You've Got A Story To Tell

Telling your story of Christ in the World
CentralChristianDallas.org ~ 9/16/18

What is your story of Jesus? How has God transformed you? How are you still being transformed? The most powerful witness for Jesus is your own story of transformation. Who are you because of Jesus? Who would you be without him?
 
What story do you want to tell with your life?
If your life were a novel, movie or play, what story would you want it to tell? What message of impact would you bring? How would you want the reader/audience to be moved, to be different after encountering your narrative?
 
 
Within this narrative, what role does God play? How are Jesus’ love and the Holy Spirit’s power present and impacting the arch of your life?
 
 
How do you introduce others to your story? Where does your story begin? In the present, and then flash back, or do you start at “the beginning”? What do you think of as “the beginning” of your story of faith and transformation?
 
 
How do you filter or sanitize your story? Do you hide the chaos and brokenness? If so, why?


ADDITIONAL NOTES FROM WORSHIP:
TEXTS: Acts 26:11-18; Psalm 126
   Also (Gal 1:11-24; Psalm 107; Exodus 12)
 
CTW: from Ps 107)
L: Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. 
P: Let the redeemed of the LORD tell their story
L: God delivered those who wandered in the wilderness, hungering and thirsting and without hope.
P: Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind. 
L: God redeemed and restored those who rebelled against God by oppressing their neighbors.
P: Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind. 
U: God lifted the needy out of their affliction. The upright see and rejoice, but all the wicked shut their mouths. Let the one who is wise heed these things and ponder the loving deeds of the LORD.