Your story is part of God’s story

21/06/2026 - Matt Robinson

Our community is spiritually hungry and looking for answers. It’s as Jesus said, the harvest is plentiful… it’s up to us to share with them the good news, the message of the one and only way, truth and life that is Jesus.

Primary Text: Acts 26:9-23

Here we see Paul stand before a court room and share HIs testimony of how and why he came to believe and follow Christ. He demonstrates how we can use our story as a witness to who God is.

Here are three thoughts that to encourage us around sharing about God:

  1. Don’t need a degree in theology

Key Text: ‭‭John‬ ‭9‬:‭25‬

We don’t need to hold all the answers to have qualifications, your story is unique to you, no one can dispute or argue against what you have lived. People aren’t looking for answers, they are looking for the answer, that there is a God who loves them.

Consider how you first came to follow Christ.

  1. Your witness is your discipleship

Key Text: Mark 5:18-20

For this man, his next step in discipleship wasn’t to sit at Jesus’ feet but to sing of what Jesus had done for him. Be careful not to be so focused on your own faith that you’re not considering what you can do to share it with others.

  1. The World needs the Truth

Key Text: ‭‭Romans‬ ‭10‬:‭14

The Gospel brings hope, freedom, unity, peace, joy, justice, healing and redemption. How will people come to know Christ unless they are told about Him? It’s often said the first step in someone’s coming to know Christ is by knowing and trusting a christian. This is how the gospel spread and the early church grew, from people sharing their stories about what God was doing in your life.

Reflective questions:

What’s your story? What is God doing in your life?

Consider, what has God done in your life recently?

What this could look like:

I heard this on the weekend… (Share what you heard or chatted about at church/small group)

I’ve been thinking about… (insert what God’s been speaking to you about)

I’ve been praying for…

When asked: “How was your weekend” you can talk about how you spent it serving coffees and chips.

When people notice something different about you and ask “why are you always so… why do you…?” point towards your faith.

It doesn’t take a preacher or evangelist to introduce people to Jesus, it takes anybody sharing about their story as a part of God’s story.

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