This is the testimony of a Malaysian/Indian woman called Fatima living in Singapore coming from a Islamic priesthood heritage. Her great grandfather, grandfather, father were all Imams. Her brother is now an Iman too. Her younger brother finally was of age and her responsability demands dropped and she wanted to travel the world.
But then Fatima developed Osteoporosis, Rhumathoid Arthritis and Leukemia at a young age in her 30s. As a Muslim, she would just take the fact, accept and die. She knew she couldn't come close to Allah. It was hard to accept this death sentence.
For some reason, she started thinking of an Anglican lady she had met before. The Anglican lady always included God in her talk. That annoyed her, but yet she respected her a lot. Out of nowhere, she very unusually started thinking of her. But they hadn't talked for years. In the most unexpeced way, the same Anglican lady she was thinking of decided to call her after not talking for a couple of years. They met up.
All Fatima wanted to talk about was how she was diagnosed with multiple illnesses and that she was dying. Fatima asked for prayer and her friend obliged. Her friend said: "Father, your daughter has come home. Please help her to come home completely in every way. In Jesus name, Amen.". Fatima was shocked at the short prayer. She was thinking 'this is not a headache, I'm dying!'
The next morning, she had doctor's appointments. Then they asked her to do tests once more, repeating all the tests in the afternoon. They were shocked at the results. Her scans looked perfect. Fatima hadn't looked at other doctors or taken medicine. Fatima was shocked - the prayers healed her. Fatima was so excited. This is the God that could heal her. But she was still testing this God for 10 days with family members. She remembered she had a Bible and started reading it.
She finally couldn't continue being a Muslim, and decided to follow Jesus. So she talked to God about Paul in Acts 9. She needed to see Jesus like Paul saw Jesus. Suddenly, the room was flooded with light. Then she heard a loud voice quoting John 1:1 - In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. That revealed to her that Jesus was indeed God. She then saw Jesus before her and she was speechless. Jesus reminded her of the time he saved her from suicide as a 12 year old that was going to jump into a flooded building. Jesus reminded her of another time when she wanted to suicide jumping off a building. Fatima went on her knees and accepted Jesus as her Saviour.
When she met her mother, her mother saw a change in her. Her mother took out a knife looking for one of them to die. They struggled and Fatima called on to Jesus. Her mother suddenly fainted. This gave Fatima a chance to pack her belongings and leave. Fatima suffered great persecution because of her Islamic priesthood family background. She lost her family, community, friends and her job, as if declared dead in one day.
Listen to her amazing journey overflowing with miracles from God!
Yalda was born in the 1980s in Afghanistan, when there was strict Islamic control. They crossed the border to Pakistan by foot, for a year and a half. They were afraid even of going to the hospital, so her mother delivered her brother by herself in an apartment. It was a difficult upbringing. They made it to New York, sponsored by a Christian family. They did their best making ends due as translators. They did their best to keep ther Islamic religion.
She followed the mystical Sufi poet Rumi, who dedicated his life to look for God. It is a mystical side of the Persian (iranian/afghani) culture. It never even cross Yalda's mind to leave Islam, because it teaches that if you deny 3 times to come back you would be killed. Yalda was interested in church, but even suggesting to go to church would get her spanked.
When Yalda moved out, she stopped praying and fasting. She got married, but divorced. Then she married again. Yalda never hated God, even though she was raped and had a rough upbringing. She believed God hated her because of all the trauma in her life. Someone even suggested she could die in Jihad, but Yalda didn't think that was the right path (to kill people).
She fell into depression and planned to suicide. But for an unexplained reason, her husband came home early and prevented the unthinkable. For the first time she cursed God. But later felt wrong about it, and apologized to God. She hadn't eat for 3 days, so her husband decided to go to eat. But at the parking lot, her husband asked her to pray to God for a sign. She did it and wanted to go, but suddenly she sees the reflection from something shiny on the floor. She got down and picked up a gold cross. She felt the world stop and light around her. 'I knew it was you, thank you Jesus'. She was in tears. Her husband saw the cross and started to tear. Yalda was seeking God, Jesus answered.
Her friend Erika was a lesbian, but Yalda saw her new page as a follower of Jesus. So Yalda reached out and Erika wanted to share about Jesus with her. She learned to repent from her sins and getting baptized.
Watch her touching testimony here:
This is the story of a former Bengali Suni Muslim, Jahir. Developed fluid Arabic going to the Mosque for 2 hours a day, 6 days a week. He was excelling at reciting competition. Jahir wanted to memorize the Qur'an in order to take his parents to heaven. Jahir was so devoted that even his own parents asked him to scale back in his Qur'anic reading, in favor of career studies.
