Personal preparation is the key to becoming a successful witness. The first step is to be sure that you yourself are a Christian. Commit your entire person —your intellect, your emotions, your will—to him and receive the gift of God’s love and forgiveness through the Lord Jesus Christ. The second step is to be sure there is no unconfessed sin in your life. If some sinful attitude or action is hindering your fellowship with God, he cannot live through you, and you will not be a joyful Christian or a fruitful witness for Christ. The third step is to be filled with the Holy Spirit. To be fruitful in your witness for Christ, you must appropriate by faith the fullness of God’s Spirit. Invite the Holy Spirit to control and empower you—to enable you to live a holy, godly life by faith and to make you a fruitful witness for him. The fourth step is to be prepared to communicate your faith in Christ. Keeping Christ on the throne of your life as the Lord of your heart is the best preparation for communicating your faith. Carefully study the eighth chapter of Acts. List the qualifications for witnessing. Ask the Holy Spirit to make these qualities real in your own life.