God has given you a Life
Message to share
As a believer you become God’s messenger on earth. You have
a storehouse of experiences that God wants to use to bring others into His
family:
+ Your testimony - the story
of how you began a relationship with Jesus
+ Your life lessons -
important lessons God has taught you
+ Your Godly passions – the
issues God has shaped you to care about
+ The Good News – the
message of salvation
YOUR TESTIMONY
This is the essence of
witnessing – simply sharing your personal experiences regarding the Lord. There
is no other story just like yours (similar maybe), so only you can share it.
It’s hard to argue with personal experience, so they give you more credibility
when sharing them with unbelievers. Shared stories build a relational bridge
that Jesus can walk across from your heart into the hearts of non-believers.
Many people who won’t accept the authority of the Bible will listen to a
humble, personal story. And you have a story for every experience in which God
has helped you - different situations will call for different testimonies.
YOUR LIFE LESSONS
These are lessons and
insights you have learned about God, relationships, temptations, and other
aspects of life. There isn’t enough time to learn everything in life by trial
and error (although I know of many who are happily prone to pursue all manner
of trials and errors), so it makes sense to learn from the life lessons of one
another. (Much reluctance, prejustice and sceptism often prevents us from doing
so) Much needless frustration can be avoided if we learn from each other’s life
lessons; extracted from everyday experiences.
YOUR GODLY PASSIONS
It may be a passion about a
problem, a purpose, a principle, or a group of people. You cannot keep yourself
from talking about that which you are passionate and care about most. God gives
some people a Godly passion to champion a cause – often a personally
experienced difficulty (abuse, addiction, depression, etc); or a passion to
speak up for groups of others who can’t speak for themselves – the Bible is
filled with commands to defend the defenseless; and so forth… God gives us
different passions so that everything He wants done in the world will get done
(no one human can do it all!) – listen to and value each other’s life message.
THE GOOD NEWS
The Good News is this that
when we trust in God’s grace to save us through what Jesus did, our sins are
forgiven, we get a purpose for living, and we are promised a future home in
Heaven. God never made a person He didn’t love – everybody matters to Him. We
must care about unbelievers because God does; love leaves no choice. (Not
saying you have to marry them…)
Ask God to fill your heart with His love for
them. As long as you know even one person who doesn’t know Christ, you must
keep praying for them, serving them in love, and sharing the Good News with
them. Imagine the joy of greeting people in Heaven whom you helped get there.
The eternal salvation of a single soul is more important than anything else you
will ever achieve in life. Only people are going to last forever.
GOD MADE YOU TO BE:
+ A member of His family
+ A model of His
character
+ A magnifier of His
glory
+ A minister of His grace
+ A messenger of His Good
News – this purpose can only be done
on earth (the others you will keep doing into eternity)
So spread the Good News; you only have a short
time to share your message and fulfill your mission. ‘Time is God's way of
keeping everything from happening at once.’ - Anon
Gives me hope and resolve in my patience…Love you ~ Stafford
"Finally, be strong in the
Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can
take your stand against the devil’s schemes.” -Ephesians
6:10-11
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