Side One
My Story
1. Get Permission
“What’s the greatest thing that’s happened in your life?” “May I share the greatest thing that’s
happened in my life?”
2. B.C. (Before Christ)
Write a sentence or two using three adjectives that describe what you were experiencing before you met Christ. Example: Though I was very busy, I felt empty and without purpose. I had a lot of friends, but deep down I still felt lonely.
3. T. P. (Turning Point)
What took place in your life that made you think a spiritual change of direction was needed?
Example: A difficult college course, not knowing what to do when I graduated and wondering what to do for a life’s mate brought me to the end of myself, and I asked God to help me.
4. A.D. (Anno Domini... in the year of the Lord) Write the adjectives that describe the change Christ made in your life.
Example: I felt “peace within” rather than guilt for my past. I had a confidence that I was where I was supposed to be. I started the most
meaningful relationship I’d ever known.
5. If I Had Not Met Christ…
Finish the sentence. Imagine what your life and family would look like had you never made Jesus Christ your personal Savior.
Example: I’m not sure I would be alive today due to an unhealthy lifestyle and choices I was making.
God’s Story
1. God Loves You
“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16
2. Our Problem: Sin
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
(Romans 3:23) Our choices result in separation from God. “But your iniquities have separated you from your God…” (Isaiah 59:2)
3. God’s Bridge is the Cross
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)
“For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” (1 Timothy 2:5) God has provided the only way. Each person must make a choice.
4. Our Response: Receive Christ.
We must trust Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and
receive Him by personal invitation. Jesus said “... if you confess with your mouth. “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9)
5. Can You Think of A Better Time to Receive Christ than right now? Admit I’m a sinner, turn from my sin, believe Jesus died for me on the cross and rose from the grave. Through prayer, invite Christ to come in and control my life through the Holy Spirit. Receive Him as Lord and Savior. If you prayed to receive Christ, the Bible says, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” (Romans 10:13) “He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.” (1 John 5: 12-13)
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