ICS Daily Devotions
How to Write Your Testimony
1 Peter 3:15 (NKJV) But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defence to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.
When people ask you why you chose to be a believer of Jesus Christ, you should be ready to give a reason for it, and share with clarity why and how you accepted Jesus as your Lord and Saviour.
We should take time to pen down our reasons so that we will be able to share it with our children, friends and colleagues. Our children need to know our personal testimony, and it should leave a lasting impression on them. Our friends and colleagues would also like to know when they witness a change in our lives and lifestyles.
Apostle Paul’s testimony provides a good Biblical framework for us to follow.
1. My life before becoming a Christian was like this:
I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. Under Gamaliel I was thoroughly trained in the law of our fathers and was just as zealous for God as any of you are today. I persecuted the followers of this Way to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison, as also the high priest and all the Council can testify. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus and went there to bring these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished (Acts 22:3-5 NIV).
2. This is how I realised that I needed to follow Jesus:
About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me, I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, “Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?” “Who are you, Lord?” I asked. “I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,” he replied. My companions saw the light, but they did not understand the voice of him who was speaking to me (Acts 22:6-9 NIV).
3. These are the details of how I accepted Christ:
“What shall I do, Lord?” I asked. “Get up,” the Lord said, “and go into Damascus. There you will be told all that you have been assigned to do.” My companions led me by the hand into Damascus, because the brilliance of the light had blinded me. A man named Ananias came to see me. He was a devout observer of the law and highly respected by all the Jews living there. He stood beside me and said, “Brother Saul, receive your sight!” and at that very moment I was able to see him. (Acts 22:10-13 NIV).
4. This is what it means to me to be a Christian:
“I consider my life worth nothing to me, my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.” (Acts 20:24)
Sermon Series: My Personal Testimony
