Sporting For His Glory

Cindy Sember: Surrendering sport to God, sharing faith online for God's glory, and developing holy strength.


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Cindy Sember is a professional track hurdles athlete for Great Britain. Cindy is the national record holder in the 100m hurdles and a 2x Olympian (Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020).

Her achievements include European indoor Championship Silver and Commonwealth Bronze. Cindy boldly shares her faith online, sharing how faith and fitness can coexist. 

In this episode, Cindy shares how she began her athletics journey and how she grew in her Christian faith.

Cindy also shares how her relationship with God strengthened her through injury. She learnt to surrender all to God and encourages listeners to do the same. CIndy discusses her journey of sharing faith on social media and the challenges she has faced in doing so. Despite some inevitable negativity, Cindy puts glorifying God above the opinions of others.

Cindy reflects upon the encouragement she has taken from the Bible, and the positive role of Christian music on her preparations as an athlete.

”From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. He said: “In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help, and you listened to my cry." -Jonah‬ ‭2‬:‭1‬-‭2‬

”And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.“ - ‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3‬:‭17‬

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Sporting For His GloryBy Kare Adenegan