--- title: "Rosie's Story" date: 2019-10-31T18:01:00+00:00 author: Jacob Hilton canonical_url: "https://staging.eauk.org/great-commission/stories/rosies-story" section: Stories --- Great Commission is the Evangelical Alliance's evangelism and mission hub for stories that inspire and resources that equip us all to share Jesus. - [Great Commission](/great-commission) - [Stories](/great-commission/stories/all) - Rosie's Story # Rosie's Story #### Rosie got baptised when she realised Jesus wasn't asking her to be perfect, and now shares her faith by living her life for Him [ ![Https vimeo com 291088922](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Https vimeo com 291088922](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) #### University students | 0:00 ## Rosie's Story ](#%0A%09%09%09) [DetailsAbout the video](#) [TranscriptWhat it says](#) [DownloadSave it offline](#download) Rosie got baptised when she realised Jesus wasn't asking her to be perfect, and now shares her faith by living her life for Him ##### Featured Resources [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### The Visa Course The Visa Course is a 10 week course that introduces Christianity in simple English. ](https://staging.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/the-visa-course) [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### Student Linkup Box Everything you need for starting university in one Box. ](https://staging.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/student-linkup-box) [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### Student Life Student Life is for anyone wanting to explore the bigger questions in life and what it might mean to… ](https://staging.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/agape-student-life) [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### Fusion Mission Styles Discover your mission style. ](https://staging.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/fusion-mission-styles) [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### Small Groups: Big… Imagine being part of a Small Group that people can't wait to gather for; it's fun, it's adventurous,… ](https://staging.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/small-groups-big-mission) [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### Church & Students What role should the local church play and how do they get involved? Church & Students helps churches… ](https://staging.eauk.org/great-commission/resources/church-students) He loves us no matter where we've come from and no matter what we've done0My name's Rosie and this is my story0When I went to uni, I never really went to church in term time but when I went home I went to my home church0And I did that for about three years, and it was fine and I was enjoying my life0But I didn't realise how far I had kind of strayed away I suppose from the church0I was living much more for the world and that kind of lifestyle rather than who I'd been called to be by God0It was more I would say after uni, in my final year that I really had just a deeper understanding of why I wanted to be a Christian, and really owned it for myself0It was more of my personal faith"0After uni, I was working away trying to get into conservation and just couldn't get anywhere at all0And then randomly this job in Stirling came up, for three months, so I was like, "oh, I'll just go to Stirling0 And I got the job, and it wasn't really what I wanted to do a hundred percent and here I am about two and a half years later0I was baptised just December just past0So I'd been wanting to get baptised for a while0I just got to a point, I was like, "oh I'm 25, and I've always believed in God, I don't know why I've not been baptised"0Because in the Bible it says believe and be baptised0And then I'd been like, "oh yeah, I believe and then I'll0 I kind of, I don't know why but I thought I needed to get my life together, I needed to become perfect or become a really good, perfect Christian and then get baptised, and it doesn't work like that, God's not asked us to do it like that because, yeah no one's going to be a perfect Christian0I feel I share my faith with Jesus through living a life for Jesus0Some of my best friends are non0Christian, and I think just living a life for God and them seeing you getting excited about Jesus and excited about God is just so fantastic and seeing that it isn't weird to love Jesus0It's really normal and it's really fun0Everyone has a story to share about their journey with God, so even if you have always known God, you still have a journey because everyone's life is different, and yeah you can help people who maybe are struggling with their faith through sharing your story and inspire them maybe to believe in God Download video [ ##### Rosie's Story (HD) ###### 1920 x 1080 - 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