Giving Your Testimony: Encouragement and Practical Steps for New Believers- Ep.11

5 Practical Tips for Giving Your Testimony

• Tip 1: Write It Out

  • Helps manage anxiety and organize details

  • Identify key ideas, events, people, and details

  • Scale testimony for different time constraints

  • Include background (upbringing, faith experience, family, beliefs)

• Tip 2: Know Your Audience

  • Tailor content to audience relevance (colleagues, those in recovery, women’s retreat, etc.)

  • Emphasize unique aspects for different settings

• Tip 3: Old You vs. New You Comparison

  • Side-by-side detail of life before and after faith in Christ

  • Helps highlight transformation and new behaviors, habits, values

  • Inspires thematic organization for different audiences

• Tip 4: Avoid Over-Glorifying the Past

  • Cautious not to indulge in excessive, graphic details

  • Balance honesty with discretion to keep focus on God’s transformation

• Tip 5: Practice & Growth Over Time

  • Experience and Holy Spirit’s guidance improve testimony delivery over time

  • Testimonies become richer with spiritual growth and ongoing transformation