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David (Germany)

David (Germany)

  • October 16, 2020
  • AMBITIONS AND DESIRESDeath of motherDeath of someoneDepressionDepressionLife purposeMotherMother, deathPurpose of lifeUncategorized
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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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Steven (USA)

Steven (USA)

  • March 3, 2020
  • AMBITIONS AND DESIRESChristian upbringingChristian upbringing, reject itFind GodGod's identityIs Jesus God?New Age SpiritualityUncategorized
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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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Paul (Scotland)

Paul (Scotland)

  • February 26, 2020
  • Alcohol abuseAlcohol abuseAlcohol abuse, addictionAlcohol abuse, addictionDrug abuseDrug abuseDrug abuse, addictionDrug abuse, addictionDrug abuse, cocaineDrug abuse, cocaineForgiven by GodGod and meHopelessnessSinSin, forgiveness
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Meet Paul

Paul, from an economically deprived area of Scotland, shares how he went from being a “hopeless” drug and alcohol addict to a lover of Jesus and trainee church planter.

Paul grew up in a housing scheme with many social problems. At the time of high-school he started dabbling in alcohol and drugs. This spiraled out of control in Paul’s adult years as he became a cocaine user and an addict to alcohol and drugs.

Paul describes how he hit rock bottom, becoming nothing more than a “shell of a man”. It was then he became a resident of a recovery center and heard the gospel that Jesus died for his sins. Paul was also very struck by the love of the staff for him.

Paul wanted forgiveness for his sins and the chance to start over. He repented of his sins and trusted in Jesus as his Lord and Savior. God radically changed Paul and the direction of his life. He is no longer an addict and instead is training to be a church planter so he can bring the good news of Jesus Christ to other people living in tough housing schemes in Edinburgh.

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Paul’s story was produced by 20Schemes, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

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Ellie (USA)

Ellie (USA)

  • December 3, 2019
  • AffairAffairAffair, multipleAffair, multipleSexual lifeSexual life, addictionSinSin, trapped by itUncategorized
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Meet Ellie

Singer and actress Ellie Ellsworth tells her story of being trapped in a life of promiscuity until she professed her belief in Jesus. Jesus set her free from her addiction to sex.

Ellie didn’t hear the gospel growing up. She talks about how she got into her first sexual relationship before marriage. She got married and ended up having an affair. Ellie continued down a path of promiscuity and adultery following her second marriage. She tried many means of help to overcome this addiction to sex.

Someone she dated invited her to a gospel-preaching church. She attended there for a couple of years. A lady challenged Ellie on what she believed – Ellie said she believed Jesus died for her sins.

Ellie emotionally describes the radical change Jesus brought about in her life just months after professing her belief in Him. She was set free from her need for men. Ellie reads some of John chp 4 about the Samaritan woman and explains how Jesus has used that story to reach her heart.

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Ellie’s story was produced by Redeemer Churches and Ministries, New York, USA.

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Joseph (USA)

Joseph (USA)

  • November 12, 2019
  • God's characterGod's graceMormonismThe Gospel (God's message to the world)The Gospel, confusion about it
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Meet Joseph

Joseph tells his story of growing up as a Mormon and priding himself on his religious deeds, but the Bible showed him he needed Jesus’ righteousness, freely available to him by believing in Jesus’ substitutionary death.

Joseph grew up in a Mormon home and took his religion very seriously. A former Mormon challenged Joseph while he was on missions to start over with the Bible and read it like a child.

Joseph shares how God opened his eyes while he read through the Bible. He came to understand that no-one can come to God and be saved by their religious deeds. Joseph repented of his self-righteousness and works, and trusted solely in God’s grace and Jesus’ death on the cross to pay the price for his sins.

Since becoming a Christian, Joseph has experienced alienation from his family who are still practicing Mormons. Nevertheless is passionate about helping people caught in religious systems understand the truth of the gospel, the depths of God’s love and the personal relationship on offer with Jesus Christ.

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Joseph’s story was produced by Adam’s Road Ministries, Winter Garden, Florida, USA.

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Joni (USA)

Joni (USA)

  • November 6, 2019
  • AccidentAsking God whyCopingCopingCoping with physical sufferingCoping with sufferingDisabilityFreak accidentGod and mePhysical sufferingPhysical suffering, copingQuadriplegic
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Meet Joni

Joni talks about life with Jesus after a freak accident that left her quadriplegic.

Joni was a very athletic kid. She heard the gospel as a girl, and knew she couldn’t make it to heaven by her own efforts. So she received Jesus as her Lord and Savior.

Before going off to college, Joni prayed for God to help her live a life pleasing to Him. Soon after, she was involved in a horrendous diving accident. Her sister saved her life, but Joni’s spinal cord was snapped. Joni became quadriplegic.

Joni cried out to God in confusion and pain, asking Him why He had allowed the injury to happen. Through scripture, God gave Joni a new way of looking at her accident, and she realized that God may allow things to happen to her body, but that He would never harm her soul.

Joni describes her minute-to-minute dependence on God in order to live life in a quadraplegic body. She says there is nothing like the intimate union she has with Jesus: the “hell” of her suffering pales in comparison to the ecstasy of her relationship with Jesus.

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This story was produced by Joni and Friends, Agoura Hills, California, USA.

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Petra (Czech Republic)

Petra (Czech Republic)

  • October 31, 2019
  • Death of motherDeath of someoneGod and meJesusJesus, a relationship with HimLIFE EVENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCESMotherMother, deathMother, illnessRELATIONSHIPS AND ROLESSkeptical about GodUncategorized
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Meet Petra

Petra talks about her devastation when her mother died. She had called out to God to help, but when nothing happened, she thought about God no more. In her grief, she met some Christian friends and she was very drawn to their kindness. Over time, she realized that it was the love of God in them. At a Christian event, God allowed Petra to see Him clearly for the first time. She believed that Jesus died on the cross on her behalf. She delights in the personal relationship she has with Jesus, and He provides comfort and rest for Petra when she thinks about the loss of her mother.

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Petra’s story was produced by Moving Works, Austin, Texas, USA. 

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Amir (Israel)

Amir (Israel)

  • October 26, 2019
  • Find GodGod's identityHopelessnessIs Jesus God?JudaismSuicidalUncategorized
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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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Marty (USA)

Marty (USA)

  • October 26, 2019
  • ChristiansChristians, dislike or hostilityFind GodGod's identityIs Jesus God?JudaismUncategorized
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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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Iranian Jewish Man (Iran)

Iranian Jewish Man (Iran)

  • October 26, 2019
  • Find GodGod's identityIs Jesus God?JudaismMy Christian lifeMy Christian life, ashamedSonSon, illnessUncategorized
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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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