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Will You Tweet Your Testimony on Twitter?

Posted by Diane in Various Essays for Homeschool Parents on December 22nd, 2008

Can you describe your Christian testimony (in general or about your homeschool journey) in under 140 words? Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows messages known as tweets, which are posts of up to 140 characters in length.   Robin Sampson, author of the Heart of Wisdom homeschool blog, has this terrific idea:  spark a testimony fire. She’s asking all Christians to add a Twitter Testimony Tweet: (TTT).

The power of this idea has to do with the number of twitter friends you have. For instance, I’ve got over 300 people following me on twitter, so that means that when I posted my TTT, every one of them saw my testimony of Jesus’ goodness!  Not all of my twitter friends are homeschool Christians, so I’m praying that the Lord touches them and draws them to Him.  Here’s my testimony tweet:

TTT B4: Alcoholic dad (I’m wounded); child dies (I’m broken)
AFTER: “Help me, Jesus” (I’m healed) – sweet relief
http://tinyurl.com/tweettt

Here is Robin’s testimony tweet:

TTT: B4: Abandoned, rejected, unloved full of anger
AFTER: Joyfully, dwelling in an intimate relationship with Jesus
http://tinyurl.com/tweettt

Robin got the idea after watching this powerful video where people in a church stood in front of their congregation with their cardboard testimony:

 

Will you tweet your Christian testimony on twitter?  When you are finished watching the video:

1. Wipe the tears from your eyes.
2. Write your Christian testimony below in the comments (remember 140 characters max).
3. If you have not joined twitter, you can now. It’s free ( or if you prefer, I can add your tweet for you).
4. Tweet your Twitter Testimony! Start the line with TTT and end with http://tinyurl.com/tweettt
5. Retweet this line: Christians: Tweet Your Twitter Testimony Tweet (TTT).  Please retweet and pray. http://tinyurl.com/tweettt
6. Blog about TTT to get others involved.
7. Email this link to a homeschool Christian friend so that she can also tweet her testimony on twitter.

May our Lord Jesus be exalted through your tweet, and may the Christian testimony idea go viral!  And if you want to follow me on twitter, just click on the little bluebird below.

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