Your Story Matters!

You may think your story is too messy, too dark, too broken to matter. Maybe you’ve spent years trying to forget it, bury it, or rewrite it. But God doesn’t waste pain, and He doesn’t hide what He’s redeemed. The very thing you’re tempted to be ashamed of may be the very thing God wants to use to bring someone else out of their own darkness.

Your story is important because it reveals God’s power. No one is impressed by a life that never struggled. When someone sees where you’ve come from, and what God has done in you, they see more than your strength. They see His strength. Paul said, “But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain” (1 Corinthians 15:10). Telling your story says, “Look what God can do with someone like me.”

Your story is important because it gives others permission to be honest. When you speak openly about your past… your addiction, failures, depression, and trauma, you create space for others to drop their masks. You make it safe for them to say, “Me too.” Testimonies tear down walls of shame and isolation. What once enslaved you can now become a key that sets someone else free.

Your story is important because it silences the lies of the enemy. Satan wants you to stay silent. He wants you to believe that your past disqualifies you, that your failures define you, and that no one would understand. But Revelation 12:11 tells us that the saints “overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.” Your story isn’t just words… it’s a spiritual weapon.

Your story is important because it shows the ongoing work of grace, repentance, and forgiveness. It’s not just about where you’ve been… it’s about today and the direction you’re going. Sharing your story says, “God is still working on me, but He hasn’t let go.” You don’t have to have a neat ending tied with a bow. You just have to be willing to be real.

You don’t need a stage or a microphone to tell your story. You need humility, courage, and a willing heart. Whether it’s with a friend over coffee, a post on social media, or a testimony in church, a Bible study, or a recovery meeting… you can count on the fact that someone needs to hear it. Don’t discount what God has done in your life. If He’s brought you through, then there’s purpose in your past and power in your pain.

So speak up. Tell the truth. Testify. Your story might just be the spark that leads someone else to salvation.

“Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy.” (Psalm 107:2)

Here are some thought provoking coaching questions that will help you measure your progress and grow His strength in you to have the courage to begin telling your story!

Part 1: Reflecting Back… What Has God Brought You Through?

1- What was your life like before your encounter with Jesus? (Be honest. What struggles, sins, or circumstances defined you?)

2 – What were the breaking points or turning points in your story? (Moments when you hit rock bottom, felt desperate, or saw the need for change.)

3- What lies did you believe about yourself or God before you began to heal? (Write down specific thoughts the enemy used to keep you bound.)

4 – Who or what did God use to start drawing you toward Him? (Was it a person, a Scripture, a crisis, a prayer, a program, or something else?)

Part 2: The Shift – How Did God Begin to Work?

1 – Describe the moment or season when you surrendered to God. (What did that decision feel like? Was it immediate or gradual?)

2 – When did you stop believing the lies that you had some disease and start knowing that Jesus will heal you when you love and follow Him? (Describe some of the transitional thoughts you had.)

3 – What changes did you begin to see in yourself after surrendering to Christ? (Internally—peace, conviction, joy? Externally—habits, relationships, priorities?)

4 – What Bible verse(s) or truth gave you strength in the early stages of your walk? (Write it down, and why it mattered so much to you.)

Part 3: The Ongoing Journey – What Is God Doing Now in your life?

1 – How is God still working in your life today? (Where are you growing? What still feels like a struggle?)

2 – What does “redeemed” mean to you personally now? (Write a few sentences explaining it in your own words.)

3 – If someone were in the same place you used to be, what would you want them to know? (Let God speak through you to someone else in bondage.)

Bonus Prompt: Write a One-Page Testimony

Using your reflections above, write a one-page version of your testimony. Use this structure below:

Before Christ: What life was like before?

The Turning Point: How did you meet Jesus?

Since you first believed: How has your life been changing?

Encouragement: What would you say to someone still struggling?

Have a blessed rest of your day knowing that polishing up your testimony, along the way, is a great way to measure your progress!