Testimonies

In the past I publicly mocked Christians, I really disliked them! Then I meet Jesus after a series of earthquakes in my wife's village. I was so changed; I wanted to know everything I could about who Jesus was. I had the opportunity to study the Bible using the inductive method three months after becoming a new believer. I drove hours to study together as a group, through the rainy season and down dusty village roads on my motorcycle every week for a year, after studying book by book through the whole Bible. God transformed my life in so many ways I can't explain it all now. It bought understanding and strength to my new found faith in Jesus Christ. I left my job as a Geologist to follow Jesus with my family and want to serve Him. I want to share the Gospel in the many small villages in the mountains regions of my country, that have never heard the good news of Jesus. And to teach them about God and how much He has changed my life. - AMW

After studying the Bible and seeing how Jesus loved and served people, God changed my thinking. Before that, I only wanted to talk and have relationships with my ethnic group. Also, if anyone was 'higher' than me in status (like a leader) or 'lower' than me in status (like a poor person), I would not talk to them. Now I realize that because of Jesus, I am free and speak and can have a relationship with all people, no matter where they are from or what their social status is. - NSPH

Even though I grew up in the church and had already been a pastor for five years, it was not until I studied the Bible that God answered a question that had troubled me my whole life. When I was growing up, I always wondered, 'What is the difference between the animals and me?' When I studied Genesis, God answered my question! He showed me that people are special because we are created in the image of God. - Elizabeth

When I studied the book of Philemon, the Holy Spirit deeply convicted me about the need for reconciliation in my own life. I cried and cried as I realized that I needed to make some relationships right in my life. When I went to those people and asked for their forgiveness, our relationships were restored. - NMK

During an inductive Bible study seminar as we were going through the books, I was surprised at how much the book made sense when we look at it as one letter. As a pastor, I never had read any more than two verses at a time in Bible school or when preparing for a sermon. - Pastor

After studying the Bible, God changed my life so much that I wanted to follow Him. My big question was, 'If I follow God, who will support my family and me?' God provided for His people all through the Old and New Testaments in miraculous ways. I had already decided to follow God and was involved in ministry and began trusting God to provide for me. One day as I was going home, I needed money to catch the bus to my village. It was a day's journey back to my home. I didn't have all the money for my ticket. I felt that God ask me to look at the birds. I felt like God said that He provided more than the birds needed, so why didn't I trust Him? So then, I pulled out my wallet, and I had enough to pay for my tickets to my village and back again. Since then, God has continued to provide for me. God taught me that I can trust Him and that He is still the God of miracles. - SAK

As I studied the book of Philemon, I was so surprised that Paul did not demand that Philemon take back his slave Onesimus. Even though Paul could have commanded him, Paul appealed to Philemon to receive Onesimus back. I serve in a boarding house for children, and often when the children do not listen to me, I beat them. Paul's example so convicted me as a leader. Instead of beating the children, I thought I would do what Paul did and appeal to them. I was so surprised that it worked and it is much more enjoyable! - Boarding House Mother