What's your story?

Throughout his journeys, we see that Paul lived with confidence. He was not afraid to share the message of the Gospel with everyone.

How confident are you in sharing your story? (You may be saying, “I don’t even have a story!)

Paul provides us an example to follow here in Acts 26. Your testimony of life change probably has not happened just as Paul’s, but the pattern provided is solid and worth following.

4 parts to Paul’s story...

Life Before Christ (4-11)

Can you describe your life before Christ?

Turning Point (12-21)

How did you enter into a relationship with Jesus?

New Life IN Christ (22-23)

How is life different now?

Call to Action (28-29)

Do you seize the opportunity in front of you?

Do you have a story to tell? What is it?

Are you willing to do whatever it takes in order that everyone around you experiences life change through Christ?

2 Corinthians 4 (ESV)

But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us, but life in you.

Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

(Worship Team = Get in position)

Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines on the New Testament Chapter 26

Sad to say, there are two kinds of people—“almost Christians” and “altogether Christians.” Agrippa was an “almost Christian”—he understood the Word, heard the truth, but refused to do anything about it. His intellect was instructed, his emotions touched, but his will was unyielding.

(Worship Team = Begin playing softly)

Acts 26:29 (ESV)

And Paul said, “Whether short or long, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day might become such as I am—except for these chains.”

What is YOUR response?

Are you an ALMOST or ALTOGETHER Christian?

Let’s fix it now! (Pause for response)

Do you have a story to tell?

Set your mind on your story! (Pause for response)

Will you share it story with confidence?

Share your story (Pause for response)