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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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