You've already identified the components of your story; to review, they are:

• A character

• Who wants something

• But can’t have it because of an obstacle

• And has already attempted on their own

• Meets a guide (Jesus or perhaps someone Jesus sent) that helped the character overcome the obstacle, by giving them a plan

• And calls them to action

• To avoid failure and experience success

• And experience transformation

We’re going to add another component to this story: the hook.

Think about the stakes of the story -what’s the failure you’re trying to avoid? Why does the character want the thing they desire? What’s the part of your story that will make people most curious or interested? That’s your hook.

Try to write each component in a single sentence so that you can boil it down to the essentials.

Now we’re going to represent this story in a series of images – and no worries, you don’t need to be a graphic designer! We’ve prepared a template for you at canva.com; all you need to do is plug in the information.

• Open up the template and on each slide, replace the text with components of your story.

• When you’re finished, click “Download” in the top right to save your images to your computer

Post your carousel to a safe environment — click here for an invitation to the One Journey private Facebook group and/or click here for an invitation to the private Discord server — for feedback and encouragement. It’s also a great way to conquer nerves!

Feel free to make any revisions you might need and post more versions to the group until you’ve got it exactly the way you want it.

Now share your story — you can post it to social media, a blog, email it to someone, or print it out and mail it! Your story is going to change lives!