War Cry 14 January

Carrie and David Grant talk the walk of faith

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THIS coming week is when, for some, the cost of Christmas becomes a reality. As credit card bills begin to land on doormats, people who put their extra purchases for the festive season on plastic will now be expected to pay for them.

As we report in this week’s War Cry, monetary pressures are one of the reasons some people will refer to next Monday (16 January) as Blue Monday.

However, paying for Christmas is just one of the financial challenges that people are facing. News bulletins frequently remind us that everybody is having to deal with the high rate of inflation that is pushing up the prices of food, electricity and gas.

Some may dream of finding a way to win or earn a fortune that would turn their lives around. But, as we read this week, while having lots of money can help with the cost of living crisis, it is not enough to make life the best that it can be.

Manoj Raithatha built up a multimillion-pound property company while he was still in his 30s.

‘I had the ability to persuade people to buy more than what they could afford,’ he tells us in an interview, before adding: ‘It was a superficial lifestyle, and it was meaningless. It wasn’t fulfilling at all.’

Manoj started to attend church. Initially he didn’t find the services particularly interesting but, after some time, he decided to become a Christian. At that point he changed as a person. When he lost most of his fortune in the financial crisis of 2008, his faith helped him to rebuild his life.

‘I’ve only really started to live since the age of 36,’ he says.

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Celebrities are taking to the rink as Dancing on Ice returns

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WHEN it’s cold and gloomy (and the bright lights of Christmas seem a distant memory), it’s the perfect time for millions of viewers to embrace the glitz and glamour of ITV1’s Dancing on Ice. The skating competition returns tomorrow (Sunday 15 January), with a new bunch of celebrities and their professional partners taking to the ice in a bid to impress the judges with their newly mastered dance routines.

This year the line-up of stars wanting to pick up a new skill includes former EastEnders actress Patsy Palmer, Olympic gymnast Nile Wilson and TV personality Joey Essex. As the contestants hop, slip and slide their way round the rink, Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, Oti Mabuse and Ashley Banjo will be watching their every step. It’s the judges’ job to assess each couple’s progress, offering praise for routines well done and dishing out advice to those whose dances could have gone a little more smoothly.

One celebrity who can’t wait to catch the new series is diet expert Rosemary Conley. Back in 2012 she took part in the show alongside professional skater Mark Hanretty. It was an experience that gave her

many happy memories. ‘Competing in Dancing on Ice was the most wonderful thing in the world,’ she tells the War Cry. ‘It was like going into a fairytale for a few months. I adored every second of it.’ As well as relishing the opportunity of learning to ice-skate, Rosemary enjoyed forming a close friendship with her skating partner. She trusted Mark completely.

‘Anyone taking part in the show needs to trust their partner,’ she says. ‘If you don’t trust them completely, you’ll fail. When you’re on the ice, you’re being lifted up and held upside down. If you put your hand in the wrong place, your partner’s blades could chop your fingers off. If you fall on your head, you could end up in a wheelchair. Trust is crucial.’

So is stamina. In hours of rehearsals, Rosemary committed herself to keeping a positive attitude. She admits that she wasn’t always confident in learning new steps, but she worked tirelessly to master them.

‘My attitude was always to keep on trying,’ she says. ‘If ever I struggled to learn a routine, I’d say to myself: “OK, I’ll do it again.”

And I kept on doing that until I got it.’

It’s sound advice for this new set of skating

celebrities. But even for those of us not planning to set foot on the ice, the idea of trying again when the going gets tough is worth remembering.

Sometimes life can feel hard, worrying, exhausting and disappointing. Giving up seems tempting. But we don’t have to take on any of our struggles alone. Whatever we are facing, God is with us – and he will help us to keep going if we trust him.

The Bible says: ‘When troubles seem near, God is nearer, and he’s ready to help’ (Psalm 46:1 The Voice).

When we partner up with God, he is willing to fill us with his love and to support us with his strength, so that we can step into the future with confidence and hope. It’s a promise worth clinging on to, again and again.

