--- title: "Manoj's Story" date: 2020-01-30T00:00:00+00:00 author: Jacob Hilton canonical_url: "https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/stories/manojs-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) - Manoj's Story # Manoj's Story #### In 2008 the mortgage market collapsed and Manoj's world started to crumble. Watch his story of becoming a follower of Jesus. 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Watch his story of becoming a follower of Jesus. ##### Featured Resources [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### Friendship First An interactive, non-specialist course in 6 sessions, helping ordinary Christians share good news with… ](https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/friendship-first) [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### Joining the Family A 6 session video course & book helping Christ's community welcome believers of Muslim background into… ](https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/joining-the-family) [ 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business, 2008 was gonna be the big year for us but then we all know what happened in 2008 The mortgage market collapsed For me the credit crunch was like literally being in an earthquake Everything just started to crumble overnight It was during that same time that my son also became ill He was rushed to hospital and he was rushed into resuscitation where essentially he stopped breathing and there were all kinds of complications but what do you do when you're ushered into the room next door I turned to God in the hope that he would somehow come and help us My son was transferred to St Thomas' in London and then the consultant comes and sees us on the fourth day and says I'm really sorry but you know, your son is not gonna open his eyes for some time yet They were still trying to work out what was going on, and yet, what was resonating throughout the four days was the fact that this American couple that had come over from the States, we'd recently befriended them and they were praying It really impacted me because they called us so many times and talked about the church lifting up my son in prayer and it really gave me a lift and what really, really impacted me was the fact that this lady in particular collapsed on the floor and wept for my son There was something there that I felt that she had that was different So, on that fourth day the consultant had said to us your son is not gonna open his eyes for some time yet and as she did the ward round, my son suddenly just bolted, literally just bolted upright in bed and as you can imagine, there's so much elation and there's so much joy and I remember turning to my wife and said to her that, you know, when we get out of this hospital, let's just go to that couple's church that prayed for our son It was a big sort of experience that I had in that church in the sense that I literally walked out a different person My wife really didn't recognise me My mother thought I'd joined some kind of cult because suddenly I wanted to try and do everything differently, particularly in the area of business Before that I was very, very arrogant, very ruthless, and very money driven and as someone who had essentially lived such a sinful life, and in the midst of all of that sin there's a God that says I forgive you and I'm gonna wipe the slate clean Now how do you get your head round that Download video [ ##### Manoj's Story (HD) ###### 1280 x 720 - 68.7 MB ](https://player.vimeo.com/progressive_redirect/download/224493711/container/f3b86169-47d9-4161-91d1-d74a9cd671c2/a52ea1e0/manoj%27s_story_%7C_great_commission%20%28720p%29.mp4?expires=1777576398&loc=external&oauth2_token_id=1257760282&signature=e6b85fb626367bbfa1f95d7e55b96daeb499bfd555c8edbf3e24f1957a65c814&user_id=2805618 "Download Manoj's Story in High Definition") [ ##### Manoj's Story (SD) ###### 960 x 540 - 39.2 MB 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