19. Telling Your Story

(choose one of the following bulleted workouts)

  • RealLife Plus Seminar
    1. Attend RealLife Plus Seminar.
    2. Complete instructor's workout.
    3. Discuss with an Equipping Partner.
  • Prepare Your Testimony
    1. Read the instructions on testimony writing , and write out a three minute testimony or work through ??5 Clicks to Sharing Your Faith? and produce the same.
    2. Memorize your testimony.
    3. Without notes share your testimony with your Life Group and ask them to evaluate its effectiveness. Have them consider: Does it clearly point to Christ and His atoning death and resurrection? Does it illustrate the impact of Christ in your life? Does it invite a person to believe? Is it brief? Is it attractive? Did I use words that would be unclear to an unbeliever? How could it be improved?
    4. Make any needed changes.
    5. Share your testimony with three non-Christian friends in the next three weeks and report back to your Life Group.
    6. Have your Life Group leader initial as your Equipping Partner.
  • Share Your Testimony
    1. Work through NLTC: How to Prepare and Communicate Your Personal Testimony (Advanced)
    2. Memorize your testimony.
    3. Without notes share your testimony with an Equipping Partner, and ask her/him to evaluate its effectiveness. Have him consider: Does it clearly point to Christ and His atoning death and resurrection? Does it illustrate the impact of Christ in your life? Does it invite a person to believe? Is it brief? Is it attractive? Did I use words that would be unclear to an unbeliever? How could it be improved?
    4. Make any needed changes.
    5. Share your testimony to a group with more than thirty people (such as the RealLife weekly meeting or your church) and one-to-one with two non-Christian friends in the next three weeks.
    6. Discuss the experiences with an Equipping Partner.