Sharing Your Story

One of the best ways we can share our faith is to talk about our faith with our non-believing friends is to share the story of how we came to faith . This page walks you through the process of writing your story so that you can be more comfortable sharing it with others.
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Writing Your Testimony

On this page, you will have the opportunity to begin thinking through your personal testimony, the story of how you came to know Jesus for the first time. You will look at the three different parts to your story:
  • your life before meeting Jesus
  • what led you to believe in Jesus
  • how your life was different after meeting Jesus

Even if you can’t remember a time when you weren’t a believer (if you became a Christian as a young child for example), you can still share what convinced you as a teenager or a young adult to make your faith your own and the impact it has had on your life to this day.

Describe your life before you received Christ.

What were your attitudes, needs and problems
before you received Christ?
What did your life revolve around?
What were you doing for happiness and security?
How was this life unfulfilling?
How did you realize that it was unfulfilling?

Here are some words that might describe your situation and thinking:
inner emptiness
purposelessness
fear of death
bitterness
sense of guilt
sense of dirtiness
desire for inner peace
loneliness
lack of truth
lack of self-control
general hopelessness
marriage problems
self-centeredness

Describe how you received Christ.

When did you first hear about a relationship with Christ?
What was your reaction?
Why did you change your mind? What happened?
Did any verse stick in your mind during this time?

Describe your life after you received Christ.

How has your life changed since you received Christ?
How is your life better now that you received Christ?

Here are some words to prime your thinking on the benefits you have received in Christ:
clear conscience
purpose inner peace
new confidence
inner security
fulfillment
freedom
eternal life
victory over sin
new attitudes
new love for God
ability to forgive others
sense of God’s forgiveness
desire to read the Bible
new concern for others
the power to change
help with weakness
power and strength
new awareness of sin
new concern for others
benefits to my marriage
benefits to my children