Hello, good morning, dear church planters; brothers and sisters!
I greet you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is
your servant, Pastor Douti Claude VCP director. This morning, I would like to
speak to you on the topic "Telling Bible Stories". As You know, the
Bible is a collection of stories. Many God’s stories concern God and men. For a
better understanding of what I am going to say and to be effective in telling
God’s stories, you can read "train and Multiply" term 1, on
page 65-02 to page 65-38.
You will have all the
information on how to tell God’s stories But briefly, I would like to tell you
that Jesus Christ, who came as the Son of God, himself told God’s stories and
he encouraged us to do so, to tell the stories of God. In Matthew 28, verses 19
and 20, Mark 16, verse 15, Jesus encourages us to go and preach the good news
to all creation. He talks about going and making disciples of all nations in
Matthew. And clearly, it is Bible stories we must tell people. So who should
tell God's story? It is we, as disciples of Jesus Christ. And to whom should we
tell it to? It is to the creation, to everybody that God has created: to every
human being who is on this earth, everybody should hear the word of God that
Jesus Christ called the Good News, the gospel. So, dear brothers and sisters, I
would like to encourage you to read more of this book and see the instructions
on how to tell a story and why to tell God's stories, the Bible stories.
As You know, in our societies, people love to listen to
stories. And you know that God's stories seem to be harmless stories, they
don't attack anyone, they don't criticize others. And sometimes God's stories
are funny, but they are also cautious. And they are sweet to listen to. We have
to know how to present them to others. We have to know how to present them to
others very briefly, very precisely, very truthfully. So, to keep your promise,
you have to prepare the story, often by using little drawings, things called
storyboard, creating a storyboard, where when you're telling the story, you can
remember the key points, the important parts of the story, so that the story
should be lively, it's true, and it's moving. I encourage you to be very
prepared when you're choosing a story from the Bible. There are many stories in
the Bible, and when you choose that story that you want to tell, be very well
prepared, be specific, and be able to hold your audience so that that story
bears fruit. And to those that you're speaking to, that you may have people who
will listen to you and receive the word of God into their hearts. Dear brothers
and sisters, may the grace of God be upon you, and be multiplied to you. Learn
and practice telling God's stories.
God bless you.
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