Uppdaterat den 1 oktober 2025
Nick Crutzs vittnesbörd
Dealing With Reality and
Overcoming the Past
by Nicky Cruz
Let me speak to your heart-for real.
Some people think if you don’t talk about the past,
it’ll disappear. I used to believe that too. I thought if
I buried it deep enough-under the anger, under the
gang life, under the noise of the streets-maybe it
would just fade away.
But the past doesn’t go quietly. It echoes in your choices,
it shows up in your fears, and it weighs on your spirit.
And unless you face it, it keeps you chained.
I know this because I’ve lived it.
I was born in Puerto Rico, raised in a home where I was
told I was unwanted. My mother was a witch, my father
a satanic priest. Abuse and violence weren’t just moments
in my childhood-they were the rhythm of my life. I ran to
New York City thinking I’d find freedom, but all I found was
more anger and more pain.
The streets became my home. The gang became my family.
And hate became my language.
I became a warlord for the Mau Maus-one of the most violent
gangs in New York. I stabbed. I beat. I stole. I ruled with fear.
But the truth was, I was the one who was scared. Scared of
being alone. Scared of being loved. Scared of being seen.
And then came a skinny preacher named David Wilkerson.
He stood in front of me and said something no one had ever
dared to say to my face: “Jesus loves you.”
I spit in his face. I cursed him out. I threatened his life.
But that man kept showing up. And those words kept echoing
in my heart.
Jesus loves you.
It didn’t make sense. How could God love someone like me?
Someone so full of hate, so stained with blood, so broken?
But the more I fought it, the more that truth broke through.
Until one day, in the middle of a church service, I couldn’t
run anymore. I broke. I cried like a baby. I gave my life to
Jesus, and I felt something I had never felt before: peace.
That peace didn’t erase my past. But it gave me a new future.
A new identity. A new purpose.
And that’s what I want you to know today: you are not your
past. You are not your pain. You are not your mistakes.
You are not too far gone.
God specializes in lost causes. He restores what others throw
away. He brings light to the darkest stories.
Today, I work with men who are just like I was. Addicted.
Violent. Hopeless. And I tell them the same thing David told
me: Jesus loves you.
At Victory Outreach Men’s Home, I see God do miracles every
single day. I see hard hearts soften. I see tears fall from eyes
that haven’t cried in years. I see families restored. I see dead
dreams come back to life.
You might think your story is over. But I promise you-God is
just getting started.
You don’t need to clean yourself up to come to Him. You just
need to come.
He’s not asking for perfection. He’s asking for surrender.
So if you’re carrying shame, give it to Him. If you’re haunted
by mistakes, let Him redeem them. If you’re afraid to face
your past, let Him walk through it with you.
You’re not alone. I’ve been there. And if He could save someone
like me, He can absolutely save someone like you.
Don’t wait. Don’t run. The love you’ve been searching for your
whole life-it’s right here. And His name is Jesus.
With all my heart,
Nicky Cruz
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Rickard Liljero Erikssons vittnesbörd
om resan till Katolska Kyrkan:
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Ett starkt personligt vittnesbörd:
"Min saliga känsla avbröts dock abrupt när profeten
satte sina sträckta fingrar hårt i mitt mellangärde.
Som om det behövdes en mänsklig knuff för att hjälpa
Gud på traven. Bönebubblan sprack och jag kunde
bara stirra oförstående på personen som fortsatte att
be för mig med ett stadigt tryck mot magen. Min kropp
stod som förstenad, orubblig, men inom mig rasade
något samtidigt ihop. Det som kändes så heligt verkade
helt plötsligt väldigt mänskligt."
Läs resten >>HÄR
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Onekligen en gripande livsberättelse:
>>Benjamin Ekman gav sina löften och blev dominikanbroder
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>>Magnus Persssons vittnesbörd och resa
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Joel Halldorfs >>vittnesbörd om en tro som bär.
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Pingstvännen, artisten och influencern Andreas Wijk
ger i DAGEN sitt >>vittnesbörd. Ett vittnesbörd som
blir extra aktuellt i tanke på Niklas P:s senaste
bibelstudier om "brännande frågor". Och i Carina
Bergfelds program berättar han om det. >>HÄR
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Filip Maria OP >>vittnesbörd berör många.
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Ta del av Elisabeth Anderssons starka vittnesbörd.
Hon skriver: "Det var alltid något som inte stämde i
den karismatiska rörelsen". Läs om hur hon fann
det hon sökte >>HÄR