and executioners
were so moved
that they were
converted to the
faith that gave
such staggering
strength and
superhuman courage
and bravery,
not just to strong
men but to women
and children,
as you can read
in The Acts of the Martyrs.
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than adequateto meet all our needs,according toHis riches in glory.God wants usto know this truthand to reckon it as fact,in the inner recessesof our being.
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