How do I share my Christian testimony?

How do I share my Christian testimony?

The testimony we share with one another are important. They provide encouragement and strength with us, sometimes they transfer wisdom and they provide inspiration about God. That's why the testimony we speak in church it's very important, if you don't know how to share your testimony, so read this process.


Question: "How do I share my Christian testimony?"

Answer: An effective testimony is one that conveys both your own experience and the Gospel of Christ so that someone else has the information about the process of salvation.

1. Start by writing down the details of how you came to trust in Christ to save you.
Answering the following questions to help you: a) Who told me about Christ? b) What events led up to me trusting or believing in Christ? c) When did I trust in Christ? d) Where was I when I first believed? e) How has faith in Christ been a blessing to me?

2. Next write this out so that it flows well as a story. Try to be as concise as possible.
As a goal, try to make the length of your testimony so that it can be effectively shared in three minutes or less.

3. Make sure you have included the appropriate Scriptures in your testimony.
Remember that it is Scripture that is authoritative because it is God's Word. As an example, your testimony should consist of your becoming aware that you were separated from God by your sin (Romans 3:23), the realization that you would spend eternity away from God if your did not receive forgiveness (Romans 6:23), the understanding that God sent His only perfect Son Jesus do die and pay for your sin (Romans 5:8), and finally your receiving forgiveness by trusting alone in Christ's payment for sin (Acts 16:31).

As an examples, below is my testimony of how I came to trust in Christ as my savior.4

Though as a child and teenager I spoke with a pastor three or four times about how I might go to heaven when I died, I never really understood the Gospel of Christ until I was a young adult in my mind 20s. Over the course of a few years, I began reading the Bible, listening to a couple of good conservative Bible teachers on television, and discussing what I had heard with Christians at work. Through this, I came to realize that I was sinner separated from God and deserved to be eternally separated from God. This was based on (Romans 3:23) "all have sinned and come short of the glory of God" and (Romans 6:23) "the wages of sin is death." I also came to understand that God loves me so much that He sent His Son Jesus, and Jesus came to earth specifically to die for my sins (and the sins of the whole world) so that I could be forgiven (Romans 5:8; John 3:16).

Finally, I came to understand that there was no way I could be good enough or work my way to heaven (Romans 3:10) says there is none who does good and (Ephesians 2:8-10) declares that salvation is a gift of God, not something earned, and it is received only by faith, which is to simply trust in or rely completely on the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ as payment for my sin. After I came to understand these truths from Scripture, I had a sense of assurance that since I could not work for my salvation, I could not lose it either since it is a gift from God.

There was a great sense of relief in knowing that I was forgiven and that God was on my side and wanted and still wants what is best for me. Since beginning my life with Christ, He has, by the power of the Holy Spirit who lives in my heart, continued to sanctify me through His word and His working in my life. This forgiveness and security that I have from God can be yours too if you will trust Christ alone for the forgiveness of your sins.



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In Remembrance

In Remembrance

Mark 14:12-25
12 On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus' disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and make preparations for your to eat the Passover?"
13 So he sent two of his disciples, telling them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. 14 Say to the owner of the house he enters, "The Teacher asks: Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?' 15 He will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there."
16 The disciples left, went into the city and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover. 17 When evening came, Jesus arrived with the twelve. 18 While they were reclining at the table eating he said, "I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me---one who is eating with."
19 They were saddened, and one by one they said to him, "Surely not I?"
20 "It is one of the Twelve," he replied, "one who dips bread into the bowl with me. 21 The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born."
22 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take it; this is my body." 23 Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, and they all drank from it.
24 "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many," he said to them. 25 "I tell you the truth, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it anew in the kingdom of God."


1 Corinthians 11:23-26
23 For i received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me." 25 In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me." 26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes



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Why should I pray?

Why should I pray?

Matthew 26:36, 40, 41
   36 Then Jesus went with hi disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, "Sit here while I go over there and pray."
   40 Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping, "Could you men not keep watch with me for one hour?" he asked Peter. 41 "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing but the body is weak."

Philippians 4:6, 7
    6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your mind in Christ Jesus.

James 5:13-16
     13 Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. 14 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

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I'll Do It For Him

I'll Do It For Him

(Acts 16:22-34)

 22 The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten. 23 After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. 24 Upon receiving such orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
 25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening  to them. 26 Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison doors flew open, and everybody's chains came loose. 27 The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul shouted, "Don't harm yourself! We are all there!"
 29 The jailer called for light, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. 30 He then brought them out and asked,
     "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
 31 They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved---you and your household." 32 The they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. 33 At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his family were baptized. 34 The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God---he and his whole family.

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A Place of Honor

A Place of Honor

(John 12:1-9)

1Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived at Bethany, where  Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 Here a dinner was given in Jesus' honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. 3 Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; he poured it on Jesus' feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
4 But one of his disciple, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, 5 "Why wasn't thi perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year's wages." 6 He did not say this because he cared a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it.
 7 "Leave her alone," Jesus replied. "It was intended that she should wave this perfume for the day of my burial. 8 You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me."
 9 Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews found out that Jesus was there and came, not only because of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 10 So the chief priests plans to kill Lazarus as well 11 for on account of him many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and putting their faith in him. 12 The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,
     "Hosanna"
     "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"
     "Blessed is the King of Israel!"
 14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written,
 15 "Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion;
           see, your king is coming,
           seated on a donkey's colt."
    16 At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that they had done these things to him.
   17 Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word. 18 Many people, because they had heard that he had given this miraculous sign, said to one another, "See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!"

