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The Lord is my shepherd
The Bible is a source of comfort and strength to people all over the world. In the Bible God speaks to us. He reveals his own heart and character and speaks to our hearts. Psalm 23 was written by David and is one of the best-known passages in the Bible. It has been a help…
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Overcoming evil with good
How would it feel to sit in front of the man responsible for the murder of your son? The one who took his freedom, crushed his spirit, and then took his life, circulating the evidence as part of a grotesque PR stunt? What would you say to him if you had the chance? Could you…
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God’s work-life balance
The summer holidays have arrived, and families are beginning to go away on holiday. For many it’s the first opportunity to have a holiday for 3 years because of the pandemic. Children are looking forward to 6 weeks when they don’t have to go to school and will have no homework. They will be able…
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It was the right thing to do
Józek Walaszczyk has died at the age of 102. He was Poland’s oldest living “Righteous Among the Nations” – a title given by Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial and museum, to non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. Józek saved 53 Jewish people and has been described as “the Polish Schindler”.…
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The rebirth is real
A few years ago, Matthew Parris, a former MP and a distinguished journalist, visited Malawi, where he had lived as a child. He was impressed by the development work of Pump Aid, a small British charity, helping rural communities to have safe water. But, to his surprise, something else impacted him: “Travelling in Malawi refreshed…
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I let the blame and bitterness go
In 1995 Fernando and Elizabeth Jimenez came to England as Christian missionaries from their native Costa Rica. In 2017 their 24-year-old daughter Maria was killed in a car crash on the A3 dual carriageway near Guildford. The car, which belonged to Maria, was being driven at 100mph by her friend Nick when he lost control.…
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The Lord is close to the broken-hearted
As the number of casualties increases in the intensive conflict in the Donbas in east Ukraine the demand on surgeons is very heavy. They are treating thousands of people, both military personnel and civilians, who have life-changing and life-threatening injuries. These surgeons are thankful for the help of world-renowned war surgeon, Dr David Nott, who…
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Kim Phuc – the power of love
On 8 June 1972 a 9-year-old little girl, Phan Thi Kim Phuc, ran from her village Trang Bang, north of Saigon, after a napalm attack. Kim and her family were sheltering in a temple when they heard planes overhead. They ran outside to find safety, just as bombs detonated containing napalm, a flammable liquid that…