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next day when the evangelist and his associate went to see her, Jean poured
out the story of a bitter and broken life. She’d sunk to the bottom
as an alcoholic, and was supporting herself through prostitution. After
describing her problems, she sobbed out, “You were really speaking
to me last night.”
But the voice that had reached her heart was the voice of God. And He was speaking tenderly. Jean decided to lay it all on the line. She invited Christ to come into her heart as Saviour and Lord, and fastened onto the hope of His soon return. In the weeks that followed, Jean began to notice that her many fears and insecurities, which she’d always tried to drown in drink, now found release as she spent time communicating with Jesus. He began to deliver her from the compulsions that had been wrecking her life. Jean had done a lot of things she wasn’t proud of. But Christ’s grace and forgiveness proved stronger than her shame. The experience of the thief on the cross meant a lot to her. In his last, desperate hours he turned to the Innocent Sufferer beside him and asked, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom” (Luke 23:42). Jesus immediately answered by promising the thief a place with him in paradise (verse 43). The same Jesus who graciously offered forgiveness to Jean and to that dying thief, now offers you salvation, complete pardon, and peace of mind. Discover it for yourself today. You too can pray with the dying thief: “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” And Jesus will answer, “I will come back, and you will be with Me in paradise.”
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