Jesus is my whole life. I am a person of prayer and a zealous disciple of Jesus.
He saved me in His grace and now I can joyfully follow Him wherever He leads me.
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Before I became a believer, my life was very dark. I was a drug user and a criminal. I had been that way for years and I didn't believe my life would change. I didn't even want it to change. I also had many different mental health problems and was on five different medications every day. I just wanted to live that life and eventually die.
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However, God thought differently. First, God saved my best friend, through whom I heard the gospel. He also sent into my life an unknown, believing old man from the other side of Finland, who listened and prayed for me.
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In the first prayer, this man told me things that no one was supposed to know. So I experienced a miracle when God spoke through this man. God confirmed His existence through several different miracles.
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I wanted to test whether God would answer and asked for a horse. The very next day, an unknown man gifted me a Finnish horse foal for no reasonable reason. Despite everything, I did not repent and turned to God. However, I could no longer deny that He is truly the true living God.
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Eventually, my current husband came into my life. He thought I was an atheist and asked if I believed in God. I did not dare to lie, so I had to admit my faith.
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I understood that now I had to ask for forgiveness for my sins. I prayed briefly: "Jesus forgive me for my sins". I didn't believe that anything would happen, but I did experience a miracle. I was freed from all my mental health problems and was able to stop all my medication. I was also freed from my drug problem without trying anything myself. I didn't want to get sober, but my cravings for drugs were simply taken away from me. They became repulsive. I also didn't suffer from any withdrawal symptoms. This was so miraculous that I finally understood and started reading the Bible.
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Later, God led me to believers' baptism and church. I was also filled with the Holy Spirit. As a result of coming to faith, my whole being changed completely. I couldn't even recognize myself as the same as before. It was that concrete. I was born again as a child of God. A completely new person.
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"17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation."
(2. Corinthians 5:17-19)
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My life now has purpose and meaning.
I get to walk as a disciple of Jesus and live in constant connection with Him. There is nothing greater than coming to know the living God, the Lord Jesus Christ, who died on the cross for me. He did it for you too.
On the shoulders of the good shepherd, Janika
