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In 1994 I was jogging and fell down the stairs of an underpass leading to East Coast Park (in Singapore). I tripped at the top and fell headfirst down the stairs, cracking my forehead on the side of one of the concrete steps as I came down. I was knocked unconsious and fell to the bottom.

When I regained conciousness there were three types of people who came to me:

(i) Those who saw all the blood and ran by saying ’eeeee!’

(ii) A newspaper reporter came to see if someone had pushed me etc..

(iii) A man who genuinely had compassion, helped to bandage me up and call ambulance.

In the same way, when we fall or trip up in our Christian...

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