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David (Germany)

Meet David

David literally darkened his world, blocking out any light from entering his apartment. Depressed and grief-stricken from the death of his mother – God entered David’s world – bringing His light, love and life.

David talks about the devastating impact that the death of his mother had on him as a ten year old boy. Filled with sadness and pain, he ran away from home and got involved in crime. He also started taking drugs and was aggressive.

David became obsessed with death and darkened his apartment, refusing to have any light come in. He describes having an epileptic seizure at which point God showed David how much darkness was in his soul. David cried out to God for help.

Thereafter, David started attending a church where the pastor explained why David felt so empty and unfulfilled. David heard the Gospel and believed in the truth that Jesus died for him to take away his sins.

David describes how Jesus has turned his life around. He has joy and purpose. He now lives for Jesus who he describes as his best friend, the one who shows David love every day.

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David’s story was produced by MovingWorks, Austin, Texas, USA.

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Tags: Anger - general, Answers to life, Childhood - traumatic event, Childhood - unhappy, Depression, Drug abuse, Emptiness, Epilepsy, God's love, Infatuation - death, Jesus – a relationship with Him, Jesus – relying on Him, Joy, Life of crime, Loneliness, Mother - death, Purpose of life, Searching for answers, Searching for fulfillment, Seizure, Self-harm, Stealing, Suicidal, The gospel - don't know it

October 16, 2020 0

Steven (USA)

Meet Steven

Steven was a New Age Teacher until his inner thought life became very dark. He ran to Jesus for help and forgiveness. Steven warns people to stop trying to find themselves and turn to Christ.

Steven grew up around Christianity and attended a private Christian school. He became deeply interested in New Age Spirituality. His study and practices of New Age Spirituality were intense. He set up a website teaching about New Age Spirituality and earned a lot of money through it.

Steven talks about how he prospered financially, but that on the inside he was wasting away. He was angry and had psychopathic thoughts. His dark inner life became so overwhelming it broke him.

Steven had also been studying Christian apologetics, and his restlessness about Jesus finally ended when he saw his own brokenness and need for repentance. He turned to Jesus and trusted in Him as Lord and Savior. He has found the wholeness he was searching for.

Steven earnestly warns New Agers to stop playing “Russian Roulette” and to believe on Jesus for eternal life.

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Steven’s story was produced by Anchored North, Anaheim Hills, California, USA.

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Tags: Anger - general, Business - success, Christian upbringing - reject it, Christianity - apologetics, Christianity - curiosity, Feeling like a failure, Jesus - is He God?, Lucid dreaming, Meditation, New Age Spirituality, Purpose of life, Relativism, Sin - feeling unclean, Sin - forgiveness, Striving for wealth, Success, Universalism, Violent thoughts, Wealthy life

March 3, 2020 0

Lee Yih (USA)

Meet Lee Yih

Lee Yih shares that he was born as a result of date rape. He struggled with identity and belonging, growing up in Iowa and also in Taiwan. He always wanted to fit in. He heard about Jesus as a teenager, but later went on to ridicule Jewish college friends who became Christians.

While in the military, stationed in Germany, Lee Yih talks about feeling lost without any sense of direction and meaning. A Christian couple welcomed Lee Yih and his wife. He learned it was possible to have a relationship with Jesus Christ.

Lee Yih describes feeling overwhelmed by God’s love, humbling himself and calling out to God to receive Christ. He describes how Jesus turned his life around and has provided the ultimate sense of joy and fulfillment.

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This story was produced by I Am Second, Franklin, Tennessee, USA.

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Tags: Approval from others, Careers - army, Childhood - emmigration, Childhood - raised by a single parent, Christians - good examples, Christians - ridicule them, Drug abuse, Feeling like an outsider, Fulfillment, God's love, Jesus – a relationship with Him, Lack of direction, Marriage – crisis, Military life, My Christian life - obedience, Pride, Purpose of life, Rape, Sense of belonging, Sense of identity, Shame, Striving for wealth, Success - career

November 5, 2019 0

Amir (Israel)

Meet Amir

Amir grew up in a Jewish home in Israel. His parents divorced and he was placed in foster care. He describes being hopeless and suicidal. Something stopped him from taking his life. The same week he heard Christian prayers in his friend’s home. He wasn’t happy to hear the name of Jesus. But he wrote a note and asked God to show him who this Jesus was. Then Amir watched a film that was released about the life of Jesus. He got to see the prophesies of the Old Testament fulfilled in Jesus Christ. He asked Jesus to be his Messiah. Amir now knows why God didn’t allow him to kill himself that day. He knows that Israel’s only hope is Jesus Christ.

