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e distributed leaflets and literature in
central Croydon and will continue to do
so over the next month, God willing. Let us
know if you’d like to come and help. We’re
also receiving lots of grateful letters from
those who’ve received NEV Bibles, and several
have expressed interest in the Gospel and
have requested Bible Basics. One writes: “Just
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n our daily prayers we ask for the Kingdom
of God to come right now, so that we may
leave this corrupt world. If you open a news-
paper today, or listen to the radio or T.V., you
always get the impression of trouble. Our
world today is torn by strife between polit-
ical parties, ethnic factions, strife between
nations. It is beset by problems: hunger and
ever present violence, problems of society
revealed by increasing crime rates, and over-
crowded prisons; by hospitals filled with
patients, many of whom are there because
of mental stress and by an alarming number
of victims of drug abuse. Alcoholism plays its
part, and there are frequent threats of
economic crisis, with widespread unemploy-
ment and material hardship.
Though we are experiencing all these hard-
ships in this world, don’t forget that we are
all invited to a greater gathering which is to
take place in the earth. In the not-too-far
distant future, when the greatest person the
world has ever known is going to gather his
friends together to a royal feast, and is going
to present them with gifts, such as he alone
can give – right here on earth.
We can see then that the good time which is
coming on earth is to be characterised by a
kindly regard for the poor, on the part of the
King, who will reign at that time. This is the
time spoken of in Psalm 113, where we read,
“He, (God) raiseth up the poor out of the
dust and lifteth the needy out of the
dunghill, that he may set him with princes,
even the princes of his people.”
News from Zimbabwe
“Thy Kingdom Come”
| Bro Simion Mudhimba (Chipinge, Zimbabwe)
a short time to say thank you so much for the
lovely Bible you sent in the post for me. I was
a member of a large Charismatic church up to
5 years ago. I became disillusioned as over a
period of time it became more of a business
than a church. I hope now to establish my
faith again. God bless, Mark”.
Chipinge Ecclesia in particular is progressing
well, with Bro Moses Dhlakama, who is
always giving us excellent Bible teachings
and exhortations.