Are you an effect witness for Christ? I’m really great at it sometimes, but I can also really stink at it, too. How can that be? It goes to the various ways that we can be a witness for him. Your lifestyle will either promote the effectiveness of your testimony or destroy it. You can tell your story and quote all the scriptures you want, but if your lifestyle doesn’t reflect the Savior you are sharing, then your witnessing will be ineffective and hypocritical to the one you are trying to win over.
The Great Commission tells us to go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. There is an expectation that we are living the lifestyle that reflects the image of Christ as we bring hope to a lost and dying world. When you tell them about the Savior of the world, live like you actually believe it! The more you tell your salvation story, the more you remember how lost you were before you received him.
Search you own heart and ask God to shine a light on anything that you need to purge from your lifestyle in order to be a more effective witness for him. Don’t worry, he won’t take the fun out of your life. You will experience greater joy and peace than you can imagine as you live your life in a manner that pleases him!
2 Corinthians 5:15 (NLT) - “He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them.”