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1896 Athens Greece 1900 Paris France 1904 St Louis USA 1908 United Kingdom 1912 Stockholm Sweden 1916 Not Held 1920 Belgium 1924 Paris France 1928 Holland 1932 Los Angeles USA 1936 Berlin Germany 1940 Not Held 1944 Not Held 1948 London United Kingdom 1952 Helsinki Finland 1956 Melbourne Australia 1960 Rome Italy 1964 Tokyo Japan 1968 Mexico City Mexico 1972 Munich Germany 1976 Montreal Canada 1980 Moscow Soviet Union 1984 Los Angeles USA 1988 Seoul South Korea 1992 Barcelona Spain 1996 Atlanta USA 2000 Sydney Australia 2004 Athens Greece 2008 Beijing China 2012 London United Kingdom 2016 Rio de Janairo Brazil

1 2 London Calling stadium nationbynation. ceremony athletesmarchedintothe For thefirsttimeatopening countries; 21sportsand110events. (including only36women)from22 There were2,035participants, gymnastics andwrestling. swimming poolandfacilitiesfor track, acyclingfootballfield, Bush, whichincludedarunning a stadiumhadbeenbuiltatShepherd’s second choiceandwithintenmonths inconvenient time.Londonwasthe had otherideasanderuptedatavery and Naples,Italy, butMountVesuvius originally scheduledtobeheldinRome The 1908OlympicGameswere 1908 is morethananyothercity. has hostedtheOlympicGames,which 2012 willbethethirdtimethatLondon record holderinsixevents. Fanny enteredtheGamesasaworld relay. sprint 4x100m and hurdles 80m 200m, 100m, The events. four won Blankers-Koen Fanny Holland’s defended titlestheyhadwonin1936. Brzak (Czechoslovakia)successfully people; IlonaElek(Hungary)andJan she tookbronzeinthe200m,whilsttwo first blackwomantowinamedalwhen Audrey Patterson(USA)becamethe television forthefirsttime. The Gameswerewidelyviewedon the cityhadsufferedduringwar. in 1920)recognitionofthedamage war. Londonwaschosen(likeAntwerp banned fortheirparticipationinthe represented. GermanyandJapanwere in Londonwhere50countrieswere were cancelledfor12years,resuming Due toWorld War II,theOlympics 1948

3 4 Events and Dates Sunday 29July–Saturday11August Hockey Saturday 28July–Sunday12August Handball Saturday 28July–Sunday12August Gymnastics Wednesday 25 July – Saturday 11 August Football Saturday 28July–Sunday5August Fencing Saturday 28–Thursday9August Equestrian Sunday 29July–Saturday11August Diving Saturday 28July–Sunday12August Cycling Sunday 29July–Saturday11August Canoe Slalom Saturday 28July–Sunday12August Boxing Saturday 28July–Thursday9August Beach Volleyball Saturday 28July–Sunday12August Basketball Saturday 28July–Sunday5August Badminton Friday 3–Sunday12August Athletics Friday 27July–3August Archery Sunday 5–12August Wrestling Saturday 28July–Tuesday 7August Weightlifting Sunday 29July–12August Water Polo Saturday 28July–Sunday12August Volleyball Saturday 4andTuesday 7August Triathlon Saturday 28July–Sunday5August Tennis Wednesday 8–Saturday11August Taekwondo Saturday 28 July – Wednesday 8 August Table Tennis Saturday 28July–Friday10August Swimming Saturday 28July–Sunday5August Shooting Sunday 29July–Saturday11August Sailing Saturday 28July–4August Rowing Saturday 11–Sunday12August Modern Pentathlon Saturday 28July–Friday3August Judo 5 6 Debbie Flood as bestIcan.reallybelievethatGod this standard.So,Itrytousemyability to mehasbeenmypotentialachieve My lifeisinGod’s hands andGod’s gift to winjustbecauseIamaChristian. that welostorIshouldexpect race. I donotthinkitwasGod’s fault that Iwillbeabletodomybestinany But Ineverpraytowin.always we ledforthreequartersoftherace. not togetagoldmedal,especiallyas again. Itwasagreatdisappointment race inBeijing!We camesecond sessions eachdayallforasixminute seven daysaweekandtwoorthree and thentrainedforfouryears;sixor I wonasilvermedalinAthens2004 fantastic. so muchmoreintense.Itreallywas it wassuchadifferentatmosphere; competitions. Butwhenwegotthere, we raceeveryyearininternational racing againstthesamepeoplethat the OlympicGames?”We werejust I thought“what’s sospecialabout in 2004wastrulyamazing.Atfirst Competing inmyfirstOlympicGames Olympic reflections silver medalistinthequadsculls Debbie Flood–2004and2008 God mustcomefirstinmylife cut, itmust.ButasaChristianathlete In manywaysitdoes,andtomakethe existence andbecomesyourlife. Faster, Strongerbecomesyour for theOlympics,mottoHigher, commented thatasanathletetraining includes mysport.SirSteveRedgrave is apartofeverythingIdowhich God isthecentreofmylifeand but alsotohonourhimwithmyactions. him –toglorifythroughmyracing put meintorowingtobeawitnessfor 7 Gold Medals 2008: Men Gold Medals 2012: Men

