{"id":10862,"date":"2025-11-30T21:45:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T20:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forfulgtekristne.dk\/?p=10862"},"modified":"2025-11-30T21:45:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T20:45:04","slug":"ozans-father-you-have-to-choose-between-jesus-and-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forfulgtekristne.dk\/en\/2025\/11\/30\/ozans-far-du-maa-vaelge-mellem-jesus-og-mig\/","title":{"rendered":"Ozan's father: \u201cYou have to choose between Jesus and me\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
We are sitting in a church hall in Turkey. I'm here with a group of Danish young people from Southwest Jutland's Outreach program, and we've spent the evening with Turkish Christians. The evening has been filled with joy, pizza and curiosity - we share faith and doubts and talk about what it is like to be young and Christian. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
God and Jesus met Ozan in dreams<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBecoming a Christian in Turkey can cost everything - family, friends, work, identity,\u201d says pastor Ozan, who knows this better than most. His faith journey began with a dream: \u201cIn the dream, I was walking with a friend at the university when a blinding light cut down from the sky. Instinctively, we knelt down. I tried to look up, but the light was too bright. When I stood up, my neck hurt. Suddenly a big hand came down from the sky and touched my back and the pain disappeared. In shock I asked: \u2018Who is this hand?\u2019 The voice replied, \u2018It is a hand of David's descendant.\u2019 I woke up, shaken.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He shared the dream with his Christian friend, Ezan, who later became his wife. She said: \u201cIt is Jesus who is calling you to his kingdom.\u201d But Ozan rejected it: \u201cI don't want to enter his kingdom.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three weeks later, he had another dream. \u201cEzan and I were hiking through a flat landscape when a massive mountain rose up in front of us. Ezan said we were going to reach the top, but I doubted it. Then a man descended from heaven and said, \u2018I will climb the mountain for you.\u2019 I asked Ezan who he was. She replied, \u2018It's Jesus.\u2019 He climbed up and when he reached the top, the mountain disappeared completely. Overwhelmed, I asked Ezan who Jesus was and why he could do that. She laughed with joy-she knew what he had done for us.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even after this dream, Ozan said: \u201cNo thanks, I'm not going into any kingdom.\u201d But three days later, he felt an inexplicable joy in his heart, so strong that he woke up in the middle of the night and surrendered to Jesus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He thought it would make his life better. But when he told his parents about his new faith, they were furious. \u201cMy dad and I argued for four hours in the middle of the night. He said, \u2018You have to choose - Jesus or me.\u2019 It was an impossible decision because I love my parents. But I told him, \u2018Dad, I choose Jesus.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ozan was kicked out of his childhood home<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Ozan was kicked out of his childhood home. Lonely and without a place to go, he found a small coin on the street - enough for a bus ride to his Christian friend who gave him shelter for three months. He got a new job and the church became his permanent home. \u201cWhen you come to faith in Turkey, you can lose everything. But God gives you a new family, new friends, new brothers and sisters. He gives you a future and an identity that comes from him.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Years passed, and when Ezan gave birth to their son, things began to change. Ezan's father wanted to meet his grandson. \u201cIt's been 18 years since my father kicked me out. Now he has started reading the Bible. He says to me, \u2018This book is different. And Jesus is different from the other prophets in the Quran.\u2019\u201d Ozan tells his father that it's because Jesus is the Son of God and continues to pray for his salvation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Students from Sydvestjyllands Efterskole reflect after the trip<\/h2>\n\n\n
\n\u201cAll the stories we've heard have removed some of my doubts and that's really cool.\u201d Sarah, student at Sydvestjyllands Efterskole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
On the way home in the plane, three young girls from the Reach-Out line reflect on what they have experienced. Esther says: \u201cIt impressed me that they have so much faith and are willing to give up everything for Jesus. I have thought about what I would do myself. It's impossible to understand what it must be like to reject the people you love the most.\u201d Lea Elisabeth adds: \u201cI can't believe I'm making excuses not to read the Bible while they risk everything for it.\u201d And for Sarah, meeting Turkish Christians has confirmed her own faith: \u201cAll the stories we've heard have removed some of my doubts, which is really cool.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n
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Leadership training, church planting and shelter in Turkey <\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Danish European Mission improvers and donors ensure that young leaders like Ozan can receive church-based leadership training. In 2024, five future leaders received training, both theologically, but also in a variety of ministries where they could identify their gifts. In addition, converted Christians in housing need can receive temporary housing. In addition, the establishment of eight churches in Turkey is supported. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Support Turkey: Church planting<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t
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