Patsy Palmer and her partner, Matt Evers, hope to impress the judges

Celebrities hitting the rink include Nile Wilson (top) and Joey Essex

Rosemary Conley took part in ‘Dancing on Ice’ in 2012

My attitude was always to keep on trying

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Interview by Sarah Olowofoyeku

AT its most successful, Manoj Raithatha’s property company had a turnover of more than £70,000,000 a year. That was in 2008, just before one of the biggest financial crashes in recent history – after which it was worth next to nothing. But he was already homing in on something that had infinite value.

Before getting into the property market, Manoj – who tells his story in his recently updated and reissued book Filthy Rich –was working in the arts. He and his wife, Maria, had written an award-winning play called BBA and Proud, which opened at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The couple were then commissioned by a TV production company to write a series, My Life as a Popat, which went on to win a Bafta.

‘Popat is an Indian surname,’ Manoj tells me. ‘The story was about the life of this kid growing up in a madcap Asian family. The series was nominated for an International Emmy so I flew out to America for the awards ceremony. But I remember being there and thinking to myself, “I don’t really care if it wins or not, because all I want to do is have my own business and make money.”’

And that’s what he did. After some research, he made a very profitable first investment when he purchased a house in Wandsworth, southwest London.

‘It was on a road nobody wanted to live down, because it had a railway line at one end and a council depot at the back,’ he says. ‘But I was tracking the market and seeing hotspot areas. If people are buying somewhere and the prices are shooting up, what tends to happen is that people spill out into the neighbouring area and start buying there. I bought this house, thinking the road would do really well, and

Manoj Raithatha

MANOJ RAITHATHA didn’t mind who got hurt. All he knew was that he wanted to make money, and lots of it. His work paid off and he was soon running a multimillion-pound business. When the financial crisis hit in 2008, he lost nearly everything – but he had discovered something that would bring him far more fulfilment than wealth

within two years I had sold it for more than double.’

Manoj made a lot of money, and went on to invest it into more properties. But, he says, he never felt satisfied with the speed at which he was making money. Eventually he discovered a strategy that would earn him even more. He would buy apartments off-plan and then sell them on, before they were built.

‘I would go to a builder and buy a block of apartments, then I would find buyers for those apartments straightaway. I would exchange contracts with the builder on the same day that my investors would exchange contracts with me. It was all legal, but effectively I was using other people’s money to grow my business.’

The business grew a lot, and at 36 years of age Manoj was on track to land a spot on the Sunday Times Rich List.

‘I had a nice house in a private estate, I had a portfolio and a thriving business,’ he says. ‘I could eat in Michelin-star restaurants and go on lavish holidays. The Rich List was going to be a milestone to get to the next stage. I didn’t want to stop there. I wanted to be far richer. But then the crash happened. It was brutal and unexpected. Our business went from being worth millions to literally being worth nothing.’

At about the time of the crash, Manoj was faced with another unexpected

challenge. His son became ill.

‘He was two years old,’ Manoj says. ‘He’d been in hospital a number of times before with breathing difficulties, but on this occasion his airways shut down in the hospital and he was rushed into resuscitation. And what do you do in those situations? You pray.

‘I didn’t know who I was praying to, and I felt that I shouldn’t be praying, because I’d made money my god in accumulating

all this wealth. I’d lived a very sinful life. I was a terrible dad and a terrible husband. I felt like my son’s illness was my comeuppance, that God had come to judge me. I was a ruthless businessman, but seeing my son ill just broke me.

‘During that time a Christian couple that we had met prayed for my son, they got their church to pray and they kept phoning to see if we were OK. My wife and I were both strengthened by that. On the fourth day, the consultant said to us that our

I was using other people’s money to grow my business

Manoj is now the leader of a church

son wasn’t going to open his airwaves any time yet. They didn’t know what was going on or why his airway had shut down. He was in a critical condition. An hour later my son sat up in bed.’

