1. Sharing your faith story…
Being equipped with your faith story to share with anyone, that you might be light and give hope.

2. The Power of the Personal Testimony
John 4:39
The Story of the Samaritan Woman
9 Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

3. John Wesley
That evening he reluctantly attended a meeting in Aldersgate. Someone read from Luther’s Preface to the Epistle to Romans. About 8:45 p.m. “while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for salvation; and an assurance was given me that He had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death.”

4. Every time you share your testimony, God is glorified!

5. BE,…
Be Brief
Be Bright
Be Gone

6. How to write your faith story

7. Simple three point step:
My life BEFORE I met Christ
HOW I came to trust in Jesus
How my life has CHANGED

8. The Main Thing Don’t preach
Don’t be long, too detailed, or go off on trails
Don’t clutter with side stories
Don’t use too much Christian lingo
Don’t give advice

9. The Main Thing Ask permission to share your story Stay focused
Look to see if connecting

10. Be authentic
Be honest
Don’t embellish
Stop and check in

11. What you think is important
What interests
them
What is relevant!

12. God is using YOU! For His special purpose To shine His light
To share His love
To bring new disciples to Christ
Possibly, to bring someone “home” who has been lost