Witnessing is like giving birth. Based on my experience, in order to win the total trust of one person so that he can believe in you more than your own child would, you must give three times more effort than giving birth. After inspiring him to join, you must still be responsible for him. If a person who was coming to the right goes back the other way, then you may shed tears because you are shocked and touched, or, you may feel intense fury or distress; in this way, you must experience a kind of explosion of heart that you have never experienced before. (66-215)

When you are beaten or persecuted while you are out witnessing, then you must first be concerned about the work of Heaven before you think about your misery. You must try to forgive those who have done wrong to you. Then Satan also cannot smite God. He might be able to attack one who represents God, but he cannot smite God directly. This is the way of life. When you are grateful, this sets a condition in the satanic world. The environment that attacked me will face accusations. Jesus also set such conditions for indemnity. (15-145)

Some members often lose their hope as they face the difficulties of witnessing, but for what sake did they start? When you consider the question of for whose sake the mission was begun, and centering on whom that purpose was to bear the fruit, you can see that they are clearly traitors. (60-24)

When you first go out witnessing in a region, you will find that at the very beginning there is always a period in which you have to be under shackles. You must break through this period of shackles. Then, some time after that will come the period of gunfire. Most people perish during this period of gunfire. Therefore, you must look for a new path centering on the period of gun fire. Otherwise, the period of gunfire will judge you. (42-174)

The first to pose opposition to your witnessing activities are the old people. When you follow the way of principle, the first to oppose are grandfathers. They will come out and oppose, with long tobacco pipes in their mouths and walking in long strides typical of nobility, and say, "You there! Who are these people that are making so much noise?" Then fathers will put up opposition. Then older-brother-type people will oppose. You must be opposed by these three generations. You have to receive opposition. When we examine fallen history, grandfathers are the Adam type; they are the Adam type of Satan's camp. Fathers are the Satan that opposed Jesus. Then there must be Cain. Thus, you must conquer Cain-type grandfather, Cain-type father, and Cain-type older brother. (24-340)

You already know from your experiences during witnessing that those who oppose are the parents. Parents who have been loving and caring for their children are those that put up opposition. Do you think anyone ever will say, "Oh, I am so happy that my son is believing in the Unification Church. There is no other church like it"? Did you ever meet a parent who was like that? Those who put up intense opposition and become enemies are the parents who have been pouring their heart out for their children. That father and mother are sure to stand in the opposition. This is the Principle. This is for the sake of restoration through indemnity. Accordingly, indemnity is the problem. You must be very clear on this principle. (34-91)

It is natural that you will be persecuted, opposed and beaten during witnessing campaigns, but you should be grateful that you are at least not killed. Think about the time you first began this path of providence. At the site of death you are cursed at, and while you are being cursed at you get to meet, and after meeting you have a chance to talk, and in the meanwhile you can begin to like each other and make progress through your conversations. (42-172)

When you are witnessing centering on the clan, there will always be someone who will oppose. If there is someone who does oppose, then you must be more zealous than he. Even if Satan attacks you, you should pray for the opposition. If they oppose with great intensity, then you have to be more ardent, so that you can do things for the sake of the people on your side. Only then can you achieve a balance. Satan's camp attacks while this camp makes devotion.... By doing so, by making devotion that is more powerful than Satan's attack, you must obtain the recognition that you have done more for the sake of that person than those who are persecuting. This is how it is. You should carry on your fight like this. If there is someone who is persecuting you, then you must try harder than he. Do you understand?

In order to pull in someone from the satanic camp you have to demolish Satan, and since you came to conquer, if Satan who is attacking you possesses some strength, then you must try harder than that in order to overcome that side. Then you must be more persevering and make more devotion, and you must be superior. Otherwise, you cannot bring victorious results. This is the principle of nature. (56-59)

Everyone, the thing through which you can appraise the results of Satan's activities is... You do the witnessing and see. You will find that often when you have made an appointment to see someone very important in order to testify to the truth, there will be some accidents. Do you have such experiences? [Yes] So, we members of the Unification Church understand well that Satan's side exists. We know that they are without fail working twenty-four hours, heedless of whether it is night or day. So, you should go forward with the attitude, "I will do even one second more than twenty-four hours." Only then will there be some condition for God to cooperate. You cannot prevail over Satan unless you have the confidence and conviction that you will do more than Satan. You cannot purge it. (76-246)

When you are trying to witness after joining the church, as you try to meet with someone, the guests somehow always have accidents. This is reciprocal; evil is putting up opposition. Examining this, the final determination is made at the place where only God and you remain. So, Satan is trying to tell you to bring someone along in order that you may not go alone. He is telling you not to go alone. A person who is about to undergo destruction will not meet his fate alone. He tries to drag someone in. Even one who is leaving the Unification Church never wants to break away alone. He tries to influence someone next to him to drag him out also. This is Satan's intention. A good person does not judge others. The reason that it is written in the Bible, "Do not judge others. Do not criticize others," is to prevent that kind of thing. (45-72)

When you are out witnessing, some of you say, "When so and so goes out, then everything goes well, but why is that when I go out, my efforts do not bear any fruit? The more I do, the only thing that increases is my suffering." Why is it like this? The reason you are suffering so much is because you have to pay much indemnity. "I went out witnessing from that day on, but thing did not start to go well from that day." You must start paying indemnity from the day that you start.

If you retreat saying, "I cannot do this because it is too difficult," despite the fact that you have the responsibility to indemnify it, then you can never go over the hill, and you will have to retreat because you are always falling backwards. If this goes on, then eventually you will collapse out of exhaustion, and you will run away. (155-296)