Johnson See
Hello, my name is John. I’m turning 17 this year, and I’m temporarily studying in ITE while retaking my O Levels. I come from a family where my dad is a freethinker, and my mum is a devotee of Cao Dai religion. Before becoming a Christian, I was also involved with my mum’s religion. I want to share how Christ saved me and gave me new life.
In full honesty, I am nothing without Christ. I have constantly been fighting a losing battle with mental health. I couldn’t trust my own mind. I lost my faith in everything, but I still believed I should try to hang on. I thought I should just try to be a kind person. As time went on, things kept spiraling downhill. I broke off close relationships and suicide caught up to me. I tried several times to end my life, just escape from everything. Eventually, I also turned to using drugs to numb the emotional pain.
In April of 2024, it was during one of my suicide attempts that I met Jesus. I didn’t see Him, nor hear Him, but I felt His presence and I knew it was Him. From then on, I kept searching, looking for a way out and meet him again. Eventually, a good friend invited me to church, and I agreed. I tried to give my life to Christ by learning and participating in church activities, and studying scripture. It was a good time, but I think I was going about it the wrong way and had a spiritual burnout. The journey started getting bumpy so I ran. I forgot the warmth and peace of the Lord. In March of 2025, one of my friends ended her life by suicide and another made a suicide attempt in school. That led me to my lowest point and using different drugs to try to keep depression away. I felt I had lost most of my meaningful friendships.
I still distinctly remember the day I finally gave it all. It was the day after Red Camp in Ngee Ann Poly. During camp, I met Rachel Yeow who attends Woodlands EFC who shaved a verse that really spoke to me. It was Psalm 34:18, “The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit”. I felt God speaking to me, and I cried, releasing the hurt I was holding. I was grateful to God, who even after I ran from Him, still loved me, and saved me. I gave my life to Him, because I knew it wasn’t safe in my hands, and it belonged to Him.
Soon after, I got to know Zach through a mutual friend, and Zach invited me to Woodlands EFC. I finally felt at peace, after struggling for years. I pray more now, and I look forward to the day I will meet the one who saved my life. My faith grew as I focused more on God’s will than my own. I also enjoyed the relationship with my siblings-in-Christ.
To me, this baptism signifies that I accept the new life that God has given me. It is my testimony to those who are brokenhearted and crushed in spirit that the Lord is near, and the Lord saves, as he has been near and has saved me. I acknowledge there was nothing I could have done to save myself – not from the pain of life, and not from my sin and the consequences of my sin.
To me, this baptism signifies that I accept the new life that God has given me. It is my testimony to those who are brokenhearted and crushed in spirit that the Lord is near, and the Lord saves, as he has been near and has saved me. I acknowledge there was nothing I could have done to save myself – not from the pain of life, and not from my sin and the consequences of my sin.
I’d like to thank my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, for saving me and for bringing me home. I’d like to thank Rachel Yeow and Zach for being my closest friends and for the way we can build each other up in our walk with God. And I would like to thank my former church FCF and WEFC for supporting me throughout my journey in Christ. I’d like to share a verse from Psalms 107; “Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting”.