PathFinder Ministries

Your Life Message

Last time I told you I would help give you 4 components of your Life Message that will make witnessing and sharing your faith easier. Let's get started:

1) Your Testimony: the story of how you began a relationship with Jesus. This is the essence of witnessing - simply sharing your unique, personal experiences regarding the Lord. We all love to hear stories we can relate to. Sharing your testimony will often allow a relationship to develop that God will use to bring someone to Himself. Of course this means you must have your testimony/life story prepared and ready to share when the time comes. I want to challenge you to write this out by answering the following questions: a) What was my life like before Jesus b) How did I realize I needed Jesus and c) The difference that a personal relationship with Jesus has made in my life. Everyone's story is different ~ and that's ok. If someone were to ask you these questions, would you be ready to respond?

2) Your Life Lessons: the important lessons God has taught you from experiences with Him. These are lessons and insights you have learned about God, relationships, problems, temptations and other aspects of life. How much do we learn from what we've gone through? Wouldn't you rather learn from the experiences of others? Thank goodness Solomon took the time and obeyed God when he wrote the books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. If we would just learn from his wisdom, alot of frustration in life could be avoided. As you continue putting together your Life Message, write down important lessons you have learned about life that others can benefit from.

3) Your Godly Passions: the issues God shaped you to care about most. God is a passionate God and the closer you get to Him, the more passionate you will become as well. He will give you a passion for something He cares about deeply so He can work through you. Whatever it is, you will feel compelled to speak up about it and do what you can to make a difference. Others are watching and can see the things you are truly passionate about. They may even start asking questions!

4) The Good News: the mesage of God's salvation for all mankind. In order to make this a real urgency in your life, you must learn to love others as God loves them. This is a great way to wrap up this section of Sharing Your Purpose. As you are building relationships by loving, influencing, serving and joining others, God will provide the situations where you can share the ulimate purpose in life ~ telling others about His love; His death, burial and resurrection and how eternal life is meant and available to ALL who believe. (John 3:16)

People are looking for someone who is real - not just religious. They are watching to see if you live out what you believe, not just live with your beliefs. They don't want to hear about how much you care, they want to see how much you care.

Your life has an important message to share with others. God will bring people into your life and along your path who He wants you to share your life story, your life lessons, your passions and the hope you have because of what He has done for you!

"...Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give a reason for the hope that you have...." ~ I Peter 3:15

* Are you prepared?
* Do you know the answers?
* Do you know the reason for the hope you have?


Next Time....Enjoying Your Purpose