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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 14, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 46.

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Praying Witnesses

Lesson for the Children—No. 7

Praying Witnesses

MEMORY TEXT: “Ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” Acts 1:8.
A little girl once came to Mr. Moody and asked him to pray that God would help her to win people to live Christian lives.
What does the word win mean? We win people by being kind and loving to them. We drive them from us by being cross and unkind.
Children may lead even grown people to Jesus. A little boy was seen weeping in a meeting. When asked what was the trouble, he said, “I wish you would pray for my mother.” A minister told him to talk to his mother that night about being a Christian, and said he would pray for them both. When the boy got home, he watched until bedtime for a chance to talk with his mother. When she told him it was time to go to bed, he started for the door, but came back, threw his arms about his mother’s neck, and wept as if his heart would break. She thought he was ill, and asked him what was the matter. He then told her that he was trying to be a Christian, and how happy he should be if she would be one. Then he went to his room. The mother could not rest, for God was speaking to her heart. After a time she started for the boy’s room, and when she came to the door, she heard him praying, “O God, help my dear mother to be a Christian.” The next day she was converted, and became a Christian worker.
Teach the children that they may have something to do toward answering the prayers they have already offered for others.
A witness can tell only what he knows. So if children would be witnesses for Jesus, they must first know him for themselves.
Tell the story found in Acts 4:23-31. So we should pray for power, that our words and lives may bear witness that will lead others to the Lord.
Explain how children may bear witness by their gifts, their lives, and in other ways.
A little Norwegian boy stood in a meeting, scarcely knowing what to say. Then with tears he said, “If I tell the world about Jesus, then he will tell the Father about me.” We shall need Jesus to witness for us when we are judged, so we should witness for him now.
Tell how one witness will make other witnesses, till at last the gospel will be given to all the world, and then Jesus will come. “A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation.”
The subject for prayer after this meeting may be that God will bless our missionaries in all lands, and that more witnesses may be fitted to go to these countries.