Practice sharing your testimony – 6 steps

If you’re not practicing how to share your testimony, at least one of your friends probably isn’t either. Enter excellent opportunity.

One of the most common excuses for not sharing the gospel is, “I don’t know what to say!” I think that’s only part of the problem, but I’ll go with it for a second.

If you don’t know what to say, why not practice it? And like I said, if you don’t practice, one of your friends probably doesn’t either.

Here’s the drill…

6 steps to finding a practice partner

1. Choose a close friend who’s also a Christian.

2. Ask your friend if you can practice your testimony on him/her. (If no, move on to asking someone else.)

3. Practice. Run through it.

4. Ask if your friend would like to practice on you. (If no, no problem.)

5. Ask if your friend would mind doing this again in the future. (If no, thank your friend for listening, but look for another practice partner.)

6. Set a time/date to practice again. [Very important.]

I’ve written a lot about testimonies before, and you might find some of that helpful. But you really don’t need to go through all that. I encourage you to go through this once, including setting up to do it again, before you even try to “improve” it.

This isn’t that difficult, but it is scary and awkward. If it’s scary awkward for you, though, it probably is for your friend too. Do your friend a favor and initiate.

And do the next person you should share your testimony with a favor and practice.

Serving Suggestions:

(1) Step by step, one through six. This has got to be one of the most overlooked practices in Christianity.

(2) Have you ever practiced before? How’d it go? If not, how do you share so you know what you’re doing?