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Doubtless Bay (NZ): The badly entangled humpback whale had ropes around its head and tail.

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Cutting free the debris around the whale.

“Sharp afflictions are to the soul as a soaking rain to the house. We know not that there are such holes in the roof, till the shower comes, and then we see it drop down here and there.  Perhaps we did not know that there were such unmortified cuts in our soul, till the storm of afflictions came, then we found unbelief, impatience and carnal fear dropping down in many places.” – Dr. Watson writes in an old book written in 1696

(Taken from Bread for Each Day- H. G. Bosch)

United Maori Prayer Bulletin October 2010

“Don’t look down at your troubles, remember your position and look up, for ‘It is the lifted face that feels the shining of the sun’.”

“The influence of a holy life is often the greatest contribution we can make to the salvation of men.”

“The biggest piece of work a Christian can do is to find his friend and introduce him to Jesus.”

“Faith is a simple confidence that God is, and that He will faithfully do what He has promised.”

“There is nothing like the deep waters of trial to test our spiritual stature.”

United Maori Mission Prayer Bulletin October 2010

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74 pilot whales stranded at Spirits Bay!

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74 pilot whales stranded. Rescuers returned 14  to the water.

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Nobody knows why they are stranding.