Submitted by Anonymous

One night, a friend called at about 11pm and she was sobbing. She said she couldn’t sleep and asked me to pray for her. After probing further, she revealed that she felt robbed of her happiness and trust in people due to past hurts and betrayals. I attempted to tell her, in the most subtle way, about Jesus protecting her peace. But it didn’t seem to work. So I started telling her “bedtime stories” about Jesus — how cool He is even in the face of problems, and also how much Jesus loves and cares for her. However, she still wasn’t able to sleep.

I don’t like to evangelise very much, but I realised that there was no way for things to change for her unless Jesus was in the equation. I eventually told her how Jesus wanted to be in her life to change her situation. But He would need her permission to let Him work His peace into her life. And when I asked if she wanted to receive Christ as her personal Saviour, she said yes! There and then, I led her to say the salvation prayer. Almost immediately after the prayer, she told me that she wanted to sleep! It was evident that the peace was there the moment she accepted Him. WOW.

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