Why I Was Always Afraid to Express My Opinion
By Xin Chun, China In March 2024, the supervisor came to summarize problems and talk about the work with us. When we discussed a sermon together, I w…
The Lessons I Learned in My Journey From Disguise to Openness
By Zhou Xusheng, China At the end of 2023, I was elected as a leader in the church. At first, I was worried that I had only a shallow understanding o…
One Should Learn How to Open Up in Fellowship About One’s Difficulties
By Nancy, India In July 2023, I had just started training to supervise the work of several churches. Whenever I encountered difficulties in the work, …
Removing My Disguise Was Such a Relief
By Xiaomei, China In March 2021, I was responsible for video work. To start with, I felt like I had many shortcomings. If there was anything I didn’t …
What Was Hidden Behind the Mask
By Lu Yi, China In May 2023, I was designing posters in the church. The leader noticed my skills were decent and promoted me to team leader. Seeing th…
Why I Hid My Confusion
By Miao Miao, China Almighty God says: “Honesty means giving your heart to God, not being false toward God in anything, being open with Him in all thi…
Taking Off My Disguises Is Truly Relaxing
By Wilson, France Since I know a bit about repairing electronic devices, the brothers and sisters often come to me when their devices have problems, a…
Removing My Disguise and Being an Honest Person
By Chengqian, China In 2022, I was elected as the leader of the church. I thought that I was probably pretty good in all aspects, otherwise my brother…
The Consequences of Pretending to Understand
By Su Yu, China I make videos in the church. When I first started training, I would seek help from people when I didn’t understand something. Later, I…
Reflections on Putting Up a Pretense
By Su Kai, China On March 6, 2023, the leader scheduled a gathering with several of us co-workers. I usually looked forward to these gatherings, think…
Pretense Has Ruined Me
By Zheng Xinjing, China Dear Sister, I hope this letter finds you well! Last time you wrote to ask about my gains from doing my duties away from home …
I Harmed Myself With Disguises and Deception
By Serena, South Korea In September 2021, the church arranged for me to participate in the production of a new video project—a project which looked to…
So-Called Self-Knowledge
By Joseph, South Korea After accepting God’s work of the last days, I always gathered with brothers and sisters who had believed in God for a long tim…
The Price of Deception
By Flora, USA In June of 2021, I was elected as a church leader. At the time, this was honestly quite unexpected as I was quite young in comparison to…
The Agony of Disguising Myself
By Mu Chen, China One day in 2018, my leader assigned me to go support a newly established church. When I received this news, I was both surprised and…
Why Am I Always Putting On an Act?
By Christine, The Philippines In August 2021 I started training in the watering of new believers. Because I didn’t have very standard English pronunci…
Why I Didn’t Dare Open Up
By Christina, USA In mid-May of 2021, Jen, our leader, had me write an evaluation of Laura. She said Laura was arrogant, self-righteous, and always pa…
What Lies Behind the Appearance of Busyness
By Daisy, USA In December last year, I faced pruning for being irresponsible in doing my duties. After reflecting, I realized that during that time, …
