Share God's Story through Your Story

Posted by: Patrick Nugent, Business Development Associate | Monday, March 24th, 2025 (12:00am)

They triumphed over him  by the blood of the Lamb  and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. — Rev 12:11

In this verse, the “him” they triumph over is Satan. The accuser and adversary of God. No matter how you read Revelation, evil is conquered. In the end God wins!  Praise God that He has revealed this truth to us. But, what jumps out to me when I read this passage is that two things triumphed over him. 1) The blood of the lamb, and 2) The word of their testimony. 

The blood of Jesus, the lamb, has already been shed. Shed for me, shed for you, shed for all of us. God is so good that He sent his one and only son to die on the cross for us. To conquer evil and to bring us back into His presence. But, what's that second part?

The word of their testimony? Whose testimony? 

If you look back at verse 10 for context, you’ll read that “their” refers to “our brothers and sisters.” Wait, doesn’t that mean all of us? Aren’t we all brothers and sisters in Christ? So, whose testimony triumphs over evil? Ours. 

All of ours. 

Including mine.

I surrendered my heart to Jesus in the summer of 2019. My alcohol addiction had ruined most of the relationships in my life including my first marriage. It was threatening to destroy my second before it could even get off the ground. My kids feared which version of Dad was going to come home from work on any given day. Would it be the angry drunk who yelled so loud the windows rattled, or would it be the dry, can’t wait for my next drink, anxiety riddled dad that was so high- strung and demanding of perfection they couldn’t possibly please me?

I pushed everyone away, refused to acknowledge my shortcomings, and truly believed the lie that everyone else was standing in the way of my real happiness. 

Then in June of 2019, I drank so much it nearly killed me. 

Laying on my bathroom floor, I prayed. For the first time in my life, I prayed. I prayed I wouldn’t die there. I prayed that something would change. 

God answered that prayer. And He changed everything. 

Nearly six years later, I am sober, and my wife and kids see the change in me. I feel the change in me, and God is still at work in me so that he can work through me. I serve in my church. I am working toward becoming ordained as a pastor. I have put Jesus on the throne as King. 

How about you? What's your testimony? 

It’s likely that your story is not exactly like mine. Maybe you were five years old when your parents led you to Christ and you have been walking with him your whole life. Maybe you didn’t have a life-changing, aha! moment that stopped you in your tracks. Maybe it feels like your story wouldn’t be enough to move the hearts of others. But those are just lies from the enemy to keep you quiet, because every testimony of salvation is important and can reveal how God has kept you, loved you, and held you. My story may reach one person while yours resonates with someone else. It is God that does that work of transforming hearts, all He asks of us is to be faithful in the sharing. So share your story today, because God will put someone in your path who needs to hear it.