When he was in university, Jahir started to meet other Muslims from other countries. On the night of Eid, Jahir wanted to celebrate with his new Muslim friends, thinking they would go to watch a movie. His friends took him to the doors of a strip club. He was shocked by the immorality of his friends and left them, desiring purity for his Allah at the time. Jahir lived a life proselytizing Islam.
Jahir started to get attracted to a girl. One thing led to another and unfortunately he fell into sexual sin. He was regretting the sin, asking for forgiveness, but yet still living in sin.
Jahir was doing a part time job. His Sri Lankan manager left the job and Jahir was very sad. Some time later, they met again. And this ex-manager told him the news that he decided to follow Jesus. Jahir was beyond himself, thinking this man he liked and respected, had been deceived. Jahir was on fire trying to convert him to Islam and asked him to come to his house to show him the Qur'an. The manager agreed to hear Jahir and he shared the gospel with Jahir.
Jahir told him everything about Jesus in the Qur'an's point of view. His ex-manager's question was 'have you sinned?' Jahir was surprised by this angle. Jahir heard that God actually loved him, something he never heard before. The relational God that Jahir heard about was incredible and foreign. Jahir couldn't hear it any more, so he asked him to leave. But afterwards, Jahir thought for himself - 'I don't have what he has.'.
Jahir was then invited to church, a place he never went to. He agreed to go. When he walked in, he felt the presence of God and saw people being healed in the name of Jesus. For some reason, Jahir said the name of Jesus and he had unexplainable tears in his eyes. He was asked to go again. The pastor called for people to accept Jesus, and Jahir looked for the exit instead. Jahir was invited one more time, and he got annoyed and blocked his ex-manager.
A few months later, he saw him walking in front of him. He was invited to a bible study group. He saw a lady with foot problems miraculously healed. Jahir himself had a tooth pain, they prayed for him, and his pain somehow went away. He was invited to another study.
One day his parents found out about the girl. His father left work immediately and confronted him. His father gave him an ultimatum. Jahir had nowhere to go. His Muslim friends offered him no help. Then he called his Christian friend who offered to pray for him. Jahir then asked God to give him a dream and help him. And he got it. Jahir asked for help as he was paralyzed. Then he heard 'Your family will forsake you, but I will never do. I am Jesus.'. He then woke up from the dream and was completely blind. Suddenly a supernatural power came and opened his eyes. He was suddenly able to see. He finally gave his life to Jesus. All the demons telling him he would go to hell left him. He was new and born again.
Listen to his amazing testimony here (1.5 hour long)
Eddie Swieson was born in the Dutch East Indies (islands off the coast of southeast asia in the indian/pacific ocean). He was not likely to make it as an infant child. His parents had given up hope and wrapped him in cloths and left in the kitchen floor. That night his then childless aunt came to visit and noticed something that sounded like a little kitten struggling to get out. Her aunt found Eddie and rushed him to the nearest clinic. A doctor that just arrived from the Netherlands had just arrived and promised that as a his first ever patient, he will not let Eddie die. After 100 days at the clinic, his aunt was allowed to take him home.
Eddie's grandmother (mother of the aunt that adopted him), had a severe illness that put her in a coma. Eddie's grandfather had given up hope and was preparing for Buddhist funeral arrangements. But one of Eddie's uncle told his classmate he would likely not attend because of his ailing mother. This prompted the classmate to ask for his church elder to go to pray for Eddie's grandmother to be restored by Jesus. It was then that his grandmother later woke up, saying 'did you see the man wearing a beautiful white robe?'. She was fully restored. Eddie's grandfather became a Christian and built 3 churches. His aunt believed in Jesus after the healing as well.
One day, Eddie was meditating upon Jesus' miracles. He saw a vision, not a dream nor a hallucination. A man robbed in white told him to follow Him. Eddie decided to attend Bible college following highschool. Eddie met his wife and graduated with a divinity degree. Eddie served the Lord in several countries since then.
Watch Eddie's amazing testimony here!
Yasuko is from Japan and grew up in a family with a Buddhist family that worshipped ancestors and many other gods. Yasuko was introduced to the Bible. She wanted to accept Jesus as a god, but not as the only true God. When she understood the exclusivity of Jesus, she agreed to be led in prayer to accept Jesus into her heart. Immediately as she prayed, she had a vision of faces of the idols that she worshipped before her. But there was a bright light that was at a distance - the light of Jesus. The friendly idol faces turned demonic and started to scream and started choking Yasuko. During this spiritual fight where Yasuko was becoming unconscious, her friends were praying and fasting to fight against those demons. When Yasuko woke up, she felt relieved.
