Why you should share your testimony before it’s finished
By 
Emma Hide2025-06-10T07:13:00
Don’t wait until healing comes or God answers your prayer to share your story, says Emma Hide. There’s profound power in honest stories of choosing trust, faith, and hope while still in the struggle
God used a WhatsApp group to shift my mindset about Christian testimonies.
He’s shown me the power of sharing not only the big, miraculous happy-ever-after stories that we’re accustomed to hearing in church, but also the honest, unfinished ones.
Let me explain…
Related articles
-
OpinionWhy I can’t rush to Christian words of hope after the Texas floods
Jeff Lucas has been shocked by the response from some Christians online to the tragedy of the Texas floods. Perhaps, before rushing towards the hope of resurrection, we might first make space for tears and questions
-
ReviewsLamorna Ash spent a year searching for God. Did she find what she was looking for?
What draws Gen Z to Christianity and what might they find there? In Don’t Forget We’re Here Forever, Lamorna Ash explores faith with honesty, depth and a storyteller’s eye, offering an intriguing glimpse into a generation’s spiritual searching, says Derek Walker
-
InterviewsSimon Thomas: Grief, unanswered prayer and life after death
When his wife died just three days after being diagnosed with leukaemia, Simon Thomas had to tell the couple’s eight-year-old son. Here, he reflects on how the reassurance that death is not the end has enabled him to endure the hardest of trials
More from Opinion
-
Opinion3 Christian poets who are cutting through with messages of hope
Once filled angry debates and apocalyptic readings of current events, a shift in his social media algorithm introduced Tommy Sharpe to three Christian poets offering something different online. Here, he shares their words of faith, speaking powerfully into Britain’s current moment of division and uncertainty
-
OpinionWhen Noelia Castillo asked to die, the state said yes. The Church must proclaim hope in a culture of despair
Noelia Castillo Ramos endured a young life marked by suffering. A victim of sexual assault and left disabled after a suicide attempt, she was offered a state-sanctioned death as the solution. As the UK continues to face similar legislation, Lois McLatchie Miller warns where this logic leads - and why the Church must speak clearly
-
OpinionApril Fools’ Day 2026: The 6 best jokes we’ve seen
On this April Fools’ Day, we bring you the funniest practical jokes, hoaxes and pranks from across the Christian side of the internet
- Issues
- Topics A-Z
- Writers A-Z
- © 2026 Premier Christianity
Site powered by Webvision Cloud