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Pray? What should I say?

Pray? What should I say?

(Matthew 6:5-13)

5 "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father; who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
          9 "This, then, is how you should pray:

          "'Our Father in heaven,
         hallowed be your name,
         10 you kingdom come,
         your will be done
            on earth as it is in heaven.
          11 Give us today our daily bread.
          12 Forgive us our debts,
           as we also have forgiven our debtors.
         13 And lead us not into temptation,
         but deliver us from the evil one."

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He Did it for Me

He Did it for Me

(1 John 3:1-6, 1 John 5:11-13)

1 How great is the love the father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 3 Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure. 4 Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. 5 But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins.And in him is no sin.
     6 No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or know him.

     11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

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In Sickness and in Health

In Sickness and in Health

(John 9:1-11)

1 As he went along, he say a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
     3 "Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life. 4 As long as it is day we must do the work of him who sent me. Night as coming, when no one can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
     6 Having said this, he spit on the ground made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man's eyes. 7 "God," he told him, "was in the pool of Siloam" (this word means Sent). So the man went and washed and came home seeing.
     8 His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, "Isn't this the same man who used to sit and beg?" 9 Some claimed that he was. Others said, "No, he only looks like him." But he himself insisted, "I am the man." 10 "How then were your eyes opened?" they demanded 11 He replied, "The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and then I could see."

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It's All Gone.

It's All Gone.

(Job 1:1, 13-22, Job 2:7-10)

1 In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. 13 One day when Job's sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother's house, 14 a messenger cmae to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby, 15 and the sabeans attacked and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!" 
     16 While he was still speaking another messenger came and said, "The fire of God fell from the sky and burned up the sheep and the servant, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!"
     17 While he was still speaking. another messenger came and said, "The cladeans formed three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!"
     18 While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, "Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinkking wine at the oldest brother'S house, 19 when suddenly a might wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!"
     20 At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship 21 and said:
     "Naked I came from my mother's womb and naked I will depart.
     The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised."
     22 In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing. 



7 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the top of hid head. 8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.
     9 His wife said to him, "Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!"
     10 He replied, "Your are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?"

     In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

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Where is our true home if not in the presence of God?

"Metaphor of the Moon"

When I was a child, there were occasions when I spent time  away from home. Off to summer camp in Rutledge, Georgia. A missions trip to New York. Family Vacations took me to Alaska, Wyoming, and Maine and many spots in between. And sometimes, during there trips, I Found myself longing for home. During lovely nights, I often found myself searching the sky for the satellite that finds me wherever I am-the moon. Even as a child, it struck me that the moon looked very much the same whether I was at home, in New York, or Wyoming. I always smiled when I say its familiar white flow in the night sky. In a sense, it made me feel at home. Or perhaps it made me feel as if the whole world was my home

     Immanuel. God with us. Think about that for a moment. God with us. It struck me as I began to ponder the idea that that my experience of the moon as a child is a metaphor for God's presence in our lives. Wherever I go, is not God there? Where is our true home if not in the presence of God? Aren't there times when God seems Hidden from us, as on those nights when the moon is in shadow?
     
     But God is more than this metaphor suggest, too. The moon is a far-off land. We are separated from it by the great expanse of space. But God has brought us near. Matthew reports this truth to us: "Look the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel, which means 'God is with us'" (Matthew 1:23). The good news is that God has come near to us in the person of Jesus Christ. Paul says it another way, "But now in Christ Jesus you who were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace... and has broken down the dividing wall" (Ephesians 2:13-14)

     There may be times when it feels as if we are still far from God, doesn't just make us feel at home, God is our home. And God's peace goes with us in this life.

~Jeremy Samples

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The issues of Christians

(James 1:1-15)

James 1 identifies a variety of issues that Christians sometimes have to deal with in their lives. For example, in verse 14, James explains that we are tempted by our own desire and exhorts reader not to be deceived by the lure of sin. Implicit in James's Instructions on how Christians should live and treat one another is the encouragement ti engage in some self-examination. Take a few moments today and listen to what is within you. What feelings, emotions, and thoughts do you hold at this moment? As you continue to reflect, use the prayer below as assurance that God will be with you.

God of grace and God of glory, bless us with your powerful love.
We come before you,
some of us frail, others fragile,
some of us sorrowful, others shameful,
some of us weak, others wounder,
some of us seeking, others hiding,
some of us doubtful, others disbelieving,
some of us helpful, others skeptical,
some of us in need, others wanting to give,
some of us empty, others lost in abundance,
some of us ready, others uncertain,
each of us in need of your life-restoring grace.

Meet us here, gracious God, as we come to you in complete honesty. May we know and be known by the all-sufficient grace You offer to us. Through Jesus Christian our Lord. Amen

~Smyth&Helwys

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