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What 2013201320132013 holds in store only God would know, but we can have the reassurance thatJesus Christ holds our lives in His hands.
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PrayerPrayerPrayerPrayer requests:requests:requests:requests:• That God will help me to keep my focus on His plan• That God will prepare the way forward and that all requirements and logistics will be in its correct
place.• God’s protection and guidance wherever I may go.• For God to strengthen me, and give me constant hope, and to remain in God’s love.• God’s provision financially, for long-term supporters.• For the people’s salvation and that they will be discipled.• For God to be at work in the hearts and lives of the broken and lost.• For healing and restoration of individuals and families through Jesus Christ.
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