Stories of Change

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Paula (USA)

Meet Paula Paula shares that she struggled with infertility for a long time and she felt anger towards God. After her friend died, Paula longed for certainty that she would go to heaven. While completing a Bible study, Paula learned the truth that she was a sinner and needed to accept Jesus’ work for her

Tags: God - angry with God, Fear of death, Coping with suffering, Certainty of eternal life, Infertility, God - asking God why, God - personal relationship with God, God's love, God's patience, Doing good deeds, Friends - death, Adopt children, My Christian life - I thought I was a Christian, Sin - accepting I'm a sinner

March 14, 2019

Yumiko (Japan)

Meet Yumiko Yumiko describes being very troubled on the inside. She thought she was worthless, she felt very alone and hopeless, and she had suicidal thoughts. Yumiko decided to try going to church. At first, she found it hard to hear that God loved her. Yumiko describes encountering Jesus and learning how He bore her

Tags: Suicidal, Hopelessness, The gospel – don’t know the gospel, Unhappiness, Depression, Anger - general, Anxiety - general, Emotional pain, Low self-esteem, God's love, Loneliness

Takashi and Naoko (Japan)

Meet Takashi and Naoko Takashi grew up in a Christian home but he didn’t know what it meant to have a personal relationship with Jesus. As a married adult, he found it very hard to cope with the responsibilities of life – his job, child, and wife. Takashi shares that his anxiety was so bad

Tags: The Gospel – confusion, Suicidal, Marriage – problems, Anger - general, Anxiety - general, Coping with responsibilities, Low self-esteem, Stress - parenting, Stress - work life, Tender-heartedness, Loneliness, Verbally abusive, Not communicative

March 12, 2019

Yuji (Japan)

Meet Yuji Yuji believed in the truth that Jesus died for his sins the first time he visited a church and heard the gospel. He talks about experiencing a peace, not of this world, when he trusted in Christ. Yuji describes the remarkable way that God used Yuji’s experience of the Tohoku earthquake that hit

Tags: Purpose of life, Jesus – a relationship with Him, Joy, Christian ministry life - pastor, God - personal relationship with God, God's peace, Peace, Earthquake, Traumatic event

Mark (USA)

Meet Mark Mark’s life revolved around his job as school principal. Then he got sick with leukemia. God had placed a man in Mark’s life who was able to pray for him and help him accept Jesus into his life. Mark talks about the instant change in his thinking and desires once he accepted Jesus

Tags: Coping with physical suffering, Cancer - leukemia, Control of life, God's plan for me, Idolizing work, Peace, Work life - over-working, Christians - good examples

Nathan (USA)

Meet Nathan Nathan shares how an older kid sexually abused him while he was very young. He talks about the guilt and shame he felt. Nathan describes that the abuse awakened a curiosity in him – which moved from pornography – to paying for sex – by the time he was a young adult. He

Tags: Secrecy, Suicidal, Hopelessness, Guilt, Shame, Suicide attempt, Pornography use, Sex addiction, Sexual abuse, Approval from others, Sexual life - paying for sex, Christian ministry life - counseling pastor

March 8, 2019

Jenn (USA)

Meet Jenn Jenn had a happy childhood which quickly turned to deep emotional pain when her parents split up during her teens. Jenn entered into a life of parties, prescription drugs and alcohol to cope with life. In order to support her siblings, she became a model for former Playboy photographers. She feared for her

Tags: Fear, Jesus – relying on Him, Alcohol abuse, Coping, Emotional pain, Sexual abuse, Parents - divorce, Controlled by a pimp, Reckless lifestyle, Party lifestyle, Sex working, Drug abuse - prescription drugs, Party lifestyle - high-school, Sex modelling, Traumatic event

Stella (Romania)

Meet Stella Stella is from Communist Romania and grew up in the Greek Orthodox tradition. By her teens, Stella decided that it was impossible for her to reach heaven and that God was angry and punishing her for her sins. Stella moved to the US in her twenties without any family or friends. She began

Tags: God - feeling distant from Him, Heaven, Emptiness, Lost, The Bible, God - feeling God is punishing, God - personal relationship with God, Jesus - is He God?, Peace, Loneliness, Find God, Communist background, Migration, Feeling God is angry, Greek Orthodox, Searching for answers, Spiritual restlessness

Jun and Bernie (Philippines)

Meet Jun and Bernie Jun and Bernie are from the Philippines but went to Australia for employment. They believed they needed to do good things to be saved, and they prayed to Mary. Both Jun and Bernie started to feel restless – that they were not growing in their faith. They heard the gospel and

Tags: The Bible - lack of knowledge, Heaven - being a good person, Catholicism, Certainty of eternal life, Family - closeness, Parenting, Husband - problems because of my Christian faith, Migration

Phil (Australia)

Meet Phil Phil talks about how he was living for himself. He had no interest in spiritual things until a friend encouraged him to read the Bible. Reluctantly, Phil started doing Bible study with his friend. He talks about how scripture made sense to him. Phil believed that salvation comes through grace, and he understood

Tags: The Bible - lack of knowledge, Selfishness, Doing good deeds, The gospel - don't know it, Spirituality - don't care, Jesus' resurrection

March 5, 2019

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