1. Week 3:
The Power of Story

2. Week 3: The Power of Story | Word Association Game
MONA

3. Week 3: The Power of Story | Word Association Game
SUPER BOWL

4. Week 3: The Power of Story | Word Association Game
VACATION

5. Week 3: The Power of Story | Word Association Game
Happy

6. Week 3: The Power of Story | Word Association Game
KIEFER

8. Week 3: The Power of Story | Word Association Game
PRESIDENT

9. Week 3: The Power of Story | Word Association Game
BORN-AGAIN
CHRISTIAN

10. Week 3:
The Power of Story

11. Week 3: The Power of Story | Ready to Communicate?
Ready to communicate like a
walk-across-the-room person?
Realize that…
Meaningful
Light-giving
Healing
Knowledgeable
Grace-filled
Abundant
Humble
Stories—and the words used to tell them—are powerful!

12. Week 3: The Power of Story | Quick Review
• Develop friendships
• Discover stories
• Discern next steps

13. Week 3: The Power of Story | Quick Review
People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care
Quick Review!
• Develop friendships
• Discover stories
• Discern next steps

14. Week 3: The Power of Story | Quick Review
But what’s next?

15. Week 3: The Power of Story | Ready to Communicate?
Ready to communicate like a
walk-across-the-room person?
Realize that…
Stories—and the words used to tell them—are powerful!
God has a story… learn to tell it well!

16. Week 3: The Power of Story | God’s Story
There is a great chasm between People & God because we all want to “go our own way”.
(Isaiah 53:6)

17. Week 3: The Power of Story | God’s Story
The best of our bridges always fall short…
(Romans 3:23; Isaiah 64:6)

18. Week 3: The Power of Story | God’s Story
“I tell you the truth, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.”
—John 5:24, NIV

19. Week 3: The Power of Story | Everybody has a story!
Ready to communicate like a
walk-across-the-room person?
Realize that…
Stories—and the words used to tell them—are powerful!
God has a story…learn to tell it well!
YOU have a story… learn to tell it well!

20. Week 3: The Power of Story | Everybody has a story!
Dramatic
Non-Dramatic
Leper
Tax Collector
Apostle Matthew
Woman caught in adultery
Apostle Paul
Blind man
Mary Magdalene
Apostle Peter
Apostle John
Apostle James
James, brother of Jesus
Apostle Phillip
Apostle Thomas
Apostle Barnabas
Mary, mother of Jesus
Johanna
The other Mary
Everyone has a story!

21. Week 3: The Power of Story | Simple Steps We Can All Take
Before
After
Write Your Story…

22. Week 3: The Power of Story | Simple Steps We Can All Take
Before
After
Striving
Write Your Story…

23. Week 3: The Power of Story | Simple Steps We Can All Take
Before
After
Striving
Grateful
Write Your Story…

24. Week 3: The Power of Story | Simple Steps We Can All Take
Before
After
Striving
Grateful
Self-Destructive
Write Your Story…

25. Week 3: The Power of Story | Simple Steps We Can All Take
Before
After
Striving
Grateful
Self-Destructive
Healthy
Write Your Story…

26. Week 3: The Power of Story | Simple Steps We Can All Take
Before
After
Striving
Grateful
Self-Destructive
Healthy
Guilty
Write Your Story…

27. Week 3: The Power of Story | Simple Steps We Can All Take
Before
After
Striving
Grateful
Self-Destructive
Healthy
Guilty
Liberated
Write Your Story…

28. Week 3: The Power of Story | Simple Steps We Can All Take
Before
After
Striving
Grateful
Self-Destructive
Healthy
Guilty
Liberated
Fear-stricken
Write Your Story…

29. Week 3: The Power of Story | Simple Steps We Can All Take
Before
After
Striving
Grateful
Self-Destructive
Healthy
Guilty
Liberated
Fear-stricken
Confident
Write Your Story…

30. Week 3: The Power of Story | Simple Steps We Can All Take
Before
After
Striving
Grateful
Self-Destructive
Healthy
Guilty
Liberated
Fear-stricken
Confident
Despairing
Write Your Story…

31. Week 3: The Power of Story | Simple Steps We Can All Take
Before
After
Striving
Grateful
Self-Destructive
Healthy
Guilty
Liberated
Fear-stricken
Confident
Despairing
Hopeful
Write Your Story…

32. Week 3: The Power of Story | Simple Steps We Can All Take
The Big Question:
Why do you believe in Jesus Christ? Why are you so committed to following His ways?
Write Your Story…

33. Week 3: The Power of Story | Simple Tips for Your Story
Things to Avoid:
Weird God Stories
Long-Windedness
Fuzziness
Religionese/Religious Jargon
Superiority

34. Week 3: The Power of Story | Let’s Hear Your Story!
Let Us Hear from You!
Send your 100-word before-and-after faith story to by Friday, November 20!
Remember: keep it brief, humble, easy to understand… and real!

35. Week 3:
The Power of Story