So the Elevator Version of my testimony would be what I tell someone while riding in an elevator about my walk with JESUS. The point is, there isn't much time, so the details have got to come out pretty quickly.
The button is pushed.
I was raised in a Christian home. I was deeply loved growing up, but, despite that, I developed sin patterns that haunted me for all of my childhood and most of my adult life. As a result of my sin, I was in constant turmoil. I often felt unloved and incapable of anything good in my life. At times, I had contemplated suicide. I lived in constant fear, and I was a slave to sin. Finally, I repented of my sins (Mark 1:15), confessed JESUS as Lord of my life (Romans 10:9), and finally felt the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:5). Since that day of repentance, God has set me completely free from my besetting sins, and He's freed me to receive his grace, mercy, and love. I'm now a slave to righteousness and my greatest desire is to be with Him and to know Him.
Ding. The elevator door opens. Time's up.
Sunday, August 22, 2010