100m Usain Bolt, Jamaica 100m 110m Hurdles Dayron Robles, Cuba 110m Hurdles 200m Usain Bolt, Jamaica 400m LaShawn Merritt, USA 200m 400m Hurdles Angelo Taylor, USA 400m 800m Wilfred Bungei, Kenya 400m Hurdles 1500m Asbel Kiprop, Kenya 3000m 800m Steeplechase Brimin Kiprop, Kenya 1500m 5000m Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia 3000m Steeplechase 10000m Kenenisa Bekele, 5000m Ethiopia 4x100m Relay Jamaica 10000m 4x400m Relay USA 4x100m Relay Marathon Samuel Wansiru, Athletics Winners Athletics Kenya 4x400m Relay 20km Road Walk Valeriy Borchin, Russia Marathon 50km Road Walk Alex Schwazer, Italy 20km Road Walk Decathlon Brian Clay, USA Discus Throw Gerd Kanter, Estonia 50km Road Walk Hammer Throw Primoz Kozmus, Decathlon USA did not Slovenia select Robert Discus Throw High Jump Andrey Silnov, Russia Legendre in the Javelin Throw Andreas Thorkildsen, Hammer Throw Long Jump in Norway 1924, but only for Long Jump IJ Saladina Aranda, High Jump the pentathalon. Panama Javelin Throw However, during Pole Vault Steve Hooker, Australia Long Jump the pentathalon Shot Put Tomasz Majewski, Pole Vault he broke the Poland world record. Shot Put Triple Jump Nelson Evora, Portugal That will show Triple Jump them!

8 9 Gold Medals 2008: Women Gold Medals 2012: Women

100m Hurdles Dawn Harper, USA 100m 100m Shelly-Ann Fraser, Jamaica 100m Hurdles 200m Veronica-Campbell 200m Brown, Jamaica 400m Hurdles Melanie Walker, 400m Jamaica 400m Hurdles 400m Christine Ohuruogu, GB 800m Pamela Jelimo, Kenya 800m 1500m Nancy Langat, Kenya 1500m 3000m Gulnara Galkina Steeplechase Samitova, Russia 3000m Steeplechase 5000m Tirunesh Dibaba, 5000m

Athletics Winners Athletics Ethiopia 10000m 10000m Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia 4x100m Relay Marathon Constantina Tomescu, Romania 4x400m Relay 4x100m Relay Russia Marathon 4x400m Relay USA 20km Road Walk 20km Road Walk Olga Kaniskina, Russia Discus Throw Stephanie Trafton, USA Heptathlon Hammer Throw Aksana Miankova, Discus Throw Belarus Heptathlon Natalia Dobrynska, Hammer Throw Ukraine High Jump High Jump Tia Hellebautt, Belgium Javelin Throw Barbora Spotakova, Javelin Throw Czech Republic Long Jump Long Jump Maurren Maggi, Brazil Pole Vault Elena Isinbaeva, Pole Vault Russia Shot Put Shot Put Valerie Vili, NZ Triple Jump Francoise Mbango Triple Jump Etone, Cameroon

