WHAT MAKES an ordinary young woman love God passionately enough to make a lifelong vow of singleness? Thea Slade tells her story.
“Grandpa got expelled from several countries for being drunk and disorderly” says Thea, 35. “He grew weed (not weeds) amongst the flowers in his garden.”
But that is as unusual ...
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WHEN A bright light came and rested on the end of her bed, Jane says she “knew instantly that it was God”.
“I heard an audible voice” she remembers “saying ‘Jane, I can lead your life better than you’. God had met me. I had met God.”
Jane became a Christian on ...
ALEX NEWSON, 20, talks about the day his mate, David, found him as good as dead.
“I woke up with a bit of a headache and felt queasy. But I should have been dead.” Alex had taken 20 paracetamol and 40 antihistamines in an attempt to end his life.
Amazingly, no treatment ...
AT THE AGE of 19, Anna Purkiss developed M.E. This is an extremely debilitating illness involving the immune and nervous systems.
Anna says “Even things like reading or talking to people wore me out, let alone any physical activity. The pain was a major problem for me: it was like how ...
HAYLEY WOODS was afraid to go out of the house. Now she's more outgoing than most.
“Pretty messy" is how Hayley, now 26, describes her childhood.
Her parents divorced when she was 7, and she witnessed her dad repeatedly abusing her mum. As if that wasn't enough for a seven year old ...
A JESUS Army house in Coventry have been getting experimental in bringing life to the people they meet.
They gave out free bottles of mineral water to runners at a local fun run. One came back, after he'd finished, to tell them that he was really refreshed by their generosity and ...
IN NORTHAMPTON, some Jesus Army members prayed for their friend when a scan had showed a large tumour in his stomach. After their prayers, there was no trace of the tumour.
In London, a Jesus Army member prayed for their grandma, and subsequently recovered from cancer. Around the same time, a ...
A VOICE IN the dark on a freezing night rescued Chris Needham, 29, from the brink.
They sold the TV and the X-box. Now they had only a Birmingham flat, empty except one bed, and a heroin habit each. Chris and his twin brother James were down on their luck.
“It was ...
ANDREA AND Alan O’Malley are “mum and dad” to many on their council estate. But it was a rough road which led them there...
Andrea's childhood was so painful she blanked parts of it out for years.
From the ages of six to nine, while Andrea’s mother was away in hospital suffering ...
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