Tune and Prepare!

There was a time in my life when I rejected, both externally and internally, everything as "useless", such as spiritual gifts, etc. Such (testimony) writings will only impart profound blessings to us if we read them in a spirit of repentance and confess our own sloth and poverty. Then we cannot put them down without asking and pleading with all our hearts, Lord, fill me also with the Holy Spirit and fire! Yes, then it will be great and important, even holy, what is written on the banner of the Salvation Army: 'Blood and Fire'. We need the blood of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit if we do not want our lives to be poor, to be empty and fruitless. Without the blood of Jesus, there is no forgiveness, no healing (Isa.53:5) Without the Holy Spirit, there is no power, no empowerment (Acts.1:7-8) Emil Nigg

... I went for a short walk one afternoon. As I wanted to praise and pray on the way, I made my way towards the nearby forest and thought I'd take the narrow road to Interlaken. When I reached the fork in the road, I felt something strange. It was as if the trap had closed after a while. So I turned back and continued in the opposite direction, towards the village. After a few minutes, the road continued past a garden where an old woman was working. I had to call her. After a few words over the fence, the old woman asked me to come in. Inside, I was quite moved when she told me that she had asked the Lord in her morning prayer: Send me your delegate today! And He did! After discussion and prayer with her, I continued my journey with a joyful heart, thankful that I had heeded that gentle warning in the forest. When I first told this experience somewhere, I had to add: "The Savior does not open with a squeak, does not close with a clang!" It takes a subtl...

Colonel, is it allowed to stick with these promises, to be so insistent on these? Isn't this blackmail? As far as I am concerned, the Word of God is the Word of God. I have no regard for myself or my faith, or my unbelief, or my doubts, Or the need of others, difficulties of others, only one thing is important: to persevere, with great earnestness and firm trust in God, standing on the promises of God, as it is written. How many times have I laid my hands on a promise: Isa. 53:5, or Luk.4:18-21, or Mark 16:18 with these words: Here it is written! Thank you for your healing by your wounds! This also applies to X, and I m not leaving from you. I just give thanks, thank You, simply thank You! One night, before falling asleep, I opened the Bible at Is. 53:5. I prayed and I said thank you for this promise, a promise with regard to a patient! "My Saviour, this is applies to her /valid, also for this poor woman!" With that I fell asleep....

The Praise and Thanksgiving For the Blood of Jesus, the worship for His Holy Blood, these were the most powerful "medicine" of mine. Without this secret, I would not have gotten over my pain. I must also point out that it is not enough, if we just say thanks quickly, in just a few minutes. It has happened that I praised and thanked him for two or three hours in the night, praising and giving thanks to the power of Jesus' blood until the pain and anxiety had passed. It is also significant in other kinds of temptations. The enemy hates all praise and thanksgiving. Yes, because they actually drive him away. Psalm 50:23 is a reality: The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies Me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!” This was one of my favourite psalms. and I have often experienced its truth. Oh, if only Christians would use it more! The fate of many would be different.. Emil Nigg Nigg articles ...

(From the testimonies of Emil Nigg's life.)    - "Colonel, I have the impression that your love for Jesus Christ was much deeper than ours." Was this the case at the beginning of your career?  - I have nothing to add to this. I may have needed the Savior more than others. At the beginning of my Salvation Army officer career, I had a foreman who became my role model. Even now, I see him, praying very seriously, leaning on his knees. His prayers and his love for Jesus had a great impact on me, the beginner. On our simple meals, a third chair was also set up, as a symbol, for Him Who We Worshiped: "Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest!" The flowers on the table were also in His honor.  -"Has your faith been so humble, so childlike, and perfect from the beginning?"  - No, because I also tried to achieve things on my own, even the closeness of God and His special blessing. A small example. As an officer student, I spent a night outside in the garden on an ...

 In Jesus' name  (from the testimonies of Emil Nigg's life) ...  "What did the doctors say about these amazing twists?" "I remember a woman who came to me in great pain." She had a big tumor in her breast and was waiting for help from Jesus, the Great Doctor. I prayed and placed my hands on Jesus’Name. The Lord's response was not missed. The pain was gone, the tumor was back. She waited until only a small lump appeared to testify to his doctor of the healing power of Jesus. As soon as she showed herself to the doctor, he could barely understand what had happened, that only a small lump was visible, and that his patient was in no pain. The woman told him that it was all done through prayer. The doctor's face shone and he acknowledged, that it was his great joy, that he had experienced such a thing that "a woman had found a cure through her prayer."  - Doctor, was it cancer? she asked. "Yes, it was, at an advanced stage." The...