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My life before Jesus
I was born into a Muslim family and although we
believed in Jesus, we never believed he was God
or crucified/resurrected for our sins. Before I
accepted Jesus as Lord and Saviour, I was very
confident and was a really shy person due to high
anxiety. I struggled to make friends and was always
having negative thoughts as I could never fit in.
Throughout my life I always wondered what the
meaning of life was. I started looking around to
find hope, but found no satisfactory answers so I
became an atheist as I felt that my prayers were not
being answered, especially when my prayers didn’t
help my late father get better from his really bad
illness.
How did I hear about the Gospel of
Jesus?
I first heard about the name ‘Jesus’ through primary
school but I didn’t really learn much about Him and
the Bible until I went to a very religious catholic
school. Here I had my first experience of Church
and the Christian faith.
However, here I experienced
further doubt about religion which
resulted in my becoming an atheist.
At this point I used to study religion to
disprove Christianity and God. When I started
University, it all changed. I kept seeing this man for
a year everywhere I looked when no one else could.
I thought I was going crazy. He kept referencing
the Bible, which is when I discovered this man was
Jesus. After these experience I decided to go to a
Church to find answers and over the summer of
2014 I started talking to a local pastor back home
and started going to Church for a few weeks before
I gave my life to Christ.
When I received Jesus
When I decided to go to Church and gave my life
to Jesus, I suddenly felt a burst of energy flowing
through my body. I started looking at the world
a lot more and noticed beauty in the world. All I
could think about was Jesus and I started feeling
positive every time I did. Although I struggled to
admit Jesus as my Lord and Saviour initially as my
family wouldn’t be happy with my decision, my
heart was pounding when I prayed to accept Jesus
into my life with a couple of friends at the back of
a bookshop.
How has my life changed because of
Jesus? What is my outlook now?
After accepting Christ I feel much more confident
than I did before. I have been blessed with many
relevant people in my life who have been helping
me with issues I have been facing. I have not been
experiencing as much low anxiety and suicidal
feelings as I used to. I feel a new hope and fulfilment
in life and I now know that if I come across a
problem, I leave it to God and Christ and often
the right people will come into my life at the right
time. In other words, a lot of moments happened
in my life in the past 2 years that people would pass
of as coincidences, which I believe to be answered
prayers in Jesus’ name. p
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