CHRIST with Prash

👶 Background

• Born into a Hindu family; familiar with rituals, prayers, and traditions
• Grew up in Canada; strong focus on academics and achievement
• High achiever in school (grades, sports, public speaking, valedictorian)

🧠 Early Mindset

• Ambitious, competitive, and success-driven
• Rejected belief in God → began believing in self
• Desired power, influence, and “world domination”
• Dismissed Christianity when first introduced

💥 Life Disruption

• Started university → negative peer influence
• Experimented with drugs → developed mental health condition (2006)
• Failed courses; began long-term medication
• Struggled with side effects and ongoing mental health challenges

🔍 Spiritual Search

• Became curious about meaning of life and “end times”
• Compared Hindu beliefs with the Bible
• Increasing sense that the Bible was true
• Conversations with Christian friends planted seeds over time

⚖️ Internal Realization

• Became aware of:
  • Evil in the world
  • Sin within self
• Desired truth, goodness, and purpose
• Became drawn to the life and teachings of Jesus Christ

🙏 Conversion (Turning Point)

• 📅 August 31, 2016
• Prayed, repented, and accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior
• Became a born-again Christian
• Experienced peace and assurance of salvation

⚠️ Ongoing Struggles

• Continued mental health challenges
• Nearly attempted suicide
• Unexpected message from a Christian friend intervened → prevented attempt
• Saw this as divine intervention

🌱 Growth & Healing

• Gradual improvement with support, faith, and practical help
• Found encouragement through church and Christian community
• Learned to trust God despite ongoing difficulties

💼 Life Direction Change

• Shifted from ambition for power → desire to serve God
• Turned down/left media ambitions to focus on stability and faith
• Built steady career in sales (since 2018)
• Became more committed to church and giving

🙌 Core Beliefs Now

• God is good, loving, and trustworthy
• Salvation is through Jesus alone
• Life purpose = serve Christ, not self
• Even suffering can have purpose

💡 Key Lessons

• Ambition without God leads to emptiness
• Truth is found in Jesus
• God can use broken situations for good
• Faith does not remove all struggles—but gives strength through them

❤️ Final Message

• Jesus loves you
• He died for you
• Salvation is a free gift
• Your response to the gospel is the most important decision of your life