Tip 1: Write It Out

• Helps manage anxiety and organize details

• Identify key ideas, events, people, and details

• Scale testimony for different time constraints

• Include background (upbringing, faith experience, family, beliefs)

Tip 2: Know Your Audience

• Tailor content to audience relevance (colleagues, those in recovery, women’s retreat, etc.)

• Emphasize unique aspects for different settings

Tip 3: Old You vs. New You Comparison

• Side-by-side detail of life before and after faith in Christ

• Helps highlight transformation and new behaviors, habits, values

• Inspires thematic organization for different audiences

Tip 4: Avoid Over-Glorifying the Past

• Cautious not to indulge in excessive, graphic details

• Balance honesty with discretion to keep focus on God’s transformation

Tip 5: Practice & Growth Over Time

• Experience and Holy Spirit’s guidance improve testimony delivery over time

• Testimonies become richer with spiritual growth and ongoing transformation