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Have you ever been told you look like your mum or dad? Or your Auntie Jean or Uncle Bob? Many of us look like people in our families – and I’ve even noticed that some people’s pets look like their owners! Are there people you would like to look like? Or maybe there are people you admire, who you’d hope to be like in character rather than in looks? If you know and love God, then one of the things He wants is for us to grow to be more like Jesus. As we prepare for Easter, Topz looks at the life of a man called Stephen who loved Jesus and became like Him in lots of ways. I hope and pray it encourages you to want to become more like Jesus too. There are lots of other exciting things happening in this issue as well, including a look at some other amazing people we read about in the Bible: Abraham, Paul and Jesus’ top team, to name but a few. There’s also some ‘eye-spying’ going on, so watch out for that! And to get you started, I spy with my little eye something beginning with T ...
‘All of us, then, reflect the glory of the Lord with uncovered faces; and that same glory, coming from the Lord, who is the Spirit, transforms us into his likeness in an ever greater degree of glory.’ 2 Corinthians 3 v 18
IN THIS . TOPZ .. FATHER GOD Page 3 MORE OF THE JESUS team Page 10
DANGER AHEAD Page 21 PRISONER IN ROME Page 29 Topz Bitz: Readers’ Own Club Pages page 34
STEPHEN AND JESUS Page 38 TOPZ FACTz FILE: ABRAHAM Page 49
ABRAHAM’S ADVENTURE Page 50 EYE-SPY Page 59
PAUL’S EY E- DEA Page 67
Answerz and Topz Order Form Page 73
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