Do I really need to prepare a testimony just to bare a testimony?
A testimony is not about a topic you need to do or prepare for a research or some study. Testimony is already what you are and the way you live your life.
Another way you share your testimony is through righteous behavior. Your testimony in Jesus Christ isn’t just what you say—it’s who you are. Each time you bear vocal witness or demonstrate through your actions your commitment to follow Jesus Christ, you invite others to “come unto Christ.”
Nourishing and Bearing Your Testimony - By Elder Gary E. Stevenson
From a short clip titled "A Man Without Eloquence" (click on the link to go directly to youtube video)
Additionally, testimony need to be nourished through study and working on it. Simple and brief testimony as long as it was carried by the spirit is always as effective message to the hearts of many.
President Henry B. Eyring lovingly taught us that “feasting on the word of God, heartfelt prayer, and obedience to the Lord’s commandments must be applied evenly and continually for your testimony to grow and prosper.” President Dallin H. Oaks reminded us that to retain our testimony, “we need to partake of the sacrament each week (see D&C 59:9) to qualify for the precious promise that we will ‘always have his Spirit to be with [us]’ (D&C 20:77).” And President Russell M. Nelson kindly counseled recently: “Feed [your testimony] truth. … “… Nourish yourself in the words of ancient and modern prophets. Ask the Lord to teach you how to hear Him better. Spend more time in the temple and in family history work. “… Make your testimony your highest priority.”
Lastly, I would like to add this quote from Harold B. Lee
Testimony is as elusive as a moonbeam; it's as fragile as an orchid; you have to recapture it every morning of your life. You have to hold on by study, and by faith, and by prayer. If you allow yourself to be angry, if you allow yourself to get into the wrong kind of company, you listen to the wrong kind of stories, you are studying the wrong kind of subjects, you are engaging in sinful practices, there is nothing that will be more deadening as to take away the Spirit of the Lord from you until it will be as though you had walked from a lighted room when you go out of this building, as though you had gone out into a darkness. - Harold B. Lee
- Jerry N. Bustillo
