Sigmund

Last night Sigmund knocked on the door. We met him at the cell-group gathering the other day and now he came to see us. He wanted to tell his story of how he came to know the Lord Jesus Christ. �Jesus is now inside me�, he acclaimed as his face radiated with joy and happiness. This joy had not always been his.
At the age of 41 Sigmund found himself at the hospital in Hammerfest in Finnmark. He was seriously ill having heart trouble and nearly died. At the hospital one day he heard a voice telling him that he after he got out of the hospital should move to S�rv�gen in Vester�len. There he would meet a man that would become his friend and would help him to have an encounter with the Lord and from that moment on Jesus would be on the inside of him.
Sigmund was discharged from the hospital with a lot of heart medicine to take for the rest of his life. As soon as possible he left Finnmark and moved to S�rv�gen in Vester�len. Here he was able to buy a house and in spite of his heart trouble he also was able to take on a job. But half a year ago he found himself at a hospital again. Then Bernt Tore, that was living in the same area, started to phone him at the hospital every day to encourage him. God had spoken to Bernt Tore to do that, but Sigmund didn�t know anything about that. To Sigmund�s great surprise he was sent home from the hospital much sooner than expected.
One day in January 2002 while he was walking he met Bernt Tore on the road and they started to talk with one another. During their conversation Bernt Tore shared the gospel with him using the John 3:16 Illustration which he was drawing in the snow. He challenged him to receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. Sigmund wanted to take more time to think it through and went home. The following morning it was like someone song a well known psalm for him: �The name of Jesus never fades�. There was no other visible person in the room with him. Sigmund joined in, started to sing the psalm with the one who was singing to him. Then he was overwhelmed with the presence of God, fell to his knees and committed his life to Jesus Christ. Immediately he was filled with peace and joy on the inside. �Jesus moved in�, Sigmund says with a big smile, �He is now within me!�
Then Sigmund rose again. He went to the bath room and had a thorough bath. He had become clean on the inside and felt he had to get rid of all filth on the outside as well. After the bath he dressed in his best suit and went to tell Bernt Tore and other neighbours what had happened to him.
�Jesus has moved in. He lives within me!� Sigmund is overflowing with joy as he shares his testimony and adding: �More people in this place will come to Christ to receive this wonderful life!