Reasons to believe in the power of the Bible
Rhesymau i gredu ym mhŵer y Beibl
'I was an oil trader. I was working 12-hour days, getting home late. Most days we would meet up with someone and we would go out in the evening. I was drinking a lot in pubs. It was all about the entertaining, trying to do the deals. It was a high-pressure job. I felt like I was looking after my family, my wife and five kids, but I wasn’t when I look back at it. I’d sit on the train and everyone was reading their paper and I’d read my Bible. What spoke to me most was a verse in Ephesians that talks about the relationship between men and women. When I read that I felt that the responsibility for family life belonged to me. It had a dramatic effect on me. I think, if I hadn’t become a Christian, I’d have become an alcoholic. But those verses were pivotal. They changed my attitude to my family, my wife and my marriage. I had a desire to make my family happy and care for them and give them what they needed. I’m not too sure we would have stayed married without it.'
Do you have a story to share? Email mybible@biblesociety.org.uk
Oes gennych chi stori i rannu? E-bostiwch mybible@biblesociety.org.uk
‘My favourite passage from the Bible is the story of the prodigal son. I’ve got it tattooed on my arm. I have a lot of interesting conversations because of it. I want to get the lion of Judah on my arm. That reminds me that I’m walking around with...’ Read story
‘My favourite verse is 1 Peter 1.8. It says, "Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory." There were people when that was wr...’ Read story
‘I grew up in Accra in Ghana: we studied the Bible at secondary school, we went to church, people preached on the bus. It was normal to me. People felt that you needed to hear the word of God. It was preached at the market, where everybody comes. Nobo...’ Read story
‘'I loved the sea. So, from school I went straight to naval college and, when I was 17, I was on board the British Vigilance. She was a tanker taking 10,000 tonnes of aviation fluid to Malta. We were ten miles off Gibraltar when we were torpedoed. The...’ Read story
‘I was at university studying medicine and took a week off to go on a student Bible thing at church. The passage we studied was Ephesians 2.10-22. It was the first time I had looked at a Bible passage in detail. I enjoyed the study. At the end we had ...’ Read story
‘I grew up in the south of Iran. We came to the UK three years ago. We were atheists. Now I have a Bible in Farsi. My favourite verse is Jeremiah 49.34, because it talks about my country, Iran. ‘I will restore the fortunes of Elam in the days to com...’ Read story
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Want to share how the Bible has impacted your life? Email mybible@biblesociety.org.uk
Hoffech rannu sut mae’r Beibl wedi cael effaith ar eich bywyd? E-bostiwch mybible@biblesociety.org.uk
