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faith, sharing stories, personal testimony, discipleship, hope, Jesus, youth, encouragement, boldness, transformation

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In this episode, Jamie Kirschner discusses the importance of sharing personal faith stories and the courage it takes to do so. She reflects on the sacrifices made by the disciples and encourages listeners to be prepared to share their own stories of transformation and hope. The episode provides a structured approach to crafting personal testimonies and emphasizes the impact of going all in with Jesus. Jamie also offers practical tips for sharing faith with others, including the importance of prayer and connecting with people on a personal level.

takeaways

• Sharing our faith can be scary, but it's essential.
• The disciples' sacrifices inspire us to share our stories.
• People today are hungrier for truth than ever before.
• We must be prepared to share our personal testimonies.
• Our stories can be powerful tools for evangelism.
• Crafting a testimony involves reflecting on our past struggles.
• Going all in with Jesus can transform our lives.
• Prayer is crucial when sharing our faith with others.
• Connecting with people helps in sharing our stories.
• It's God's will for everyone to know Him.

Chapters

• 00:00 Exciting News and Upcoming Episode
• 00:30 The Importance of Sharing Our Faith
• 02:13 The Sacrifice of the Disciples
• 03:19 Being Prepared to Share Your Story
• 05:01 Paul's Story in Acts 22
• 7:53 #1 Where were you before deciding to go all in with Jesus?
• 11:24 #2 What brought you to the decision to go all in?
• 13:28 How God Transforms Lives
• 15:50 Practical Steps to Share Your Story
• 18:19 I Invite You to Join Me for a special call in May!

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Whether you have given your life to the Lord recently OR you gave your life to the Lord when you were younger and walked away from God OR you have been faithfully serving God for a while, this episode is for you!

Going all in with Jesus is super important, not just to me, but to God!

John 1:12, when you received Jesus as your Lord, you became a child of God, a daughter of the Most High King. God thinks of you as His daughter, and He’s committed to being a good Father to you.

Luke 10:20, God actually wrote your name in heaven. Many times, we can feel like we’ve been overlooked, but God knows you! Your name is known in heaven. You are known by the Creator of the universe!

2 Corinthians 5:17, when you got saved, you became a new creation! From the inside, your heart and your spirit have been made known to God. You have been forgiven.

You have a plan that you were created for that you were created to fulfill on this earth. You were not just created to exist!

Ephesians 2:10, while you are God’s special creation, you were also created for good works.

Jeremiah 29:11, God’s plans for you are good and not evil. You don’t have to spend the rest of your life trying to figure life out.

Next Steps:

1. Water Baptism- after you have made Jesus Lord, this is a way to show publicly what God has already done for you on the inside of you.

2. 6 Steps to Discipleship- apply these immediately, but don’t expect perfection

• Spend time in the Bible daily.
• Spend time in prayer daily.
• Get connected in a good Bible-based church, a church that teaches the Word of God and is full of life, that emphasizes a relationship with Jesus Christ.
• When you mess up, run to God! Make that your first response. He is still your answer.
• Do life with others who are following Jesus.
• Tell others what God has done in your life.

The goal of these steps isn’t perfection, but growth with God. When you receive Jesus, God Almighty now lives inside of you!

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Growing up, I believed so many lies from the enemy. Lies that I was a nobody. That I was worthless. That I was unlovable. That nobody cared about me. I was a reject. I hated everything about myself. I absolutely hated being alone, because that’s when all of these thoughts would come at me the strongest.

When I was 17 and gave my life to Jesus, I wish I could say that all of those thoughts went away, but they didn’t. I still struggled a lot.

I remember thinking as a new Christian that I was broken beyond repair. I used to ask myself, “Why am I like this?” Why can’t I make friends… I don’t just mean those people you say hi to here and there, but those close friends who are there for you no matter what. I don’t want to be alone anymore. Why can’t I be different? What’s wrong with me?”

I’m just thankful that at this point in my life, I was crying out to God as I was asking these questions. My heart-cry at this time was, “God change me. Show me what I need to do and I will do it!”

What I didn’t realize back then was after giving my life to Jesus, I had the power on the inside of me to watch those dead areas of my life come to life. I had the power on the inside of me to heal those broken places. I had the power on the inside of me to get rid of the loneliness.

That power is the resurrection power that Jesus gave to us after He died on the cross and rose again from the grave.

How? How does the resurrection power work in our lives? Listen to what Abraham did in Romans 4.

Romans 4:17-21-“As it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”

He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness[

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