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ByEmilyI just read in the news that between 1990 and 2014 the percentage of people going hungry in this world has dropped from 18.7% of the total population to 11.3%. An incredible global effort has been reaching out to those who hunger and thirst, because of the fundamental nature of these needs. While this pattern…

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El Camino: Pontevedra to Armenteria
ByEmilyDevotional Day 15 If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. But if you show partiality you are committing sin and are convicted by the Law as violators. For whoever keeps the whole law, yet stumbles in one point, has…





