Sharing your faith story

slides to accompany a sermon about sharing your testimony about your relationship with Christ presented 11/15/2015

2. SHARING
YOUR
FAITH STORY

3. 11. Realize the Realize the
power of your power of your
spoken spoken
testimonytestimony!

4. Biblical Biblical
examplesexamples
PaulPaul

5. Historical
examples
JohnJohn
WesleyWesley

6. May be rejected, May be rejected,
but can’t be but can’t be
CONTESTEDCONTESTED

7. If it is important
to you, it will be
important to
others.

8. Every time you Every time you
share your share your
testimony, testimony,
God is God is GLORIFIEDGLORIFIED.

9. 2. HOW TO 2. HOW TO
WRITE YOUR WRITE YOUR
CHRISTIAN CHRISTIAN
TESTIMONYTESTIMONY

10. Spend some time Spend some time
thinking about thinking about
your life, your life,
focusing on your focusing on your
FAITHFAITH story story

11. Follow a simple Follow a simple
3-point outline. 3-point outline.
Tell it like a Tell it like a STORYSTORY..

12. •My life BEFORE I met
Christ
•HOW I came to trust in
Jesus
•How my life has CHANGED

13. 3. General 3. General
GuidelinesGuidelines

14. Stick to the Stick to the MAINMAIN point- point-
How your relationship with Christ How your relationship with Christ
has changed your life. has changed your life.
What has Christ done in your life?What has Christ done in your life?

15. Be Be SPECIFICSPECIFIC- -
shareshare
details of the details of the
experienceexperience

16. Be Be HONESTHONEST- don’t - don’t
exaggerate or make stuff exaggerate or make stuff
up. up.

17. Be Be RELEVANTRELEVANT - Talk - Talk
about sinful behaviors about sinful behaviors
and attitudes that and attitudes that
others might relate to. others might relate to.

18. Keep it Keep it CURRENTCURRENT - -
what is he doing in what is he doing in
you now?you now?

19. Be Be CLEARCLEAR. Avoid . Avoid
“Christianese” “Christianese”
terminology.terminology.

20. Give credit to Give credit to GODGOD, not a , not a
church or pastor, church or pastor,
though He might have though He might have
used either one.used either one.

21. Keep it Keep it SHORTSHORT; ;
no more than 3 no more than 3
minutes. minutes.

22. Practice your Practice your
testimony testimony
with other with other
believers.believers.

23. Realize that your Realize that your
testimony opens the door testimony opens the door
for further for further WITNESSWITNESS

24. Cardboard
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