God’s most powerful tool in your evangelism is your story about how you became a Christian. Many of us may think that our conversion was not very spectacular but the way it happened, happened for a purpose and that purpose is to pass all credit to God for it was HIS work of salvation. Therefore it is important as a Christian to be familiar with your own story. Below are tips on how to write your Christian testimony.
Quick Tips on Writing Your “God story”
1. Prepared with prayer. Pray that God will get the glory and He will remind you of things that He did in bringing you to be saved. Ask Him to keep you from being sidetracked and to remind you of your first love for Him.
2. Is a witness, not a sermon. A testimony is your personal story about God in your life. Think about a witness in court. He can only testify of something he has experienced, saw, heard or felt.
3. Is true. A good witness tells the truth. Don’t try to exaggerate or twist your testimony to make it sound better. Ordinary people will relate better to an ordinary story.
4. Can be pictured. Giving examples of your points will help people to picture your story. This will make your testimony more effective.
5. Points to God. At each point in your testimony, ask yourself, is this part of the testimony necessary to point people to God? Or is it there for someone other purpose?
6. Gives glory to God. Spend more of your testimony on what God has done AFTER you are saved, rather than talking too much about what you were like in the past.
7. Does not include Christian jargon. Your testimony is written to relate to the non Christian to share what God has done in your life. Don’t write it to impress other Christians with Christian wordiness.
How many of you heard a story about someone else’s life and thought – wow, they are just like me! Ever think that it was GOD who directed you to that particular story? He who wrote the script also has the power to direct you to the script, yes?
Amen!
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