8 Steps to Use Your Personal Testimony
Each Christian has a personal story of how he/she came to know Jesus in a personal, life-changing way.
Check out these 8 steps to develop use your personal testimony.
Faith Story Number 4: The So What Story
How has Jesus changed your life? What difference has following Jesus made? This "so what" story is faith story number 4 in our series in Four Stories every Christian must know.
Faith Story Number 2: Your Journey to Faith
Your journey to faith in Jesus Christ was not a microwave one minute experience. You were prepared by the Holy Spirit ahead of time. Telling your story of your journey to faith is one of the most important stories you can tell. Read on for ideas and a free download.
Faith Story Number 1: What’s New Story
The What's New Story is one of the four Stories every Christian should know in personal evangelism
A Good Friday Reminder – Jesus Changes Lives
One challenge to shortening a personal testimony is to get at this core question: What difference has Jesus made in your life? As I watched this video below,
Are you prepared to tell me the story?
I love it when I get asked a question about my journey to faith. It is an interest to hear my story. It is a desire to understand who I am. It is a desire to understand what make me so committed to following Jesus. A few days ago, it was a cool evening to …
Book Review: The 7 Principles of an Evangelistic Life
I am a big advocate of evangelism as a lifestyle. When I read the book the Acts, I see how evangelism played out in the life of the apostles and early believers. They spent time with people. They shared their faith, and the “Lord added daily” to their numbers. How can a believer experience a …
How to Live The Lifestyle Evangelism of the Early Disciples
Critics complain that lifestyle evangelism is not biblical. But I can clearly see evangelism as a lifestyle in the actions of the early disciples in the book of Acts. Acts 5:42 describes a lifestyle of evangelism in the early days of the church: Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, …
7 Observations from Fox News’ Kirsten Powers’ Testimony
Christianity Today recently released an article you may have seen, Fox News’ Highly Reluctant Jesus Follower. It’s a worthy article to read Kirsten Powers’ first hand personal testimony of how she became a follower of Jesus. It is getting a lot of airplay at the moment (I must have seen it 30 times already in …
Video: Reducing Life Transformation to Two Words
The power of Jesus to transform a life is dramatized in this short little film from JesusTattoo.org As I minister often in developing nations and in first world nations, I encounter many people who believe powerful lies about themselves. That they are: Worthless Useless Weak Addicted Following Jesus can bring a change to all of …
Which type of ambassador for Christ are you?
When I wear a shirt with my business logo on the pocket, I represent my evangelism training business. I see eyes of people glance at my shirt pocket when I introduce myself to them, or when they sit next to me on a plane or in a mall food court. Their observation often leads to a …
Can you fit your testimony on a poster board?
One challenge to shortening a personal testimony is to get at this core question: What difference has Jesus made in your life? As I watched this video below, I was struck by the power of the cross. Real lives changed by a real Jesus. As the video progressed,
Video: Personal Evangelism Tip – Current Stories
Today’s tip is focused on one type of personal testimony story to tell:
30 Days of Prayer – Day 21: Tell of All His Works
How has the Lord been good to you? If one of your friends were to ask you today: What has God done in your life recently? Would you be ready with an answer that is not generic? God blesses me. God forgives me. Those are generic statements, versus awesome stories that demonstrate the work of …
7 Detours in Evangelistic Conversation
In a recent Outreach Magazine article (Nov/Dec 2012), Larry Osborne put together a list of 7 detours in evangelistic conversations. Detours are conversational rabbit trails that are deflect significant evangelistic conversation elsewhere, rather than at the true spiritual need of others. We often step into those rabbit trails, thinking that we might have to: defend …
The Apostle Paul’s Journey to Faith in Christ
Jesus also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in …
5 ways to tell your stories of God’s activity
5 Quick Testimony outlines or story ideas to share how God is a t work in your life
Free Download: Personal Testimony Questionnaire
Download this free Personal Testimony Questionnaire to gain an understanding of your own journey to faith. Your experience of personal evangelism will be much richer if you can master your own story.
What was your Spiritual Journey to faith in Christ?
Check out this list of how members of one of my classes came to faith in Christ. “When I was 8 years old, I was invited to a bible camp for kids.” “My father helped me see my need for Jesus and I put my trust in Him.” “A friend invited me to church, and …
Postmodern Evangelism–Share Your Story
We all love stories, particularly stories that give you an insight into another person.
As a child of God, you have a powerful story to tell.
Telling the story of how you came to Jesus and the difference that following Christ has made in your life can help others discover how they can know God personally.
Talk about Jesus without Freaking Out
What is the gospel? An ex-Christian friend of mine turned to me and said “Chris, what is the gospel?” Excitement bubbled up within me. I’m an evangelist and this conversation was near and dear to my heart. However, I got too excited. The end result was confusing half thoughts, and verbal commas: “bluh, bluh, um, …
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Respecting Boundaries in Conversation
This weekend, one of my friends shared with me a first hand story about an evangelistic encounter he had. I found myself encouraged as I listened to it. Here is a one who gets the idea of cooperating with the work of the Holy Spirit. I’ve retold the story here for your thoughts and for …
Film Review of Flywheel
I recently watched a visual parable that demonstrates the role of the Holy Spirit in Evangelism. It’s the film: Flywheel. The story follows the awakening faith of the central character, a used car salesman. Along the way, you see moments that when tied together cause a crisis of faith, which leads the man to offer …
Grow from Witness to Evangelist
Most of my evangelism training occurs in mainline churches, where many people equate evangelism with Hospitality or Service Projects. Neither one is evangelism per se (For example see, Is Neighborhood Outreach Evangelism?) But there is a marked hesitancy to discuss your faith. That could be for a variety of reasons, many of which have been talked …