Thursday, July 5, 2012

Telling Our Testimony Story!



‘Telling Our Testimony Story.’
Acts 26:1-19. (We can learn so much from the Testimony Story of Apostle Paul)
a)      Acts 26:1. It should be given clearly and honestly as if making a defence.
b)     Acts 26:2. It should be given happily.
c)      Acts 26:3. It should be given in such a manner that the listeners can understand well.
d)     Acts 26:4-5; 9-12. Can be a comparison of past and present life experiences.
e)      Acts 26:6. Tells of a hope in the Promise of God.
f)       Acts 26:7. Tells about our Christian Service.
g)      Acts 26:8. Tells about the life changing resurrection power of Jesus Christ.
h)     Acts 26:13-15. Tells about miraculous conversion experience.
i)        Acts 26:16-18. Tells about what God said.
j)        Acts 26:19. Tells about our obedience to God.
(This QT teaches me how to be Telling My Testimony Story)
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‘God’s Loving Invitation.’
Isaiah 1:18.
a)      Come and let us reason together says the Lord.
b)     Although our sins are as scarlet.
c)      They shall be as white as snow.
d)     Although our sins are red like crimson.
e)      They shall be as white as snow.
f)       Proverbs 10:12. Love covers a multitude of sins.
g)      1 John 1:7. The wonderful power of the Blood of Jesus Christ.
(This Second one reveals God’s Loving Invitation)
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Chris.
When we give a testimony in any environment we should give it clearly and honestly as if making a defence. So many times when I was younger I would close my ears to testimonies because so many of them seemed just like exaggerated stories. It was either sensational or boring, depending upon who the story teller was. A testimony is a part of Worship so it should always be clear and honest.

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