Robert Sutton was born and raised in Trinidad. As an adult, he converted to Islam and became a Muslim. He frequently prayed at the mosque, until one day, he decided to go to the United States in search of a better life for his family.

“I was very involved in the Islamic culture, from wearing the traditional clothing to reading the Quran. I didn’t know, nor was I interested in learning about any other religion. I wanted my family to convert to Islam, like I had, but they refused to because they hadn’t been brought up with those traditions and didn’t agree with Islamic customs. I was so devoted to Islam that I gave my children Muslim names.

My life was like a roller coaster, full of ups and downs. I was always going to parties and hanging out with friends.

Now, just try to imagine how chaotic my house was: my wife, who’s Christian, would always invite me to go to the Universal Church but I always refused because I was a Muslim! Actually, I always wanted her to join my religion, but I never thought about going to church with her. After a while, I was hanging out with friends so often and going to parties that I didn’t even have time to go to the mosque. I was so tired of my wife insisting on inviting me to church, that I no longer enjoyed being at home and spending time with my family. One day, while one of our sons was visiting us, I took him to see a friend. On the way, we got into an accident. As a result of this accident, I began having serious health problems. I constantly felt strong pains throughout my body. I couldn’t sleep at night; I tossed and turned from one side to the other, but every position caused pain and discomfort. Again, my wife asked me to go to church and attend a healing prayer meeting. I told her to leave me alone because I didn’t have time for that.

My son, who is now a pastor of the UCKG, also suggested that I make some life changes; that I should give my life to God, but I would always ignore everything they said. A short time later, I started going out with my friends again. During one of those crazy nights, I suffered another car accident while sitting in the backseat of the car. In this incident, no one was hurt, except me. I was the only one who had to go to the hospital. Everyone in my family saw how the devil was working in my life; I was the only one who couldn’t see it. When I came home from the hospital, my wife asked me to go to church with her. And, again, I refused.

One day, my son called and we spoke about how I should turn my life over to God. He explained that if I wanted to get rid of all the negativity and all the health problems, I would have to surrender my life to the Lord Jesus. It took me awhile to actually decide to leave the Islamic religion, but I finally accepted my wife’s invitation to go to church.

I decided to go to church with her on a Sunday morning. From that day on, I was sure that if I kept going and was willing to fight, my life would never be the same. I started doing a chain of prayers on Tuesdays for my healing, Wednesdays for my spiritual life, Fridays for my deliverance and on Sundays for my spiritual growth and for my family. It wasn’t easy; the results didn’t come overnight but I persevered and put everything that I learned in church into practice. That’s when I gradually saw the changes happening day by day in my life.

What really caught my attention, especially because I had never seen it anywhere else, was that the pastors actually taught us how to use our faith with intelligence and to trust in God. I knew I had faith and always believed in God, but I hadn’t been taught how to really put it all into practice. At times, my wife is surprised at how I get up and go to church on my own, without her having to ask me. There are even times that I don’t wait for her and say, ‘I’ll see you in church’. She’s so happy with my conversion to the Lord Jesus, that she often says, ‘God, if this is a dream I never want to wake up’.

Today, I can truly say that my life is completely transformed and I know there’s more to come. In 2010, I was baptized in water, but above all, what I learned from all this is that there is no salvation in religion, only in the Lord Jesus Christ.”

Robert Sutton