The Right Reverend Stephen Cottrell, Bishop of Chelmsford. May the great joy that will grip our nation and our world as these London Olympic and Paralympic Games begin, remind us of lasting values of victorious peace, something that is available and given to all of us because of what God has done in Christ, and awaken in us a hope for peace; may we run well, but also, recognising our failings, humbly seek the forgiveness that only God can bring, and then receive the prize that he has secured for everyone; “and may the God of hope fill you will all joy and peace in believing”