Manoj, who had been raised as a Hindu but had turned away from the faith, believed that the prayers of the Christian couple had had something to do with his son’s miraculous healing. He decided that he would go to their church, to say thank you to them.

‘I went on two Sundays, and I can’t say I found it particularly interesting. But on the third Sunday, they invited me to another church, Soul Survivor in Watford. As soon as I walked into the building, I felt a presence. My attention had been arrested and I listened to the sermon. A few weeks later I gave my life to Christ.

‘I had become a Christian when the crash happened, so while it was really tough, things were in perspective. I was

prepared to lose everything.’

The change in Manoj was almost immediate. Before his conversion, he says, he was not empathetic or sensitive.

‘I had the ability to persuade people to buy more than what they could afford. My wife would say I was arrogant. The way I carried myself, people knew I had money. It was a superficial lifestyle, and it was meaningless. It wasn’t fulfilling at all.’

However, Manoj explains that after he became a Christian, the transformation in his personality was startling.

‘My mother, who was in the business with me, was shocked by the change. My wife said that overnight 90 per cent of my character had changed. One of the first things I did was apologise to people and to open up about some of the sinful things I’d done. I had to start rebuilding my marriage and relationships with people.

‘I got involved in ministry quickly and

took a role in a Christian organisation. I set up a Christian publishing house called Instant Apostle. There’s nothing that comes remotely close to being in a relationship with God. I don’t find that life is lacking purpose.’

Today, having recently been ordained, Manoj is the full-time pastor at Pinner Baptist Church in north London.

‘I’ve only really started to live since the age of 36,’ he says. ‘I don’t particularly like to think about my life before then, but it’s interesting that God uses my story to help others understand that it doesn’t matter how bad you’ve been in your life, God is able to forgive you – and that’s a powerful story.’

l Filthy Rich is published by Instant Apostle

Overnight 90 per cent of my character had changed

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JASON

WESTMORELAND, founder

of Christian Runners UK, explains why faith and fitness are the perfect pairing

Interview by Emily Bright

MORE than six million runs were logged across the UK on fitness app Couch to 5K between January and December last year. The app’s programme is designed to help people with little or no running experience to get fit for free, with celebrity commentaries that cheer users on. The app’s success is just one marker of the enduring popularity of running. the start of a new year, with people adopting new exercise regimes, it seems apt to hear from someone who has put in the hard yards and to discover why they love running.

Christian Runners UK founder Jason Westmoreland has a warm West Yorkshire accent and cheerfully down-to-earth demeanour. He’s proudly wearing one of the group’s distinctive T-shirts for our Zoom interview.

While chatting with Jason, it becomes clear that he’s a dedicated and driven runner. He tells me that he has run 20 marathons, including 14 London Marathons, and that he once clocked a world record for the fastest runner dressed as a clown. He says that running, as well as being good for his physical health, helps him to connect with God.

‘I enjoy the cross-country more than anything,’ he says. ‘I like off-road stuff, woods, fields, hills. I feel closer to God, surrounded by his creation. There’s a big hill near where I live and I go on top of it and look out over Leeds. Its woodland and forest are beautiful.’

Jason says that his dual passions of running and faith date back to when he was young.

‘I attended church from about the age of 16,’ he explains, ‘and at the same time I’ve always been interested in athletics and running. A good friend invited me to a running club, and within months of joining, I was running 800m and 1500m races. I just loved competing.’

Many years later Jason noticed that, while there were well-advertised Christian groups for other sports, such as golf and surfing, there was no such equivalent for running. He decided to do something about it.

‘I thought: “Shall I have a Christian Runners T-shirt? Yeah, go on,”’ he recalls. ‘So that’s where it started, from my own church going to a local Parkrun. The T-shirt was just a focal point if people wanted to talk about faith. There have been many occasions where people have come up and said: “Could

Jason Westmoreland

you pray for me?” I’ve done that there and then for many of them.’

Christian Runners UK stages gatherings every month at Parkruns. They enable Christians to meet, share their stories, go for a run, and then enjoy breakfast together at a church afterwards. Since 2014 the group has gone from strength to strength. Jason says there are now members all over the UK, from the Shetlands down to Torquay.

