Your Personal Testimony

Here are some guidelines that will make your personal testimony the kind that people will want to hear and that God will use to bring them to Christ:

1. Realize what is at stake: the destiny of the souls of men. You are representing Jesus Christ. II Cor. 5:18-20.

2. Ask the Lord to give you wisdom and guidance in preparing and presenting your testimony.

3. Begin with an interesting, attention-getting sentence and close with a good conclusion. Include relevant, thought provoking facts and experiences.

4. Give it in such a way that others will feel associated with you. 

5. Give enough details to arouse interest.

6. You should always have a general outline already in your mind. By this, we mean that you can give your testimony in two or three minutes to an hour or more. You never know when or for how long you may be called on to give a testimony.

7. If you are the first or only one to give a testimony, always give the plan of salvation.

8. Be sure your experiences are scriptural before you share them with others. Interpret your experiences by the Word of God and not vise-versa. The Bible is our authority.

9. Be lovingly enthusiastic. Let them know you really believe in what you are saying. Don't bore people with the greatest thing in the world.

10. Speak loudly and clearly, in a relaxed tone of voice.

11. Smile often. A smile tells a person, "I like you," and "You're worth smiling at." Ask the Lord to give you a happy, radiant face. Eph. 4:15.

12. Avoid mannerisms when you speak, such as: rubbing your nose, playing with your ring, jingling coins in your pocket.

13. Feature Christ, and not yourself.

14. Have a good appearance: clean, good posture, smell good.

15. Be full of life, have excitement in your voice.