You Know What We Need
After six months without work and a family waiting, he prayed with an aching heart: “Lord, you know what we need.” Three days later, someone he had not spoken to in years called him with a job offer.
Stories of Faith
Here you will find the stories of brothers and sisters from Yemen, inside the country and beyond, who met Jesus Christ and whose lives were changed. They are true stories, written by the people themselves in their own words: about grief and fear, addiction, illness and war, and about the God who drew near to them in the middle of it all.
We share these stories not to glorify the people who tell them, but to bear witness to God's work. Perhaps you will find something of your own story in one of them. And if you have a question after reading, we would be glad to hear from you, or you can send a prayer request.
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17
How we protect the people behind the stories
We never publish a story without the consent of the person it belongs to, and they can ask for it to be changed or removed at any time.
We change names, and use initials or a code name instead of the real name.
We remove anything that could identify the person: their town, tribe, workplace, dates and family names.
We only correct language mistakes and remove anything that could put the person or anyone else at risk of harm, and we quote Bible verses from the ESV. We keep the storyteller's words and voice, and add nothing to them.
Has God worked in your life, and would you like to share your story? Write to us under a code name if you wish; we do not ask for your real name or your town. We will contact you before anything is published, and sometimes our reply may be delayed. If you would simply like us to pray for you without publishing anything, send a prayer request. To learn more about protecting yourself, read Your Safety First.
A Hand That Turned My Steps
On a night of bombing he read a psalm about God's protection and prayed in simple words. Hours later the bombs fell on the road he would have taken, but he had already changed direction.
The Closed Door Opened After Years of Waiting
For many years he prayed for one thing while doors closed again and again. He learned to keep going, and then the answer came on a very ordinary day, in a way he had never expected.
My Child Came Back After We Had Lost Hope
His son was ill and the doctors said there was no hope. He prayed all night, reading God's Word over his little head, and in the morning the child opened his eyes and asked for water.
A Dawn That Breaks the Darkness
The hope Christ gives is not an illusion that vanishes at the first difficulty. Since he came to know Christ, he has discovered each day that there is another day, a new chance and a dawn that breaks the darkness.
I Prayed and Waited
His dream was buried under years of war and loss, and he watched his colleagues leave one after another. He read that God gives strength to those who wait for him, so he prayed and waited, and what came was more than he had dreamed of.
A Hope War Cannot Steal
He thought hope was a luxury the people of Yemen could not afford, but Christ gave him a hope that circumstances do not create and war cannot steal.
A Hand That Caught Me When I Fell
On the night he lost everything, he found God. When he had nothing left but his breath, Christ opened a door for him that he had not been able to see.
I Started Giving Instead of Gathering
He lived for money and weighed everything in profit and loss, until he owned what he had dreamed of and felt empty. The giving he learned from Christ filled what money could not.
Sleeping With a Clear Conscience
He saw lying and cheating as a normal way to live, but a voice inside him said this was not what he was made for. Today honesty is a value he lives by, even if it costs him some gains.