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The Power of a Personal Testimony
Dear Jerry,
We are making a few changes in our missions support.
Some will be effective for May, while the others will take effect in July.
First, Starting with the May, 2018 support please:
Increase 6411 B Daku, Paul Sr. to $300/month.
Bring 6408 Baptist Mid-Mission Support>Troy Manning,
6422 International Partnership Ministries Nao Andre,
and 6421 International Partnership Ministries Lucian Saul
down to the percent level of giving all of our other missionaries.
So, in summary, Paul Daku Sr. will get $300/monthly and all of our other missionaries will be split evenly with the giving.
Secondly, starting with the July disbursement, we will no longer be supporting the following missionaries:
6406 All Points Baptist Mission Support>Thurston Hassler
6407 Antioch New Testament Baptist Mission Support>Carl Bernard
6411 B Civale, Jim
Power of a personal testimony
6413 Death Unto Life Support
6415 FBMI Support - Juan Vallejo
6423 Leon Valley Baptist Church Support>John Robinson
No one can say it did not happen
So, to summarize, they will receive the last of our support with the June disbursement.
No one can say its not true
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Also, please confirm you received and will process this email.
You can talk about change and what God has done for you
Thanks!
1. Use your testimony.
You have both current stories of God’s work in your life, as well as your conversion story.
Even if you had a less-than-dramatic experience in becoming a Christian, it is still important.
You can talk about how the Lord is changing your life on a daily basis.
Tell how He is helping you raise your children or do your job.
This is particularly helpful if you sense a similar need in your friend.
Read The power of personal testimony
You might want to think in terms of transformational stories, rather than testimony.
Testimony may have been confined only to the conversion experience.
But we can talk of God’s current work in transforming our life today.
2. Your story has power.
First, it’s personal.
You don’t have to memorize Bible verses, or worry about telling it correctly.
Second, it is conversational.
It’s not a sermon.
It can be shared over a cup of coffee or after a round of golf.
Third, no one can dispute it.
If you have joy, peace, and love in your life as a result of knowing Christ, that will be evident.
Fourth, it is interesting.
It’s natural for friends to want to know more about each other.
Even if your friend is antagonistic to the Gospel, he/she may still be interested in why you value your relationship with a man named Jesus.
3. Plan your testimony.
You can use Paul’s testimony in as your outline.
(1) Tell about your life before Christ.
You don’t need to go into embarrassing detail, but you do need to be frank enough about your story so that those who hear it can compare the you back then with the you right now.
(2) Describe the conversion experience that you had.
Be honest and genuine and provide the relevant details.
After all, this is when you receive the gift of eternal life.
(3) Explain what your life is like now.
What have you stopped doing, or started doing as a result of your new life?
If you need help developing your testimony, start with this Personal Evangelism Testimony Questionnaire
4. Point people to Jesus.
This is your story, but it has meaning only because Jesus is part of it.
The purpose of your story is so that the other person will come to Christ.
The key question to keep in mind:
Where is Jesus in this story?
Where is the activity of God?
5. Clearly explain the Gospel message.
Take pains to explain the Gospel clearly and simply.
Perhaps use one of the gospel scripts.
Make sure you know how to use a gospel script.
It’s easy to get caught up in the emotion of reliving your life-changing story, but the real story is the Gospel.
But be sensitive to the moment and discern if the Holy Spirit is opening the doors for this.
6.
Share several key Scripture verses.
You’ll probably want to share ; ; ; ; and .
Add any favorite verses you may have.
Most gospel scripts have a string of verses that support their story.
7. Avoid abstract Christian terms.
As a test, define the following terms as simply as you can, so your non-Christian friends understand them: saved, born again, sin, faith, repentance, receive Christ, lost, eternal life.
See my use of Christianese: What is a prayer burden?
8. Explain how you actually received Christ.
Share enough detail so the other person will know what to do if he/she has the desire to know Christ.
Often, not knowing the logistics of receiving Christ keeps people from doing what their hearts long for.
For example, my friend last week asked me, How do I start following Christ – he wanted to know how to pray, how to receive that gift.
He actually asked me to help him pray.
Adapted from Sharing Christ When You Feel You Can’t by Daniel Owens.
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I God Did It!
The German philosopher Schopenhauer wrote, “We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.”
Francis Asbury, first bishop of the Methodist Church in the United States, once prayed at a deacon ordination, “O Lord, grant that these brethren may never want to be like other people.”
Of course, there is a wrong kind of individualism that destroys instead of fulfills; but in a society accustomed to interchanging parts, it is good to meet a man like Paul, who dared to be himself in the will of God.
But his freedom in Christ was a threat to those who found safety in conformity.
God had chosen to reveal in a different way to Paul.
In , Paul stated his theme:
“He claims to be an apostle,” they argued, “but he does not stand in the apostolic tradition.”
It is this misrepresentation that Paul answered in this section of Galatians.
His nonconformity was divinely deliberate.
God had chosen to reveal in a different way to Paul.
In , Paul stated his theme: His message and ministry were of divine origin.
He did not invent the gospel, nor did he receive it from men; but he received the gospel from Jesus Christ.
in a different way to Paul.
In , Paul stated his theme: His message and ministry were of divine origin.
He did not invent the gospel, nor did he receive it from men; but he received the gospel from Jesus Christ.
Both his message and his apostolic ministry were divinely given.
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