Retrace Your Steps

Main message: The sermon urges believers to be witnesses of Jesus’ goodness rather than letting their trauma, worry, or survival stories dominate their testimony. It says we need to look back and examine how God has already shown up in our lives so we can trust him in the present.

Key points:

• Witnessing is about testifying to who Jesus is and what he has done.
• People often speak more about trauma, worry, doubt, and fear than about God’s miracles.
• Because some have spent so much time surviving, they may have missed how God helped them.
• Looking back at God’s past faithfulness strengthens confidence in his present help.
• “Doing an autopsy on the survival” means reflecting on hard seasons to see where God showed up.

Scriptures mentioned: none