Why Was I Always Competing with Others?
By Barbara, Laos In June 2023, I was elected to the district decision-making group, and was in charge of the watering work together with Jenny. Whene…
Lessons I Learned After Being Arrested
By Lan Yu, China Sunlight streamed through the iron bars into the ice-cold cell. A group of female inmates in prison uniforms sat silently on a commu…
I Didn’t Want to Be Promoted—What Was I Concerned About?
By Su Qing, China In 2020, I was doing my duty in the proofreading team of God’s house. Most of the brothers and sisters I was cooperating with had r…
I No Longer See Some Duties as Noble and Some as Humble
By Selena, Malaysia I’m Malaysian Chinese, and I grew up in an ordinary family. My parents scrimped and saved to put me through school. They taught m…
I’m No Longer Troubled by My Lack of Gifts and Talents
By Emilia, Italy For the past few years, I’ve been doing my duty as an actor, filming experiential testimony videos. Later, some of the brothers and …
I Learned to Do My Duty in a Grounded Manner
By Lu Heng, China In April 2023, I received a letter from the leaders saying that I had an arrogant disposition, didn’t seek the truth principles when…
How I Resolved My Jealousy
By Wang Shen, China In 2019, I was elected as the team leader for the video team. I thought to myself, “It seems I’m pretty capable, otherwise they wo…
After My Aspirations and Desires Were Shattered
By Fuli, China Since I was young, I’ve always had a special fondness for drawing, and back in school, I always made time for it. My grandma and cousi…
Does Having Status Guarantee That You’ll Be Saved?
By Zhou Rui, China In 2014, I was doing watering duty in the church. When I saw many young brothers and sisters becoming leaders, I thought, “Leaders…
Behind the Pursuit of Leadership
By Su Wei, China After I started to believe in God, I saw that church leaders often fellowshipped with brothers and sisters to resolve their states. …
There Is No Distinction of Status or Rank in Duties
By Lei Bing, China In 2023, the leaders arranged for me to preach the gospel because my caliber was poor and I proved incapable of doing text-based d…
Pursuing Fame and Gain Is Not the Correct Path
By Liu Lei, China In July 2022, the leaders saw that I was quite skilled at writing, and arranged for me to do text-based work in the church. When I t…
I Have Become Able to Do My Duty Steadily
By Han Jiuyi, China I have been repairing electronic equipment in the church for over two years. When I first took on this duty, I thought it was very…
The Consequences of Safeguarding Reputation and Status
By Sylvie, The Philippines Liz was responsible for general affairs work in the church. Roger had just started to train, and was not familiar with gene…
I Escaped From the Shackles of Jealousy
By An Xia, China In fall 2021, I was doing text-based duties. At that time, a sister named Cheng Xin came to join our team. Cheng Xin is of good calib…
Why I Was Picky About My Duty
By Zhou Feng, China In July 2023, I was dismissed from my position as a leader because I pursued reputation and status and didn’t do real work. Two we…
I No Longer Try to Protect My Face
By Tracey, Myanmar In September 2023, my brothers and sisters elected me to be a leader in the church, primarily responsible for the watering work. Wh…
How I Resolved My Jealousy
By Songyi, China In October 2019, I cooperated with Mo Han on photography work. Since I’d studied photography before, my success rate in getting shots…
