lord’

Administrator — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:13:46 +0000

This morning’s message has really encouraged me to seek the Lord more, because I realised that the joy of the Lord is something that will also come through trials and tests I will go through. It is not something I can just expect to fall from heaven, but it is something that the Lord is going to bring to my life as I go through those tests and the trials that He wants me to go through. Clearly, this will enable me to be real before the Lord, and will bring me to a closer relationship with Him. Thank you CTMI!

Sharna W. on the message ‘The Joy of the Lord’

Administrator — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:10:59 +0000

I heard the message this morning from CTMI and was so encouraged and clearly understand now that joy is not an emotional feeling, but it is something that the Holy Spirit puts in our hearts. It is not based on our different situations and circumstances.What encouraged me most was to hear that even when we are going through difficult times, or facing trials in our lives, we can still find the joy of the Lord. When we reach out and ask the Lord to put His joy in our hearts, He will give it to us. Often when I go through difficult situations it’s easy for these things to crush me down and discourage me, but today the Lord has enlightened me to see that the joy that He will put in my heart will lift me up and will be my strength through times of hardship.

Noma M. on the message ‘The Joy of the Lord’

Administrator — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:00:54 +0000

What Brother Miki (CTMI) shared this morning was very encouraging. I understood that if we have taken hold of the will of the Lord in our hearts, we are able to rejoice in whatever situations we go through. There may be things we don’t expect, or things that are difficult to go through, but then we realise that these things are in His will for us and are for the kingdom of God. Then, we can experience a wonderful joy, a true joy, that comes from faith deep within our hearts in knowing that we are accomplishing His will, and that His plan will prevail.

Derek C. on the message ‘The Joy of the Lord’

Administrator — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:51:02 +0000

From what we’ve heard in this message, I think that many pastors will see the need to bring the people back to the true gospel, to remind them of what God wants to do in the hearts of the people, and the joy that accompanies this work. We see that it is when God is working in the hearts of the people, that the joy of the Lord is manifest. If we can bring the true message of a joy to serve our Lord Jesus, an eternal joy, a joy that is from the Lord, a joy that is real; and not a joy that is passing and comes from the world, then we will see people’s hearts and lives being built in the Lord. I bless the Lord for CTMI’s ministry.

Kamla P. on the message ‘The Joy of the Lord’

Administrator — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:50:06 +0000

The message preached this morning, and in fact the message we always hear through the ministry of CTMI, is so important because very often, as Christians, we tend to look for a false joy in all sorts of temporary things and end up relying on them. These temporary things do not bring the true joy of the Lord to our lives, and they give us a momentary feeling of joy. We want to live a life with no worries, and no problems. However, we soon realise, as Brother Miki showed us in the Word of God, that this is not the Christian life. When we see the lives of all the men of God in the different gospels, for example the Apostles Paul and Peter, we see how they went through tough times, and yet the joy of the Lord was always there. At no time in their lives were they crushed down, but in their hearts they knew that the Lord was with them and His joy was there, and they were strengthened in that joy. As preacher stated, you can’t separate the joy of the Lord from the work of the Lord in our lives. I think that, as Christians, we need to take up our cross, expect the work of the Lord in our hearts, and accept the road that God is putting before us, so that we can have the joy of the Lord to be able to care for others.

Marc E. on the message ‘Christians Be Alert’

Administrator — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:33:15 +0000

I was very encouraged to see how we need to identify with Christ, and to understand what the ‘suffering part’ of Christian life is all about. I see today that when we were born again we were called to lay down our lives for Jesus and to live for Him. We were called to live for a heavenly hope, and not to fix our eyes on the things of this world, but on the things that are to come. What CTMI preaches has refocussed my priorities and caused me to examine whether I am living for the Lord or for my own desires.

Marco S. on the message ‘Christians Be Alert’

Administrator — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:08:52 +0000

It’s always wonderful to hear the truth of the gospel preached by CTMI without compromise and it’s definitely raised the bar and put a desire in me to give even more of my life. I often thought this was too radical a message, calling us to suffer, to deny ourselves; but it’s so clear that this is how the Christians in in the Early Church lived; suffering was the foundation of their lives, it was normal Christian life. So it’s nothing radical at all, and I want to identify my life with the cross of Jesus, because I need my sin to be dealt with. I need to hear this message that doesn’t feed my flesh, but deals with my life and changes me.

Mark S. on the message ‘Christians Be Alert’

Administrator — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:07:28 +0000

Today I was reminded of how the gospel message of the cross is so important for the church because without our identification with the sufferings of Christ and to what Jesus has done for us on the cross, we are missing out on a very important element of our Christian walk. As a Christian, I know that this identification with Christ’s sufferings was missing from my life for a very long time. I never saw the need for it. The Lord has now revealed to my heart that in order to be a son in the Spirit, to carry the heart of the Lord, and to take my place in what the Lord is doing in His Church, I need to identify my life with His sufferings. Thank you CTMI for sharing such powerful messages!

Jean-Paul A. on the message ‘Christians Be Alert’

Administrator — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:00:56 +0000

Today’s message really encouraged me, especially when Brother Miki from CTMI was speaking about Paul, and the weakness, the thorn, in his flesh. Despite his weaknesses, the Lord used Paul to perform miracles, and to change lives. He carried the revelation of Christ in his heart, and he was an instrument used by God. God also used this thorn in his flesh to keep him in this state of humility. God could have removed this thorn in Paul’s flesh, but He used it to form Paul. And it’s the same for any Christian and the situations that we face. If we accept to suffer and to be moulded through these trials and tough times, the Lord can use us as he used Apostle Paul and He can change us. This was a revelation for me.