Top o’ the Mornin’ to Ya!
TLDR: Discover why your personal story is the most powerful tool for sharing faith with others. Learn how the Apostle Paul used only his testimony before kings, and why authentic vulnerability about your journey creates connections that theological arguments cannot.
What?
Your story is special. Seriously. Your story is special. Why? Because it’s yours. And as we share the good news, all we need is our story.
Paul, the Apostle that wrote like half of the New Testament, when he was finally on trial and in front of the king of his country before they were sending him off to Rome because he declared his Roman citizenship, all he shared was his story. He didn’t tell Jesus’s story. He didn’t tell all these other people’s stories. All he told was his story.
When he was walking on the road to Damascus to prosecute all the Christians and Jesus shone his light on him and came down, he just told that story. He said “This is what I was. I was attacking and killing all the Christians. I was getting licenses from the church to do that and I was wiping them out. I was getting them on trial. I was locking them up in chains. And then on the way to Damascus one day a light shone on me and a voice came down and said ‘stop persecuting me.'” Paul just told his story and how Jesus came to him.
For me, my story was “I was awesome”. Everything was perfect in life except for my sexual addiction and my sexual fantasies. And then I got caught in them and I had to face the music. Went to Celebrate Recovery, got into therapy, got into recovery. A family came alongside of me and said “Are you going to heaven?” I’m like “I think so, except for this little thing I’ve been pretty good.” They talked to me through their stories and through that journey of redemption and coming to Christ to forgive me for my sin right where I’m at. They just shared their story and that saved me.
Why?
I share this because Kingdom Family Leaders often think they need theological expertise, perfect Bible knowledge, or compelling arguments to share their faith effectively. But Paul’s example before kings shows us something different – your personal testimony has power that arguments cannot match.
When you open up with your real reality to people, people listen, people care, people empathize. Their minds change, they learn and discover Christ. Not because you won a debate, but because you showed them authentic transformation in your own life.
Your story can’t be argued with. Someone can debate theology, question interpretations, or resist doctrine. But they cannot deny what happened to you. Your experience is yours, it’s real, and it creates connection that transcends intellectual objections.
Lesson
The principle Paul demonstrated is that personal testimony is the foundation of effective witness. He stood before King Agrippa with the opportunity to make sophisticated theological arguments, quote extensive Scripture, or defend complex doctrines. Instead, he simply said “This is what I was, this is what happened to me, this is who I am now.”
Your story follows a simple structure: where you were, what happened, where you are now. Paul was persecuting Christians. Jesus encountered him on the Damascus road. He became an apostle. My story: I thought I was awesome except for sexual addiction. I got caught and faced consequences. A family walked with me through recovery to Christ.
The power isn’t in having a dramatic story or being perfectly healed. The power is in authentic vulnerability about your journey. When you share real struggle, real failure, and real transformation, you give people permission to be honest about their own brokenness and need for Christ.
This doesn’t mean oversharing inappropriate details or using your story manipulatively. It means being willing to acknowledge “I was broken, Christ met me, I’m being transformed” in ways that connect with others’ experiences.
Apply
Write out your story in three parts: What was your life before Christ (or before a significant encounter with Him)? What happened that changed your trajectory? Where are you now because of that change? Keep it to 2-3 minutes when spoken aloud – short enough to share naturally in conversation.
Practice sharing your story this week with someone – not as a planned presentation, but naturally when conversation creates an opening. Notice how personal testimony creates connection and curiosity that theological arguments cannot. Your story is special because it’s yours, it’s real, and nobody can argue with what happened to you.
You be blessed!