‘We’ve got quite a lot in Northern Ireland too,’ he continues. ‘People have found us on social media and through word of mouth. Over the last eight years, I’ve probably sold about 300 to 400 T-shirts.’

He says that the T-shirts have opened lots of opportunities for people to tell their life stories.

‘You never know who has read the Bible text at the back or seen it and thought,

“Right, I need to get right with God” or to see what this Jesus is all about.’

‘There was a lady who was doing Couch to 5k, and she got involved with a local Parkrun. Then she saw somebody with a Christian Runners T-shirt. She felt that she needed to find out about Jesus and about God. Just from that, she became a Christian and started attending church.’

For some, going from a Parkrun to a church might seem like a big leap of faith. But Jason believes that there’s a striking similarity between the two, in terms of the power of community and acceptance.

‘At Parkrun, everybody’s different, with different abilities and different backgrounds, but we all come together on a Saturday

morning and run the same distance,’ he says. ‘Some are faster, some slower, some walking. But we all have that one thing in common. We just love to go and do it and encourage each other. That’s very much like a church, where we’re all different, with different needs, wants and desires, but we can help each other by loving and caring.’

Christian Runners UK models this type of community through its social media presence, which has enabled members to encourage each other in their relationships with God.

‘There’s about 420 people on our Facebook group, which has been a witness to faith,’ Jason says.

‘You get people who may be runners or have just become Christians and

We’re all running a race in life

they’ve started to run, and they’re sharing their stories about how God’s helping them. And we can pray for people.’

Spiritual and physical health go hand in hand at Christian Runners UK, and Jason has used a Bible verse to reflect the ethos of the club.

‘There are lots of Scriptures about running the race,’ he says, ‘but Hebrews 12:1 hits a note with me because it says: “Let us run with endurance the race that God set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus.” As a runner, you need endurance to keep going, and it’s not easy. You’ve got to put in the training and the dedication. For me, that’s the same as a Christian going to church and reading their Bible.

‘We’re all running a race in life, but obviously at Christian Runners UK we’re

running a race physically too. We all have ups, downs and struggles but, if we set our eyes on Jesus, that’s what it’s all about. We’re runners focused on being Christians, helping and supporting one another.’

Jason gives an example of one particularly inspirational member of the group, who makes a point of championing the goodness of God even in the toughest of circumstances.

‘We’ve got a gentleman who was probably one of the first to join Christian Runners UK and he has completed more than 500 Parkruns. He has multiple sclerosis, which means he can’t run any more. Even so, he posts inspirational texts on our Facebook group about how God is looking after him, and how God’s still inspiring him even though he can’t

run. That gentleman is there giving us help, which is such a blessing.’

Jason explains what his Christian faith means to him.

‘Jesus is everything to me,’ he says. ‘I wake up thinking about him, I go to bed thinking about him. It’s my whole life, it’s not just a switch that I flick on a Sunday. I’ve had lots of ups and downs and trials in my life, and he has been my rock.

‘Jesus was without sin and everything he said and did was perfect. There’s so much to learn from him.’

Jesus, it seems, is Jason’s ultimate cheerleader and inspiration in all he does.

‘He is a role model, somebody I can turn to,’ he says. ‘He’s always there to listen to me when I’m in need. In times when I’m struggling, I can stand on that rock of Jesus, and it’s secure.’

Keeping the faith Keeping the faith

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THROUGH their appearances on Fame Academy, Pop Idol, The One Show and Top of the Pops, Carrie and David Grant have been in the public eye since the 1980s as members of bands, TV vocal coaches and more.

While passionate about music, Carrie and David are also driven by their Christian faith. They run a church from their home in north London and now have written a book, First 30 Days of Walking with Jesus, which is designed for people who are new to the Christian faith. It comprises 30 short chapters, each explaining an aspect of belief and ending with a relevant Bible verse.

It also includes the whole of Mark’s Gospel, as David explains.

