--- title: "Lee's Story" date: 2020-01-20T18:00:00+00:00 author: Jacob Hilton canonical_url: "https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/stories/lees-story" section: Stories --- Great Commission is the Evangelical Alliance's evangelism and mission hub for stories that inspire and resources that equip us all to share Jesus. - [Great Commission](/great-commission) - [Stories](/great-commission/stories/all) - Lee's Story # Lee's Story #### Lee described himself as God's biggest critic. He couldn't believe a loving God could exist with all the suffering in the world. 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He couldn't believe a loving God could exist with all the suffering in the world. ##### Featured Resources [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### Life Explored Life Explored is a series designed to share the gospel and help people uncover that the greatest… ](https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/life-explored) [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### Fusion Mission Styles Discover your mission style. ](https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/fusion-mission-styles) [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### The Young Adult… Workshops and seminars that unpack millennial culture and facilitate conversations to help churches… ](https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/the-young-adult-conversation) [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### NUA Film Series NUA is an 8-part film series that encourages questions, acknowledges doubt, and offers an engaging… ](https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/nua-film-series) [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### Disciple The life changing ‘Freedom in Christ’ message for the millennial generation. ](https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/disciple) [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### Discipleship Challenge A full-day's interactive workshop for those wanting to explore what discipleship looks like for 18-35… ](https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/discipleship-challenge) I didn't believe a loving God could allow such difficult things to happen in the world and that was really my challenge, if there's a God, why does this happen and so I was really one of God's biggest critics My name's Lee and this is my story Because of the void that I had in my life, I became a real people pleaser, in the sense of seeing others happy and by being the person that makes them happy I had a really weird spiritual encounter when I was in Year 10 For about two weeks, I would be crying and crying, I wouldn't even know why and I could feel this presence but I couldn't tell you what it was, I couldn't, all I knew is that it made me ask deep questions" Questions like, what is the meaning of life, why is it that I exist I was asking this to all of my friends and I remember, I would just start crying to my mum and I'll be like, "Mum, why is it that we exist, why So me and a group of friends, we went to a party and one of my close friends, she got cold, so naturally I gave her my jacket" The next day, me and the lads, we met up and we were bantering and then it just started raining" Everyone else had a jacket apart from me, so then I said "oh, my friend, she goes to a church around the corner" so then I ask my friends, "is it okay if we go down to the church and get my jacket So as we go to the church, she says, "oh, do you guys want to come in, we're having food after So then I go in and I encountered God That for me was the beginning of my transformation I got saved a few months before my mum had a heart attack, and so everything was just going so well and I was so happy and then, to almost get that what could have been a devastating blow to my life and losing my mum, but God really used that I believe that God led me to go straight to my pastor's church at that time and they really took me in and they prayed Then the next morning, we met again and we prayed and so that really helped me turn to God and it really helped me see that, I had him to lean on in the hardest time of my life Because I wouldn't have been able to do it, I literally broke down The difference that Jesus has made in my life is unspeakable He's changed my perspective, he's given me a purpose, before I was just living life on a whim like, but I never really had a real purpose and I never really felt like I had a plan for my life either I didn't know which direction I was going, but he gave me that, he gave me a purpose, he gave me a plan, he gave me a hope Download video [ ##### Lee's Story (HD) ###### 1280 x 720 - 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