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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Richard Oppong Boateng

Good morning.

With the cost-of-living crisis seeming to take its toll and affecting almost all areas of our day-to-day lives, it is understandable that this has become a real concern to many of us. You don鈥檛 have to look to far to find stories of people who have had a negative impact from it, from local & national news and social media, people have been sharing their stories.

As a child growing up, I remember attending Sunday school. One of the first bible verses that I can recall learning was Psalm 23vs 1: 鈥淭he Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want鈥�. I remember my Sunday school teacher explaining to us that God looks after us, He will provide everything that we need. I have found this verse to be a real source of comfort and encouragement, especially since my household has gone from two sources of income to one since the birth of my baby daughter. I can honestly say that my family have lacked nothing during this time. Now this does not mean that we have not needed to make sacrifices, I have had to give up a fair few subscriptions & luxuries, but we have found that everything we have needed- I believe God has provided.

As you wake up this morning, mindful of various outgoings and expenditure: I would like to remind you of this verse 鈥淭he Lord is your shepherd, you shall not want.鈥� God, Help us to be a generous to people around us as you have been generous to us.

Amen.