Her heart was to share the gospel in Japan. Her mother developed pancreatic cancer. And at her last stage, as Yasuko was pouring the love of God over her. Two days before her mother passed away, she finally accepted Jesus. Similarly her 2 grandmothers also accepted Jesus before she passed away. Even her dad accepted Jesus as his Saviour too!
She shares that being the first Christian in your household can be difficult. But through prayer, you can see God do amazing things.
Listen to Yasuko's inspiring story, and how Jesus worked not only through her, but also her whole family!
Speaker's Corner is a historical place in London. People from all over the world living in England go there to share their views and opinions. Unfortunately, that means a lot of people end up shouting at each other when their views differ.
Hear a short 9 minute testimony from this man from Kyrgystan. He grew up as a Sunni Muslim. The words from the Bible John 14:6 and Isaiah 9:6 had great impact in him. Isaiah 9:6 says that a child is born, a son is given who will be called wonderful counsellor, mighty God, everlasting father and prince of peace. And that prophecy was fulfilled with Jesus Christ, who said He is the Way, the Truth and the Life, and that no one can go to the Father except through Him.
He eagerly prayed and asked for the truth. Was Muhammad the last prophet? Was Jesus the Son of God? That's when he got a vision of Jesus, who said "I am your High Priest". From that point on, this man decided to follow Jesus. When he shared his faith to his family, his older brothers took him to the Imam and beat him up. And yet, this man continues to love people because Jesus said in Matthew 5:44 to love your enemies. Even the people at Speaker's Corner calling him a liar, he loves them. This man knows well what is the cost of leaving Islam. He knows what the Qur'an says about apostacy. But he chose the truth because he knows what is true. Enjoy watching his testimony!
Sara starts her story with an arranged marriage as a teenager. The relationship was abusive where her husband justified his actions by their religious beliefs. Sara finally left this man with her daughters to Canada to have a new life.
She got married to a better man in Canada and had a son with him. Yet that relationship didn't end up working and drew her into depression.
Then she had a dream. The dream started with people screaming as they where being tortured by a reptilian creature. Then a bright light figure came that made that disappear. Sara somehow knew it was Jesus, although she had no real knowledge of Jesus. And Jesus, knowing her thoughts, confirmed and said he was Jesus. Then Jesus gave her a hug that made Sara feel a love that was incomparable.
This journey led her to seeing later a miracle where her fever was instantly healed by someone who prayed and told her that Jesus loved her. Sara looked for the Jesus in Islam, but found nothing. Then she researched Jesus from Muslim/Christian debates, and checking the Bible and saw a pattern that Muslim claims where actually dishonest. The truth spoke to her, and ended up accepting Jesus as her Lord and Saviour.
Her own brother disowned her, causing a lot of sadness. She saw video of a street pastor get arrested for telling people that Jesus loved them. She wanted to know the truth, and Jesus gave her a vision. The same light figure appeared again beside her with a light so bright she couldn't even look at it. Was this God? Watch the video and find out!
David is an ex-Muslim, and more than that, a terrorist. His biggest wish was to kill a Jew and go to heaven. There was an emptiness in his heart which he started pursuing.
He became a grandmaster in Kung Fu. That didn't satisfy him. He went deep into Islam, which also didn't satisfy him. He wanted to go to Syria to engage in war, but the door was closed.
Because of his hate of Christians, he went to Sweden with the purpose of learning the Bible in order to use it back against Christians as his personal Jihad. The emptiness finally left David, but in a very unexpected way. David had a dream about Jesus. Jesus told David that he didn't have to die for God because Jesus had already died for him. The person of Jesus Christ changed David from a man full of hatred, to a man full of love.
You can sense David's passion as you hear him speak. Enjoy this short 6 minute testimony and be encouraged that nothing is impossible for God.
Surprising faith talk with the bus driver
Mecca! The man we will call Mohammed shivered with excitement. To think he was really here, at the heart of Islam in Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of the great Prophet whose name he bore--the dream of a lifetime!
Although Mohammed served as an imam (pastor) at his local mosque on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, he had never before made a pilgrimage to Mecca, as all devout Muslims must do at least once. This first hajj in May 1992 fulfilled Mohammeds commitment to the fifth and last pillar of Islam. He went full of expectation that this trip would represent the spiritual climax of his life.
