What should it contain and what should be left out? How To Give A Testimony What should it contain and what should be left out?

Your Testimony Matters Revelation 12:11 (NASB77) 11  "And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even to death.

Keep Ego Out Of It 2 Corinthians 4:5 (NASB77) 5  For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus' sake.

Keep Jesus In It Romans 15:18 (NASB77) 18  For I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,

Be Careful With The Details Ephesians 5:11-13 (NASB77) 11  And do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; 12  for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. 13  But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light.

Get The Tenses Right 1 Timothy 1:13-15 even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. And yet I was shown mercy, because I acted ignorantly in unbelief; 14  and the grace of our Lord was more than abundant, with the faith and love which are found in Christ Jesus. 15   It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost of all.

Religion Did Not Work Galatians 1:14 (NASB77) 14  and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my ancestral traditions.

I Find No Gain In My Past Philippians 3:7-8 (NASB77) 7  But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8  More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish in order that I may gain Christ,

Be Up To Date 2 Corinthians 1:9-10 (NASB77) 9   indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves in order that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead; 10  who delivered us from so great a peril of death, and will deliver us, He on whom we have set our hope. And He will yet deliver us,

Be Upbeat Romans 8:37 (NASB77) 37  But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.

Keep It In The Past Hebrews 11:15-16 (NASB77) 15  And indeed if they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return. 16  But as it is, they desire a better country, that is a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He has prepared a city for them.