“I asked of God, ‘Why did He help me time and time again? Since He knew everything, He must know that when He helped me, I would simply reject Him and go on my way again - so why help an impenitent sinner?’ I heard a voice in my heart say that day, ‘Because I love you.’”
Read More“…Scars that are visible are signs that healing has taken place in a site of previous injury. Beyond the physical scars I had were the emotional and psychological effects of the accident that I had to work through. But all the while, God was slowly and gently working in me…I had and have a God who healed and heals both body and mind.”
Read More“During the sessions, my previous perception of reality was destroyed…God showed me how unrighteous and undeserving of grace I was, and how I truly needed Jesus to save me from God’s well-deserved wrath...For the first time in my life, I experienced the most complete, profound, and selfless love of God.”
Read More“Expecting the sermon to be the same, thinking about the kids I needed to pick up afterwards, how long it may take etc. But the Word of God that was read cut deep into my heart that day and quieted me. Here I was, cheeky and expecting to be ‘entertained’, critical of the music, the pastor, the church and whatever. But then the King came to me.”
Read More“One morning when reading Romans 8, I was unable to hold in my emotions. I went back to my car and began to cry uncontrollably. I saw how sinful a life I had been living and was overcome by the fact that Jesus had suffered and had been nailed to the cross for MY sins. Jesus had taken the punishment that I deserved. And all because of God’s immeasurable love and mercy.”
Read More“And finally with [the book of] Ruth, I read the first few passages of the bible in my life…As I read more and got to know more about Jesus, a sense of relief started to build in me. I can get that second chance, my sins can be forgiven, my prayers can be heard! I wanted, needed, must receive Christ into my life.”
Read More“I earnestly believed like I never had before at that point that the God of the Bible existed, that all the things my mother said and prayed about Jesus caring more for me than anyone else were true, and that he was a true friend and could help me in some way. God rescued me.”
Read More“The Christian girls in my school…They prayed for me, even when I least deserved prayer. They shared the gospel with me. God was working, slowly but surely. He made me realise that I was not in control of anything, and things happened truly by His grace, and not by our own strength.”
Read More“I thought I knew Christ…I knew what He wants me to do but somehow it felt like He was just someone I needed to please, someone I needed to say sorry to…when I did something right, He should give me this and that…. Around the time I started working, a colleague shared the gospel with me on two occasions and… the second time it really hit home.”
Read More“I struggled with the notion of me being a sinner, I reckoned I was quite a good person, not that bad. But God had more to say...As I kneeled in the presence of the Lord, all the scenes of how I have sinned against God, where have I fallen short since young was shown clearly to me.”
Read More“I was a sinner like everyone else, and I needed to follow Jesus as my Lord and saviour. God opened my eyes to see that my salvation was not tied to the circumstances I was brought up in or the actions that I took, like attending church regularly or serving on the worship team.”
Read More"I had completely missed the point of the Gospel.... It wasn't about.... prosperity or blessings on earth. Instead of praising God for His finished work on the cross, I had been attempting to make use of Him to satisfy the sinful desires of my earthly life."
Read More“I regarded God as an ever-helpful therapist who would accede to my requests for good grades and a smooth life. It took a long time for the gospel to really sink in, and for me to start experiencing a heart transformation. When it did though, I really rejoiced and gave thanks to God for His lavish grace in saving me.”
Read More“I realised that I never repented of my sins, never loved God and never really believed. God could have chosen to leave me in my sins unto destruction…But he chose to grant me repentance and faith and there He saved me, not because I have merit, because I have none, but because while I was still a sinner, Christ, who is full of mercy, died for me.”
Read More“That day I felt God say He loves me. That day God told me that of course he knows my needs, and He knows that I am in pain. He even cares for the flowers and the birds so how can He not know. I still do not know why what happened had to happen but it was not important anymore. What was important is that God did not forsake me.“
Read More“I realised that I had to return my gaze to the cross and on what God has done. I had to resume what was more important – building my relationship with God and finding my fulfilment in Him. It was liberating to have a fresh appreciation of Jesus’ saving act and God’s faithfulness.”
Read More“But as the months passed, God began to show me the truths in His Word. Slowly, God fanned the embers in my heart, and I began to want to read the Bible seriously. I looked forward to Bible study!”
Read More“I was overall a pretty good student, going to church almost every Sunday, hardly asleep during sermons but of course, I did all these without the right intentions. In my mind, though I was hardly conscious of it, I had equated being a Christian to being an overall nice-ish person, and therefore, I guess, doing “good works”. Little did I know that such an outlook means taking God out of the equation.”
Read More“That evening, God used him to reshape everything I thought I knew about God and the Bible. He asked questions such as, “How do you know you’re saved?” and “Why do you want to get married anyway?” Through these questions and his follow-up, God opened my eyes to see the glory of Christ. I actually wanted to pray.”
Read More“Growing up, I was taught to work for exemplary results, money, and respect from others. But at a young age, I had a keen sense of pain and suffering happening elsewhere in the world. Somehow, I felt there had to be more to life. But I didn't know what it was.”
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