On his first day in Mecca, Mohammed signed up for a bus tour of some outlying holy sites. The next morning he arrived early for one of the many regularly scheduled departures, and he sat right behind the bus driver to get a good view out the front window. He was glad the coach did not fill up and seats nearby remained empty.
The bus shifted into gear and headed down the road toward the city of Medina and the shrines they would visit. In Medina the Prophet Muhammad had established his theocratic state after fleeing a murder plot in Mecca in a.d. 622. With Medina more than two hundred miles north of Mecca, Mohammed had plenty of time to strike up a conversation with the bus driver.
Above the drone of the engine they exchanged chit-chat, using English as a common language.
"Yes, this is my first hajj," Mohammed told the dark-haired driver whose face framed deep, penetrating eyes. "Im from Sumatra, a Malay--one of the largest Muslim people groups in Southeast Asia."
The driver swiveled his head sideways enough to see Mohammed. "You know, you really shouldnt have spent all your money coming here."
Mohammed figured he had misunderstood. He leaned forward to catch the drivers words. "Excuse me?"
"Coming here on pilgrimage is really a waste of money," the driver repeated unmistakably. "All the rituals seeking to get into Allahs good graces--when you stop to think about it, Islam is full of hypocrisies."
Stunned, Mohammed could only listen as the man went on to point out issues he had never considered. For over an hour they conversed as the bus rumbled on through the desert.
"The truth is," said the driver, turning to look straight at his passenger, "Allah wants to know you personally, as a friend, not just at a distance through rituals. Islam cant give you that kind of relationship."
With their destination approaching, the driver slowed and downshifted to park at the site. Everyone disembarked, but Mohammeds head spun with new, unthinkable thoughts. In a daze he followed the tour group, yet now everything seemed confused.
What did the driver mean? Where did he get such a perspective? How could I possibly run into a person like that in the Holy Land!
After the tour Mohammed hurried back to meet the returning bus, eager to get a seat by the driver and resume their conversation. But when he boarded, he looked up to see the face of someone new. His spirits sank.
"What happened to the earlier driver?" he asked the man behind the wheel.
He got little more than a shrug in response.
Mohammed found a seat and stared out the window. During the trip back to Mecca, his heart burned with the words of the man on the morning bus. He felt he could recall the whole conversation from beginning to end.
Mohammeds hajj lasted more than a week, but the excitement and anticipation he had brought with him fizzled like air from a leaky tire. Everything he saw and did etched fresh questions and doubts into his mind. As he continued his pilgrimage, he scanned all the buses lined up at each tour site, but never saw his driver again.
Back at home Mohammeds family wondered why he had not returned bubbling with joy from his spiritual zenith. In the solitude of his thoughts he pored over the events of his hajj. He could not forget the drivers words or his face. Yet Mohammeds spirit grappled with perplexities. If Islam is not the true faith, what is?
A few days later Mohammed dropped by the home of a neighbor we will call A-Ching, a Chinese Christian, to borrow something. A-Ching welcomed him inside with customary Indonesian hospitality. As they chatted, Mohammeds eyes lit on something hanging from A-Chings wall. There within a picture frame he saw the face of his bus driver from Mecca!
Mohammed gasped, pointing to the picture. "A-Ching! Do you know this man?"
"Yes, I do," came the reply. "Thats Jesus. You know Him as Isa."
Mohammed sat still as a stone. Isa! The second-highest prophet in Islam--the Christians Messiah! Could it be--?
When he found his voice, he spoke up quietly. "I have a story to tell you, A-Ching."
His neighbor, just as shocked at the tale, listened in silence. When Mohammed finished, he began to choke up, suddenly overcome with conviction of his sin. A-Ching explained the truths Jesus had declared about His own identity and purpose.
"Mohammed, you can receive salvation as the free gift of God through Jesus Christ," A-Ching told him. "You can have a personal relationship with God."
Mohammed prayed and committed his life to Christ. When he returned home, he gathered his family and spilled out the whole account. Awed at his story and his transformation, they, too, confessed Jesus as Lord and Messiah.
A-Ching introduced Mohammed privately to the pastor of his local fellowship. Then, for their own protection, a network of believers spirited the new convert and his family to a safe house in another city where they could receive biblical teaching without risking retribution from angry Islamists.
Mohammeds trip to Mecca indeed proved to be the turning point of his spiritual life. But he never expected supernatural revelation to come through his bus driver.
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