Real Stories
Ros Bramhall
Everybody thought I was sorted, but inside I knew that there was nothing in all the good things I had that was really worth devoting my life to. I had this funny sort of deep feeling that I wanted there to be "more to it all". Over a period of about 4 years I became increasingly dissatisfied with my "sorted" life.
I had met lots of Christians through friends; some of them annoyed me with their opinions and apparent judgementalism, with others I became good friends. Something about their lives struck me, they had a purpose, a passion, something they utterly believed in and had given their lives to. I wanted that, but for all the trying in the world I could not seem to understand how one man dying on a cross 2000 years ago had anything to do with me, here and now.
After lots of debates, discussions and fence sitting I had seen enough of the effect that Jesus could have in your life to know that I wanted Him. One night I asked Jesus to show me if he was real. After years of doubt He filled me with joy, the same pure joy that I had felt as a child. Since then I have come to love Him more and more. He is wonderful and living and real. He is worth all my passion and devotion. In many ways my life is the same. I wear the same clothes, have the same friends and enjoy having a laugh, but at its deepest level my soul now knows where to find its food!!!
Sola Idowu
I was born into a Christian family in Abeokuta, Nigeria. My parents were Christians and they loved God so dearly. Their devotion to God and service was something that I wonder about, I knew they had something that I could not explain or understand. I went to church with them every Sunday and I found the experience very boring and irrelevant.
When I was thirteen years old, I began to ask question about who Jesus is and what he stands for. Different people tried to provide answers to my questions but I wanted to find out for myself. I remembered praying with a friend in March 1993 for Jesus to come into my life and reveal who he was to me.
Days after we prayed I felt very different, I became aware of how real God is and how much he loves me. I also discovered that I could have a personal relationship with him through Jesus Christ.
Since the day I committed my life to Jesus, I have been experiencing the power of God in my life. The strong desire for sin in my life was removed and I began to desire to live my life the way God wants it. When I am in difficult situations or in need, I pray to him and he is always there to support and provide for me.
Nicky Smith
My family were totally non-Christian. Although I went to Sunday School occasionally, with a neighbour, I really knew little about Christianity apart from what I learned in RE at school - and that wasn’t much!
When I was 14 I went on a walking holiday with school friends which turned out to be run by Christians. It was the best thing that ever happened to me because for the first time I met people for whom Jesus was a real person and whose lives had been changed by him.
I realised that I had excluded God from my life until that time. I wanted to change right away so that evening in bed I prayed on my own and asked God to forgive me of my past and to make me one of his family. I handed my life over to him and began to find out how he wanted me to live.
This simple step changed my life completely. I had new direction and I started to get to know God. Being a Christian in my teenage years gave me great security. My parents parted company but I grew up knowing that God cared for me and was with me in everything.
Ever since I have been continually amazed by how much he loves me and how I can rely on him in all situations. I have been through several family crises and I can honestly say that God has enabled me to cope. I couldn’t live without him. God is the reason for my existence.
Julian Prior
Hi - my name is Julian. I have been brought up to go to church and my parents took me to a Sunday School every week, from an early age. When I was about 11 years old, my parents separated and my brother and I moved to a small house with my Mum. Although it was a reasonably amicable divorce, it left my Mother devastated. However, we started going to a different church that was full of people who really cared for us and talked about a God who was alive and cared for us too. No one had really talked to me about Jesus as a person before. Gradually I got to hear more and more about the amazing things he did when he was on earth and although he is no longer in human form on earth, he was very much alive in the lives of my new friends at Church. My mother would have always called herself a Christian but had found a new sense of purpose in life and was much happier as a result. I began to realise that this Jesus everyone was talking about wanted to know me as a friend but also as someone who became the number one priority in my life. I looked at the people around me who had given their life to Jesus and I knew that He was the only thing that satisfied their needs, so I decided to become a Christian.
Adele Dodds
I grew up near London in a Church-going family. I always had a belief in God but never believed that he was interested in me, other than watching to see if I was good or bad.
When I was 14, my brother went to University and became a 'born-again' Christian. I noticed the difference in him and began to ask questions, as I did, I discovered there was much more to God than merely going to church.
I began to meet other Christians who all seemed to genuinely love God and even hear him speak to them. They all seemed to relate to God from the heart rather than just as a routine exercise…
One night at church, I heard a preacher explain that Jesus had died for me. That I could never go to heaven or be free of judgement before God unless the things I had done wrong had been paid for, Jesus died a painful death, shedding his blood so that I wouldn't have to undergo the same punishment.
It was as if Jesus was speaking directly to me. My heart melted towards God as I realised his unconditional love for me. A love I had never received from anyone else.
Since giving my life to God (the only natural response), many things have changed. I have grown in my love for God as I have discovered more and more how amazing He is. Challenges have also come, Jesus longs for us to become like him in character - this isn't always easy!
I can truly say however, that it is the most treasured thing to know the love of God and all the challenges are worth it when I consider the fact that now I know that when I die, I am going to heaven to worship and be with him forever.
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