Your Story
If you are a follower of Jesus, you have a dynamic and powerful story to tell of how he has rescued you from the clutches of darkness and death, and set you in his Kingdom of love and life. Continuing our series, “My Story,” Pastor Chris did a phenomenal job giving us some basic elements of sharing your testimony. Here are a few practical tips to help equip you to do that as God sends you into the world to influence others for Christ.
1) Your background – Help people connect with you and your experience; Ask questions and connect with others, but also, help people connect with you.
2) Your life of sin – The gospel names sin, but doesn’t glorify it. You should not be afraid to do the same.
3) Revelation of sin – Your sin was nailing Christ to the cross. It was an abomination to God and he hated it. Before Christ, you were outside God’s kingdom and separate from him. This would be a depressing story…and a short meeting, if this is where the story ends.
4) Revelation of Christ - Communicate how you came to recognize what Christ did for us through the cross (2 Cor. 4:4, Ga. 3:13-14) and resurrection of Jesus; and who he is to you because of that.
5) Response of repentance and faith – Describe how you turned from sin and practically surrendered your life to Christ.
6) Your new life and mission – How is the gospel benefiting you today? Why do you want others to experience the same thing?
These are just some brief, but important concepts to think about. Below are the names of the resources Chris identified as fantastic tools to help deepen your compassion for people far from God and sharpen your effectiveness at sharing your story with the world.
Happy storytelling!
Resources:
Share Jesus Without Fear, William Fay
Questioning Evangelism, Randy Newman