10 11 12 Men’s 100 metres 2008 2004 2000 1996 1992 1988 1984 1980 1968 1936 1924 1896 names whohavewonthegoldmedal. event. Herearesomeofthefamous of themostexciting;arealblueribbon time –overin10seconds.Itisalsoone event intheOlympicGamestermsof The 100metresraceistheshortest Olympic GoldMedalists Usain BOLT Justin GATLIN Maurice GREENE Donovan BAILEY Linford CHRISTIE Carl LEWIS Carl LEWIS Allan WELLS James HINES Jesse OWENS Harold ABRAHAMS (GBR) Thomas BURKE (Jamaica) (CAN) (USA) (USA) (GBR) (USA) (USA) (GBR) (USA) (USA) (USA) 9.69 9.85 9.87 9.84 9.96 9.92 9.99 10.25 9.95 10.3 10.6 12.0 World Record in all three finals. to the 100m. What is more he broke the – adding the 200m and the 4 x 100m relay In 2008 Usain Bolt won three gold medals awarded thegold. his worldrecordcancelled.Lewiswas and hismedalwastakenaway Johnson latertestedpositivefordrugs that noonecantakeawayfromyou.” replied, “Themedal.Itissomething world recordorthegoldmedal,he asked whichmeantmoretohim,the great ironies,whenJohnsonwaslater rival CarlLewis(USA).Inoneofsport’s Record timeof9.79aheadhisgreat (Canada) finishingfirstina World dramatic ofalltimewithBenJohnson The 1988racewasoneofthemost Jesse Owens Luz Long & Berlin. Olympics, Left: 1936

13 14 Olympic Traditions the OlympicMovement. celebrations was averylowpointfor States. Theparochialnatureofthese athletes, but580werefromtheUnited 650 hosted Games Louis St. The part. took women time first the was it but stadium a have not did to themainevent.TheParisGames in St.Louis1904wereside-shows Exposition in1900andtheWorld’s Fair survival. TheGamesheldattheParis of stagnationthatthreatenedtheir Games, theOlympicsenteredaperiod Following thesuccessof1896 How TheModernOlympicsEvolved alternating todifferentlocations. always heldatOlympiaratherthan wreaths orcrowns.TheGameswere The prizesforthevictorswereolive countries totheGamesinsafety. so thatathletescouldtravelfromtheir Games, anOlympicTruce wasenacted be known.Duringacelebrationofthe olympiad, astheunitoftimecameto usually heldeveryfouryears,or years until393AD.TheGameswere They werecelebratedforover1,000 Greece. in Olympia at BC 776 in began they that indicate records but legend and myth in shrouded are Games the of origins exact The Zeus. God Greek the of honour in held were They Greece. Ancient of city-states the of representatives between competitions athletic The OlympicGameswereaseriesof Olympic Origins

