Tell Bible Stories - 90 Days of Prayer & Fasting

 

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 of 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, 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, as it's true, and 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.