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Home » Featured Stories » A Young Alcoholic’s Desire for Change

A Young Alcoholic’s Desire for Change

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July 22, 2025
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National Missionary Prayer | A Young Alcoholic’s Desire for Change
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WILLS POINT, TX – Discover how a national missionary pastor’s prayer and God’s grace helped a young man, lost to alcoholism, find hope and a completely new life.

Saer, a GFA World national missionary pastor, was walking in his village when he met a short, wiry young man. Pastor Saer quickly observed something was not right with him. Maybe the pastor noticed the young man’s eyes were bloodshot, or his breath smelled of liquor, or his speech was slurred. Whatever clues Pastor Saer picked up, he deduced the young man was completely drunk. Would he listen to anything the pastor said?

New Friend Offers New Hope

The young man, Abnor, had lost his father years earlier. He lived with his mother and earned an income working as a driver. Abnor sought solace by seeking blessings from his traditional gods and goddesses—and drinking alcohol—but these didn’t give him the fulfillment, purpose or connection he needed.

When Abnor met Pastor Saer, his drunken state didn’t stop him from unburdening his desperation to the pastor.

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