theatre representative ofitsculture. itself withdisplaysofdanceand The nexthostcitybrieflyintroduces mayor ofRiodeJanairoin2012. next OlympicGames.Itwillbethe to themayorofcityhosting the Games transfersaspecialOlympic flag the mayorofcitythatorganised the The Olympicflameisextinguishedand the nextSummerOlympicGames. and theflagofcountryhosting the flagofcurrenthostcountry, the birthplaceofOlympicGames; played: theflagofGreece,tohonour corresponding nationalanthemsare national flagsarehoistedandthe by allthecompetitors.Three country enterthestadium,followed Flag-bearers fromeachparticipating The ClosingCeremony the Games. cauldron islit,signifyingthestartof the Olympicflameinstadium’s torch isbroughtintothestadiumand origins oftheOlympics.TheOlympic the firsttoenterinorderhonour nation bynation.Greeceistraditionally athletes paradeintothestadium, After thepresentation,competing theatre representativeofitsculture. displays ofmusic,singing,dance,and The hostnationthenpresentsartistic a performanceofitsnationalanthem. hoisting ofthehostcountry’s flagand The ceremonytypicallystartswiththe The Openingceremony 15 16 Vivian Cheriot possible. carrying me.Withouthim,nothing is He iswithmeallthetime,helpingme, important toher:“Jesusisinmylife. Vivian withoutknowingwhatismost You cannotspendmuchtimewith be ahomefromhome. the yearinLondon,Olympicswill medal. Giventhatshespendspartof ambition istowinanOlympicGold 2008. Sheadmitsthatherbiggest with abestperformanceoffifthin to doherselfjusticeattheOlympics, Championship 5,000races.Shehasstill Commonwealth andthe2009World Country Championship,the2010 She alsowonthe2011World Cross talent Godhasgivenme.” strength. Iamverythankfulforthe not runinmystrengthbutGod’s I wouldnotachieveanything.have the strength.WithoutGodinmylife, because heistheonewhogaveme have wonbutIneedtothankGod Afterwards shesaid,“Iamsohappyto Vivian isinaclassofherown. depth inlongdistancerunningbut The Kenyanshavesuchstrengthin and the10,000metres. South Korea,shewonthe5,000metres Athletics ChampionshipsinDaegu, the formofherlife!In2011World In 2011Vivian CheriotofKenyawasin minute.” him therestofmylife–toverylast I lovehimsomuchandwilllivefor without him,Icouldnotdoanything. succeeding thewayIambecause Without JesusIwouldnotbe 17 18 Beijing memories 100m relaygold.In thewomen’s sprint metres andJamaicatakingthe4x Bolt winningthemen’s 100and200 dominated thesprinteventswithUsain Jamaica, acountryof3millionpeople Indoor) inhercareer. World Record –oneofthe15(plus12 Vault andinevitablysetanothernew favourites, dulywonthewomen’s Pole Isinbaeva (Russia),oneofthehottest medals (5individualand3relay).Elena Phelps (USA)winningeightgold performances withswimmerMichael There wereseveralstellar country’s firstevergold medals. with theirathletesbringinghome and Panamamanagedtogoonebetter for thefirsttime.Mongolia,Bahrain Togo allexperiencedpodiumfinishes Tajikistan, Afghanistan,Mauritiusand Committees tookpartintheGames. A record204NationalOlympic medals andatotalof47medals. Great Britaincamefourthwith19gold gold medalsand100intotal. China toppedthemedaltablewith51 to cheerabout(andtheydid)as Square. Thehomecrowdhadplenty marathons bothstartedinTiananmen races tookintheGreatWall andthe sense ofhistoryasthecyclingroad awe-inspiring. Therewasagreat centre, theWater Cube,wasequally was magnificentandtheblueAquatic memorable. TheBird’s NestStadium The BeijingOlympicsweretruly the women’s 400metres? Britain’s onlyathleticsgoldmedalin from alongwaybacktotakeGreat forget ChristineOhuruogucoming had stoodsince1989.Andwillweever freestyle, broketheworldrecordthat Rebecca Adlingtonwho,inthe800m medals included2goldswonby sailing medalsandtheir6swimming Great Britainalsowon6rowingand Chris Hoytookthreegoldmedals. winning 14medals,including8gold. Great Britain’s cyclistsexcelled sprint relay, theyfailedtofinish. Despite beingthehotfavouritesfor 100m andgoldbronzeinthe200m. Jamaica tookallthreemedalsinthe 19 20 Women in the Olympics were tooweak.The1900Paris were moreathleticandthatwomen Pierre deCoubertinthoughtthatmen Modern Olympicsfounder, Baron women andnonakedmen! restarted in1896therewereno were Olympics the When naked. compete to tended men all, After death. of pain on Games Olympic Women werebannedfromtheancient But itwasnotalwaysso. Victoria PendletonandDebbieFlood. Isinbaeva, RebeccaAddlington, the Olympicscene.ThinkofElena Women areverymuchapartof

and shooting? weight-lifting, wrestling in themarathon,triathlon, as womannowcompete Coubertin havethought What wouldBaronde doubles. badminton mixed against meninthe events andwith terms in the equestrian with menonequal open competition women engagedin eight teamsportsand individual eventsplus there wereover100 competed in28sportsand By 2008over4000women 1948 andthe400min1964. The 200mwasfirstrunin not re-introduceduntil1960. dangerous forwomenand the racewasdeclaredtoo (the firsttimetheracehadbeenheld), end ofthe800metresracein1928 When severalrunnerscollapsedatthe and in1968stillonly6. were just4sportseventsforwomen skating andtennisonly. In1936there were 36womencompetinginthe ladies tennissingles.By1908there ever femalegoldmedallistwinningthe Charlotte Cooperbecamethefirst women competed.GreatBritain’s Olympics werethefirstGameswhere

