How Jesus Christ Saved My Life

I went from complete sceptic to being genuinely healed by Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit and this is my story. For my whole life I believed life was about working as hard/smart as possible to earn fulfilment, thinking I'm all alone in this world and in a survival mode. I'd often end up depressed, anxious and like I'm just pretending in life. I turned to different forms of spirituality, travel, diets, exercise, psychedelics, therapy, relationships, career paths to try to fill that void of discontentment and find fulfilment, though my pride led me down a painful path. Finally I found what I was longing for, in the last place I wanted to look, at the beginning of 2026 by welcoming the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, to lead my life. It was about a 4 month process and I realised my whole life had been leading up to this moment and I thankfully have been healed from all trauma, depression, chronic anxiety, fear - the shackles have come off and legit I feel like my liberated genuine self. Turns out He is God lol. I'm so excited to share this journey with you, my friend. Praise the Lord!

Prayer to welcome the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ to lead your life (say aloud):
Jesus, I believe you are the Son of God, that you died on the cross to rescue me from sin and death and to restore me to the Father. I choose now to turn from my sins, my self-centeredness, and every part of my life that does not please You. I choose You. I give myself to You. I receive Your forgiveness and ask You to take Your rightful place in my life as my Savior and Lord. Come reign in my heart, fill me with your love and your life, and help me to become a person who is truly loving - a person like you. Restore me, Jesus. Live in me. Love through me. Thank you, God. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

Heading down to a local bible-teaching church is something I really recommend for starting this process and to ask questions to those more experienced Christians.
Find a good local UK church here: https://www.eauk.org/churches

Content that helped me in my journey to Christ:
► https://www.youtube.com/@UC38bNJV-Z15_bObHOwCiPSA - a podcast to hear how other people got saved by Jesus & incredibly wise christians share wisdom
► The Chosen (Prime Video) - a series that shows the life of Jesus, useful for visual learners
(https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0MCS11H3JYKS7MZXGJN7ZQCTVK)
► Case for Christ (Prime Video) - great for sceptics, a film that shows the story of how a Jesus skeptic tried to prove it was all made up and ended up believing due to the undeniable evidence
► https://www.youtube.com/@UCULXbqpNwrQx7mw8Xg_SSbg - a former witch/psychic who found Jesus and now shares wisdom of the Holy Spirit in such an easy to digest, direct, genuine way. Watching her videos was a major part of my process

Steps to Freedom in Christ booklet (the most impactful parts of the process in one little step-by-step booklet): https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01MYF1WCE?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_tkin_2&storeType=ebooks&qid=1785278888&sr=8-6

Nothing beats reading the Word of God, the Holy Bible, to get closer to our creator Himself. I recommend starting with the New Testament. I have this English Standard Version (ESV) study bible that has explanations and room for notes, as it's easier English to understand: https://amzn.eu/d/03xBlpO0

The New International Version (NIV) is easier to understand too! And you can get a free copy of this bible here: https://www.apsleyhall.com/free-bible

Free Holy Bible app: https://www.youversion.com/bible-app

Useful tips to transform your life with Jesus:
1. Pray aloud asking the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ daily to guide your life and build relationship with Him. Be patient, open, persevering.
2. Repent for sin. Living in sin is likely the route of all your problems.
3. Forgiveness. Ask the Lord to reveal to your mind anyone you need to forgive. Say allowed to God "I choose to forgive this person, because they did _____ and they made me feel __________. [be raw and honest]. Then say "However, I choose to forgive this person and forgive all of these emotions and feelings over to you Lord Jesus Christ. I pray you heal me in these ways, fill me with Your Holy Spirit and I pray for this person that has hurt me that they too get healed. I thank you for Your forgiveness, Heavenly Father. Amen."
4. Visit a local church, connect with other Christians.
5. Read Bible (start with reading John and Matthew).

Some churches run a meet-up for anyone curious about God called Alpha. It's a series of group conversations that freely explore the basics of the Christian faith in an open, friendly environment: https://alpha.org.uk/try

A great online course for exploring the meaning of life is the 3-2-1 course, available here: https://321.speaklife.org.uk/

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