People face challenges in life. Some of those challenges bring us down into the darkness that seems too far from God. Fortunately, no matter our circumstances, it is never too dark to keep us away from God.
Hany, a viewer from Egypt, shared his testimony with SAT-7 and how he started as an Atheist who struggled with drugs and other sins. He said, “I went on a journey down the road of Atheism and then began causing trouble for my family. I disobeyed them. I told my father that I no longer wanted to be associated with or know them any longer, and I walked away.”
This was just the beginning of Hany’s path to self-destruction. “I started hanging out with a bad group of friends and started smoking cigarettes and hookah. I attended weddings to dance with my friends, and I used drugs, but not to the point of addiction. I then started going online and watching sites and movies that I shouldn’t. I was at the farthest point from God. I descended into the depths of depression and sadness because of the loneliness. I felt that no one loved me, and I was unable to love myself,” he shared.
Hany’s choices unfortunately led him to attempt to take his life. “I tried to commit suicide 3 times, but every time, God miraculously saved me. I asked God to take my life if I could not take it myself,” he said.
Thankfully, we serve a mighty God! Hany shared, “God ordained for me to attend some revival meetings. A minister was in my village at the time. He met with me and invited me to go to the revival. In his sermon, he said that God has a message for someone who feels that they are a failure, and no one loves them, nor do they love themselves, yet God loves that person dearly. He said it multiple times. The first and second time, I didn’t care about the words. But the third time, I walked out of the church and went home. I locked myself up in my room and lay face down and sobbed as I prayed to God: ‘I’m sure now that You love me, but I don’t know how to love myself.’ I felt a pat on my shoulder saying, ‘I don’t just love you; I want you to serve me.’ I replied, ‘It’s enough for me to find someone who loves me despite all my illnesses.’”
From that day, Hany’s life was changed for the better. “I confessed every sin I had ever done before the Lord. I decided to quit cigarettes and drugs. I am grateful to God for how He changed my life. From then on, I went to college and preached about Christ to the youth. I joined Campus Crusade for five years. The Lord called me to minister full-time and I served in the men’s ministry. I am currently in my third year at the Evangelical Seminary and married to my beautiful wife. We have a little girl and we are expecting another daughter soon.”
Please continue to pray for viewers like Hany. When all hope seems lost and the darkness is closing in, may they be reminded of God’s faithfulness.
*All viewer names have been changed and viewer images are representative only.