21 22 Past and present Rugby Pelota Real tennis Cricket sports, butarenownomore: The followingwereonceOlympic Swimming – Fencing – Shot put Triple jump High jump Marathon 100, 400,800,1500metre every modernOlympics: 15 eventshavebeenheldin Softball Polo Lacrosse Croquet 1500 metresfreestyle Individual sabre Individual foiland Discus Pole-vault Long jump 110 metreshurdles Tug ofWar Rackets Motor Boating Golf

well asatWembley Stadium. , Manchesteras City ofCoventryStadiumand St James’Park,Newcastle, ,Cardiff, ,Glasgow, the Football matchestakeplaceat Portland (sailing). (kayaking) andWeymouth and Lee Valley WhiteWater Centre (rowing), Hadleigh Farm (cycling), Outside London there is Eton Dorney and Wimbledon. Artillery Barracks, , Arena, Regents Park, The Royal Lord’s Cricket Ground, North Greenwich , Hyde Park, Earls Court, ExCel, , Other London venues include and theVelodrome. the HandballArena,HockeyCentre the BasketballArea,TheBMXCircuit, which also includes the Aquatics Centre, Olympic StadiuminthePark, The mainlocationisofcoursethe at arangeofvenues,oldandnew. The LondonOlympicswilltakeplace Venues

23 24 Eric Liddell documentaries? biographies, afilm andatleasttwoTV his lifehasbeenrecordedinadozen so compellingaboutEricLiddellthat have achievedmuchmore.Whatis known thanmanyOlympianswho only onegoldmedal.Yet heis better Olympics over75yearsagoandwon Eric Liddellcompetedinonlyone in 1945. internment campinWeishien, China athletics. HediedinaJapanese 1925 was his lastseasonincompetitive His decision to go to China meant that new world record of 47.6 seconds. the 400metreswherehealsoseta final andthenwentontowingoldin However, hetookbronzein200metres 100 metres. Sabbath”, hecouldnotruninthe as aChristianwhohonoured“the for aSundayandhedecidedthat, was announced,theheatswereset 100 metres.Butwhentheschedule was apotentialgoldmedallistinthe Eric wasaworldclasssprinterwho “Chariots offire”. made intotheawardwinningfilm, missionary parents.Eric’s storywas originally beenbornofScottish and missioninChina,wherehehad before devotinghislifetoteaching the 400metresatthe1924Olympics 2012 OlympicPark.Hewongoldin College whichisnotfarfromthe Eric LiddellwaseducatedatEltham

Eric Liddell? any withtheintegrityandcharacterof in the2012Olympicsbutwilltherebe There willbemanygreatchampions gold tohim. Christian faithwasworthmorethan was favouritetowin–becausehis medal inthe100metres–racehe by tossingawayhischanceofagold He capturedtheimaginationofmillions Sunday. a on run to refused he because be to seems answer The

25 Success or Failure? It’s only a part of it and I have so much other stuff that I want to accomplish in life as well”. Allyson Felix has won the World title in the women’s 200 metres three times Her relationship with Jesus Christ is but not the Olympic title. She did, central to her life: “I can’t imagine my however, take gold in the women’s life without knowing Jesus. I can’t 4x400m relay in 2008 and was second imagine just waking up and going in the 200 metres in 2004 and 2008. through my life without Him. Is taking the silver medal a success He is my life and that’s or a failure? Allyson fully understands what I live for”. the question. Allyson Felix (USA) “As soon as I finished the race in 2004, 2004 and 2008

Allyson Felix Allyson I wasn’t sure about how to take getting Olympics 200 metres silver. When you go into any race you – silver medal. go into it wanting to win. So it was 2008 Olympic 4x400 definitely a little bit of a letdown, but – gold medal. then my family quickly put things into perspective for me and I realized what I had accomplished and that it was definitely a success”. Running to win is very much part of who Allyson is: “I love competition; I thrive on competition. I love competing against the best women in the world; just to put so much work into something and then to see how you match up against other people who’ve also been training very hard. But I don’t think that’s all of who I am.

