These were the words that Kye shared with over 150 school pupils as the No More Knives tour headed to the West Midlands, running lessons for 2,500 young people in schools.
In 2018, Kye’s brother was tragically killed in a knife attack. Wanting to use his story to help others, he joined the Message team for a couple of lessons. As young people listened to Kye’s story, the room was silent.
He said, ‘I failed all my GCSEs and didn’t know what to do with my life, but then I found faith. I now have a hope and his name is Jesus. I’m doing new courses and my life is moving forward.’
On the tours, each young person our team meet in school is invited to a gig where they get to hear more about Jesus. This is where OTC team member Tomi met Nadia.
As Tomi was sharing her testimony of how God changed her life, she felt it was important to share about how she’d struggled at university. Later in the evening, Tomi went outside to get some fresh air, and bumped into Nadia. After saying ‘hi’, they got chatting about Jesus, faith and the Bible. Tomi could see that Nadia was struggling and felt it was right to say, ‘I know you have questions and a lot going on right now, but I just want you to know that Jesus sees you and is with you.’ Nadia’s face lit up and she shared how she was a Muslim but had big questions about whether she’s connecting with the real God. She also shared that during her GCSEs, she’d hit rock bottom and lost hope. Hearing Tomi’s story earlier had impacted her. Tomi grabbed the chance to say that Jesus is with Nadia, cares for her and loves her, and they prayed together.
They headed back into the gig, just as James (another band member of OTC) was sharing how he’d grown up in a Muslim home but discovered Jesus’ love for him.
As the gospel was being shared, every young person was given the opportunity to respond. Straight away, Nadia put her hand up and gave her life to Jesus, along with 47 other young people!
Tomi was able to pray with Nadia and link her up with a local club where young girls who live in Muslim homes, but believe in Jesus, are able to go and find out more about faith. Nadia is excited to come along and to find out more about Jesus!
Find out more about the No More Knives tour at message.org.uk/nomoreknives
