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Over in England, every day at noon a man by the name of Jim went to his church, sat down on the front row for five minutes, then slipped out. One day his pastor asked why he did this. Jim answered, "The world wears me down, and so I sit here in church and bow my head and say, 'Jesus, this is Jim. I need your help today.' And He always pours new strength into me." One day Jim's pastor was called to the hospital. Jim was dying. When the pastor went into the room, Jim asked everyone else to go out. Then he said, "Pastor, when they brought me here they thought I was unconscious, but I heard them say that I was going to die. They left me alone for a few minutes. But I felt the presence of someone else in the room. I looked around but didn't see anyone. Then I heard a sweet voice saying, 'Jim, this is Jesus. I've come to take you home with Me. Don't be afraid. I'll go through the dark valley with you." Then Jim said to his pastor, "I'm not afraid. I'm ready to go." And within minutes he was gone.

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