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10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Rank France Italy Japan South Korea Australia Germany Great Britain Russia USA China Country Awarded in2008 for eachteammember) count as1medal,notone these statistics, team events (N.B. forthepurposesof description. some of medal and 80 a medal medal a 80 and medal gold a won countries 52 957 medalswereawarded. 13 14 16 19 23 36 51 7 8 9 Gold 16 10 15 10 13 21 38 21 9 6 Silver 18 10 10 17 15 15 28 36 28

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Bronze 110 100 41 27 25 31 46 41 47 72 Total silver medallist2004 and2008. Catherine Ndereba (Kenya)Olympic that IwasgoingtowinforKenya.” because Ikneweverybodywashoping burden onmyshouldersforthecountry dream andGodmadeithappen.Ifelt a the Olympicsbecauseitwasmybig “It wasgreattomaketheteamfor Badminton singles,silvermedal2000 have foundeternallife.”Hendrawan, I knowJesusChristamcertainthat life, thatthereiseternallife.Because there aremoreimportantthingsinthis will endsomeday. Jesustaughtthat “I believethatcareerandmyfame time Olympian life.” JulianBolling,SriLanka,three by Jesusandacceptinghimintoyour good butacceptingthedeeddone eternal life.Itisnotabouttryingtodo “Jesus diedforussothatwecanhave in 10,0002004and2008Olympics God.” DieudonnéDisi,Rwanda–ran is thewaytoheavenand be throughJesusChrist.Christ If youaretogetheaven,itcanonly one waytoheaven–JesusChrist. “In theBibleitsaysthatthereisonly silver medal200metres,2004,2008 have apurposeinlife.”AllysonFelix, save usandwecanfollowhim lost. We cancometohimandhe cross forusandwedon’t havetobe “The goodnewsisJesusdyingonthe Well said 29 between Martin Klein and Alfred Asikainen wrestling semi-finals At the 1912 Olympics lasted 11 hours and 30 Graeco-Roman one of the 75kg middleweight in Stockholm, 40 minutes! Trivia forerunner oftheParalympicGames. Stoke MandevilleHospitalwasthe spinal cordinjuriesheldin1948at A sportscompetitionforsoldierswith the modernOlympicmovement. and acknowledgeditscontributionto basketball arenawillbedismantled After theLondonOlympics, relocated. hundreds oftoadsweretemporarily Olympic Park,2000newtsand During thebuildingofLondon London 2012. journalists areexpectedfor 20,000 broadcastersand the UK. and reconstructedelsewherein Wenlock GamesinShropshire de Coubertin,visitedtheMuch Olympic Games,BaronPierre The fatherofthemodern summer of2008. 2005. Constructionbeganinthe to hostthe2012OlympicsinJuly London wasawardedtheright construction site. working attheOlympicPark discovered byarchaeologists War militarybasehavebeen Iron AgeandaSecondWorld Artefacts fromtheBronzeAge, the triumphsand the struggles. you canhaveafriend whounderstands personal relationshipwithJesusChrist The goodnewsisthatthrougha faster orstrongertotakeyourplace. champion. Thereisalwayssomeone Four yearslater, therewillbe anew to many. The gloryisonlytemporary. supreme achievement.Itisnotgiven To win anOlympicgoldmedalisa best andthenletGodtakecontrol”. Balfour spokeofsimplytrying“todomy secret. FormerOlympicswimmerKirsty her intorowingispartofDebbieFlood’s comes fromGodandthathehasput The strongconvictionthathertalent with pressuresanddemands? to winforKenya”.Howdoyoucope everybody washopingthatIgoing for thecountrybecauseIknew the feeling“aburdenonmyshoulders failure –CatherineNderebaspokeof pressure toperformandthefearof Alongside theexcitementthereis in recallingherfirstOlympics. the words“anamazingexperience” 200 countries.DebbieFloodused in thecompanyofOlympiansfromover emotion of walking into a packed stadium who have experienced the overwhelming In this booklet we have heard from those an unforgettableperiodintheirlives. imagined. Forthosewhotakepart,itis For most of us Olympic glory can only be Real Glory

31 Jesus has promised to accept anyone who comes to him and not only to be our friend in this life but to take us through death into eternal life. The starting point is when you believe that he exists and that he died on the cross to forgive our sins, taking the punishment that we deserved. Catherine Ndereba expressed it like this “Jesus died because of my sins,

Real Glory Real because he loves me so much and he wouldn’t like me to die or have eternal destruction so that is why he (God) offered Jesus to die on the cross on my behalf, so that I may live with him”. You can give Jesus control of your life and ask him to forgive you right now by using the words of this prayer. Jesus, I want to know you personally. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins. I open my heart and receive. Thank you for forgiving my sin and giving me eternal life. Take control of my life. Make me the kind of person you want me to be.

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