‘It is the shortest of the Gospels and an action Gospel. It tells what Jesus did and said. It’s full of motion and momentum, which is something we wanted for the book.’

Written with contributions from friends, David and Carrie’s book addresses the basic issues of Christianity, such as who Jesus is, what the term ‘Trinity’ means, who the Holy Spirit is and why Jesus’ death and resurrection are important.

‘We’ve hopefully broken down some of those long words that people don’t know the meaning of,’ Carrie explains.

David adds: ‘We talk about simple things, like what prayer is. I’ve heard some who

have been Jesus people for years say they can’t pray, because they think it is a style of communication that requires a level of articulacy and confidence that they do not possess. So we also want to debunk that kind of stuff. Praying is you speaking to God as you normally speak.

‘People can be put off by the idea that faith is formulaic, but it’s not – it’s personal. We all walk with Jesus, but the terrain that one person will traverse is entirely different to the terrain that I’ll traverse, because our lives, our histories, our stories are different.

And I know Jesus will walk each of us to the same destination but by different routes.’

I ask if either of the two can recall their first 30

CARRIE and DAVID GRANT have published a book for people who are at the beginning of what they call a walk with Jesus. They talk about why they have written the guide and reflect on their own journeys of faith

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days of walking with Jesus.

‘I think I was just walking on air for a while,’ Carrie responds. ‘I was one of those people who met with the Lord and got changed overnight. It was darkness to light. I remember sitting in the garden at my parents’ house the day after I gave my life to Jesus, looking at the grass and thinking: “Oh my goodness, this grass is really green, and the sky is really blue!” It was like my life up to that point had been in black and white and suddenly God turned the colour on.

‘There was something so beautiful

and innocent about it. I’d not really had a father-figure and here was this God who loved me and cared about the big picture and the tiny details of my life.’

David’s faith history is a little different.

‘I had 30 days and then 30 days revisited,’ he says. ‘This book is the book I wish I had the first time. I was young and went to a crusade staged by the American evangelist Billy Graham. In the first 30 days of being Christian, I kept being told what I had to do, what I had to wear, what I had to start and what I had to stop. I felt like I walked out of the library carrying a load of books that were so heavy and I couldn’t see where I was going.

‘I quickly drifted away, because I couldn’t fulfil all the obligations. Fastforward almost 20 years, I came back to faith. In that time, I was just sitting with Jesus, learning about him, talking about him, speaking to him and learning who I

was in the light of who he is.’

In the years that have followed, life has not always been plain sailing for Carrie and David. But faith has been a source of strength.

‘It helps us with challenges, of which there are many,’ says David, ‘because we know that we’re not alone in them. We know at all times that we’re not the end, we’re not the highest authority – it isn’t the case that if we don’t have the answer, there is no answer.’

Carrie says: ‘I cannot imagine beginning to attempt to live my life without God. God brings context and meaning. Sometimes life is very tragic and difficult, but I know that hope will eventually rear its head. There are times when I’ve wondered where hope is, where God is and whether he even cares.

‘Most of us spend wasted energy trying to get out of those situations rather than thinking that maybe God has got me here. I’ve been in a lot of dark places, but you meet God on that road, he’s right there. There’s no rush to get out or to think, “By Sunday, I need to be sorted”. You can sit with God, and see what he has for you.’

Carrie and David Grant

l First 30 Days of Walking with Jesus is published by SPCK

There are times when I’ve wondered where God is

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jBecoming a Christian

There is no set formula to becoming a Christian, but many people have found saying this prayer to be a helpful first step to a relationship with God

Lord Jesus Christ, I am truly sorry for the things I have done wrong in my life. Please forgive me. I now turn from everything that I know is wrong.

Thank you that you died on the cross for me so that I could be forgiven and set free.

Thank you that you offer me forgiveness and the gift of your Holy Spirit. Please come into my life by your Holy Spirit to be with me for ever.

