It’s always exciting for us to hear about the ways in which SGM Lifewords materials and programmes are impacting people around the world with the Bible’s life words. This week, join us in celebrating and giving thanks for some of these stories.

• Neil Bennett of the Catshill Baptist Church, Bromsgrove, writes: “Thank you for allowing us to order these amazing resources. We are planning to use them at our up and coming fun day on June 12^th. SGM Lifewords have provided us with resources many times over the years, and we have seen lots of people come to faith as a result of engaging with them”. Please pray for Catshill Baptist Church, and for all those planning outreach events this summer.

• Last year, SGM Lifewords in Europe assisted the Russian branch of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) in the production of Identity, a special student edition of the Gospel of Mark.  These gospels have been put to use across Russia and the Ukraine, with life-changing results. A student at the State University recently shared how receiving one of these gospels had helped him discover his place in God’s story: “I received a gift of the Gospel of Mark and immediately started reading it together with my roommate. Despite the fact that there was a lot I did not understand, it was interesting to study and discuss the truths of the New Testament. This week my roommate and I both repented and turned to God. I decided to change my life completely and follow Christ.” Give thanks with us for this testimony. Give thanks for our ongoing partnership with IFES, and pray that it will continue to bear fruit in the form of transformed lives.

• Claire (not her real name) had spent a lifetime addicted to drugs. Through SGM Lifewords partner the Christian Enquiry Agency, she requested a copy of Inspire resource The Little Book of Help. Having read through it, she then asked to be put into contact with a local Christian. They contacted the CEA to report that Claire had started attending church, had become a Christian, and was taking part in a discipleship course. Give thanks for Claire, and for the impact the Bible’s life words have had on her life. Pray for the CEA and other organisations like them who are seeking to help people encounter the Bible’s words for the first time.