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This story was produced by Anchored North, Anaheim Hills, California, USA.

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Tags: Childhood - fostered, Hopelessness, Jesus - is He God?, Judaism, Parents - divorce, Suicidal

October 26, 2019 0

Marty (USA)

Meet Marty

Marty grew up in the Jewish faith and was very aware of the division and separation between Jews and Gentiles. He talks about a blossoming career in showbusiness. His music partner became a Born-again Christian and started telling Marty about Jesus. He got angry and resentful. He read some of the Bible in order to disprove his friend, only to discover in the book of Mathew that Jesus was Jewish. God continued to draw Marty to Him, through other Christian friends. He reached the point where he surrendered his life and placed his faith in Jesus for the removal of his sins. Marty talks about the privilege of knowing Jesus personally, and how Jesus has removed pride and selfishness from his life.

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This story was produced by One For Israel, Colleyville, Texas, USA.

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Tags: Christians - dislike or hostility, Jesus - hesitating to surrender to Him, Jesus - is He God?, Jesus – a relationship with Him, Judaism, Pride, Selfishness, Spirituality - don't care

October 26, 2019 0

Iranian Jewish Man (Iran)

This Iranian Jewish man first heard Jesus talked about when he went to the US. At the time he was offended but intrigued by people’s faith in Jesus. While reading the Jewish scriptures, God used Isaiah chapter 53 to open his heart that Jesus is the Messiah, the Lamb who was slain for the sins of the world. It brought to mind an experience in his youth where a Rabbi had slaughtered a lamb for the sins of his family. He accepted Jesus as the Messiah but shares how he didn’t tell his family. God used a terrible accident involving his son, to finally openly share his faith in Jesus Christ. He is very grateful to God for saving his son’s life.

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This story was produced by One For Israel, Colleyville, Texas, USA.

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Tags: Approval from others, Family, Jesus, Jesus - is He God?, Jesus' death, Judaism, My Christian life - ashamed, Sexual life - outside marriage, Son - illness, The Bible – curiosity, The gospel (God's message to the world)

October 26, 2019 0

Jimmy (USA)

Meet Jimmy

Jimmy has a background of outstanding intellectual achievement and career success. Yet he says those things all fade compared to knowing Jesus Christ his Savior. Jimmy was brought up in the Jewish faith, yet an encounter with a Christian at College – resulted in Jimmy seeing himself as a sinner for the first time, in need of God’s mercy. Jimmy was brought under massive conviction for using pornography. Jimmy trusted that Jesus shed His blood to secure the forgiveness of his sins.

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This story was produced by One For Israel, Colleyville, Texas, USA.

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Tags: Career - success, Forgiveness, Getting forgiveness, Jesus, Jesus - is He God?, Jesus' death, Judaism, My Christian life - adversity from family, My Christian life - adversity from parents, Pornography use, Sin, Sin - forgiveness, The Bible - lack of knowledge, The gospel (God's message to the world)

October 26, 2019 0

Ryan (USA)

Meet Ryan

Ryan’s party lifestyle got out-of-hand with an alcohol addiction and an arrest for armed robbery. He ended up with 6 months probation. At this time he knew that he needed to turn to God. His long desire for a purpose for his life was realized when he accept Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior.

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This story was produced by Lakeside Fellowship, Polk City, Iowa, USA.

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Tags: Alcohol abuse, Alcohol abuse – addiction, Arrested, Arrested - armed robbery, Arrested - robbery, College - party lifestyle, Death threats, Party lifestyle - high-school, Peace, Purpose of life, Reckless lifestyle, Violence - assault

May 14, 2019 0

Bryan (USA)

Meet Bryan

Bryan describes how he went to church as a kid but never really heard about sin. When he did hear the gospel he was angry and upset because he found it hard to accept he was a sinner. But God drew Bryan to himself and he accepted Jesus’ work to make him right with God. For a while, Bryan wandered from God and he developed an all-consuming hobby collecting toys. God used a house flood as a means to bring Bryan’s focus back to him and give up his idol.

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This story was produced by Lakeside Fellowship, Polk City, Iowa, USA.

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Tags: Idolizing money, Material lifestyle, My Christian life - not living for God, Possessions, Sin - accepting I'm a sinner, Striving for possessions

May 9, 2019 0

Tony (USA)

Meet Tony

Tony grew up in a Christian home. He thought accepting Jesus’ work on the cross was only about getting to heaven. Tony shares that he was prideful and self-righteous in the past in regards to his spirituality, and couldn’t see his own sin. Tony describes how God matured his understanding of what the gospel is, and what the gospel means for living day to day with a heart that truly wants to serve God.