From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked. Luke 12:48b John Williams (1839) Pioneer Missionary Having been a pioneer missionary in the Pacific since...
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Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to...
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Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits – who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love...
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Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armour of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. Ephesians 6:10-11 Victor of Marseilles (3rd century) Soldiered On Victor, a soldier in the Roman army at...
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For he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones. Proverbs 2:8 Jameel Sawan (2011) Minorities’ Champion Jameel was shot dead in Karachi on 16 November 2011 in a suspected Islamist attack. A leading figure in the...
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Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to blot out their name from the earth. Psalm 34:14-16...
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Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote – Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked. “Come and...
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Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I...
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I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. John 10:11 Nerses (373) Banished Bishop As a young man Nerses was a soldier in Caesarea, Cappadocia (modern day Turkey). Following the death of his wife he then became an...
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Remember the word that I said to you, “Servants are not greater than their master.” If they persecuted me, they will persecute you. John 15:20 (NRSV) Mina (c. 303) Prayer and Austerity Mina (also called Menas) is regarded in Egypt as one of the...
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