{"id":9449,"date":"2021-07-26T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=9449"},"modified":"2021-07-12T16:29:03","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T15:29:03","slug":"jesus-in-my-corner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/friends-of-cvm\/jesus-in-my-corner\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus in my Corner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hi, I\u2019m Andy Flute,&nbsp;a former world-class professional boxer who captained the GB boxing team &amp; shared a boxing ring with 11 world champions (&amp; lots of contenders) including Joe Calzaghe, Chris Eubanks &amp; Nigel Benn to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since I came to Jesus my ministry is about reaching people who are far away from Christianity &amp; would never go to church. When people hear my testimony,&nbsp;coming from someone with my background,&nbsp;it&nbsp;often&nbsp;makes&nbsp;them&nbsp;sit up &amp; listen. My&nbsp;story is told in my&nbsp;book&nbsp;\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Jesus-My-Corner-Andy-Flute\/dp\/1788487702\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=IBHG83CUTYE1&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=jesus+in+my+corner&amp;qid=1592344471&amp;sprefix=jesus+in+my+%2Caps%2C170&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jesus in my Corner<\/a>\u2019. It&nbsp;is a hard-hitting autobiography,&nbsp;which pulls no punches,&nbsp;and&nbsp;tells&nbsp;my&nbsp;story of a boxer&#8217;s journey from a living hell to Christianity.&nbsp;Reviewers&nbsp;have&nbsp;said that it is&nbsp;inspirational&nbsp;and shows&nbsp;that&nbsp;no matter what your situation we all&nbsp;need&nbsp;Jesus. He is the answer if we want&nbsp;to change our lives for the better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book was written with pen and paper in recovery from alcoholism and drug addiction. No ghostwriter, just myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I did not know if I would ever finish it, as I had so many near-death experiences. I believe I was kept here to spread the word of Jesus. I&#8217;m proud of what the book has achieved and continues to achieve. It has helped me form my own ministry, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesusinmycornerministry.com\/\">Jesus in my corner<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus in my Corner is a book for everyone. It&#8217;s passionate, truthful &amp; inspirational. My favourite part of the book is when I was baptised &amp; I became a new creation,&nbsp;as the&nbsp;bible says&nbsp;in&nbsp;2 Corinthians 5:17-18.&nbsp;It\u2019s the best thing that I ever did. Forget TV, forget fame,&nbsp;forget money, I&#8217;ve had it all. But none of it meant anything. Getting baptised was by far more meaningful than anything I\u2019ve experienced in my life. Jesus is the answer for everyone. He has taught me so much: how to be kind considerate, humble, honest &amp; overall&nbsp;to be a good person. I was never like this before but anything is possible with him no matter the situation. I\u2019m more passionate about Jesus Christ than anything else I\u2019ve ever done, even boxing &amp; that was my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m sure in the future I will write a follow-up book that will go in-depth to where&nbsp;Jesus has taken me and the lives I have been able to touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My book is published by Austin Mcauley &amp; is available on Amazon for under \u00a310. It&#8217;s available in all good book stores. I can be contacted through my ministry or social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>We come into this life with nothing &amp; we go out with nothing. Or we can be saved &amp; go out with Jesus Christ.&nbsp;<\/p><p>It&#8217;s not how we start but how we finish.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">You can find Andy Flutes Testimony from&nbsp;<br>Saturdays TG21 Session at around 41:17<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fEKw_dc_p5w?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=2474&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Andy&#8217;s and other testimony from #TG21 can be found on our <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/cvmmedia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a> page<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/friends-of-cvm\/jesus-in-my-corner\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 897245;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png?w=750\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I\u2019m Andy Flute,&nbsp;a former world-class professional boxer who captained the GB boxing team &amp; shared a boxing ring with 11 world champions (&amp; lots of contenders) including Joe Calzaghe, Chris Eubanks &amp; Nigel Benn to name a few. 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