Thank you, Lord Jesus. Amen

Walking with Jesus

Saved

PEOPLE who identify themselves as Christians or followers of Jesus will often say they have been ‘saved’, but what does this mean? Saved from what?

Saved from the tyranny of having to keep up with the world’s expectations, or indeed saved from the demands of a religious construct? Saved from having to be something we are not; saved from our own harsh inner judge? Saved from being overpowered by addiction and meaningless or hurtful actions towards ourselves or others, this thing we call sin? Saved from hostility towards God? Saved from the power that our past pain uses to keep us in captivity?

All these things are rotting death and darkness, ruling our lives until the day we die and it’s finally over.

Extract from Why Jesus? by Nicky Gumbel published by Alpha International, 2011. Used by kind permission of Alpha International

Our relationship with God evolves

But what if … what if there was a way we could experience new life now – here, today, in all its fullness, no matter what our circumstances; a life that leads to eternal life where there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain? Jesus tells us that all that rotting death and darkness was laid on him when he was crucified, and as a result we can enter into his life-giving and experience real freedom in this and in the next life. Two for the price of one! This ‘salvation’ is for our eternal existence and also for our life right now, here on Earth.

Not only are we saved, past tense, but we are also being saved. It’s an ongoing process as our relationship with God evolves and grows. We access the relationship just as we are; we begin the journey where we are, whether that’s on a mountaintop, having had a mind-blowing revelation of who God is, or a grudging acceptance that, like it or not, God is real and Jesus is exactly who he said he was.

God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him (John 3:16 and 17 New International Version).

Excerpt taken from First 30 Days of Walking with Jesus by Carrie and David Grant, published by SPCK. ISBN 978-0-281-08678-8

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T’S called Blue Monday – but when we reach the third Monday of the new year next week (16 January), are we doomed to feel as depressed as advertisers would suggest?

According to news reports, the phrase ‘Blue Monday’ was initially applied to 24 January 2005, after psychologist Dr Cliff Arnall was asked by Sky Travel to come up with a scientific formula for the January blues. He put forward a theory that this is the time of year when people are broke and feel guilty for failing in their new year’s resolutions. Add bad weather and memories of Christmas to the mix, and generally the third Monday in January becomes the most depressing day of the year.

After Sky Travel used Arnall’s formula to promote their winter deals, a number of other marketing firms jumped on the bandwagon, believing that people’s low mood presented them with a golden sales opportunity.

Last January, however, Dr Philip Clarke, a lecturer in psychology at the University of Derby, told the BBC that there was no scientific evidence for Blue Monday.

‘I started speaking out against Blue Monday when I saw companies were trying to use it as an excuse to sell things,’ he said. ‘I can understand why people would feel down in January, you’ve just come off Christmas – spending a lot of time with family, overindulging and it’s a lot darker outside. The key thing to remember is that Blue Monday isn’t scientifically proven.’

A quick examination of the evidence highlights that people can feel down at any time of the year – and not just in January.

We all have days when circumstances are very difficult and people make us sad. Perhaps we think there is no way to escape our darkest feelings. But there is always a glimmer of hope when we know Jesus. He assured his followers: ‘I am the light for the world’ (John 8:12

Contemporary English Version).

However difficult our days may seem, the light of Jesus reveals the life-changing truth of God’s love for us. Come rain or shine, it’s a light that can never be put out.

Roast cod with tomatoes

METHOD

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4.

Place the cod fillets on a foil-lined baking tray. Drizzle with olive oil and add some salt and pepper. Cut the tomatoes into small pieces, removing any excess juice.

Sprinkle the tomatoes, onion, basil and most of the thyme around the cod, and season with salt and pepper. Place in the oven and roast for 20-25 minutes, until the cod is tender.

Use a fork to shred the fillets into large chunks, then garnish with the remaining thyme.

Serve each portion with a lemon wedge.

METHOD

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4.

Cook the penne according to the packet instructions. Drain and set aside.

Heat the olive oil in a large non-stick pan. Cook the onion and garlic for 5 minutes, until the onion starts to soften.

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