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1 November 2025 – What have I learned today?  Psalm 119 verse 104 (NIV)  Your promises have been thoroughly tested,    and your servant loves them. God doesn’t make empty promises. They are always fulfilled, but not always when we expect, and sometimes not always in the way that we thought either. Sometimes God may…

Hebrews chapter 2 verses 16-18 (NIV) For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants.  For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for…

Your statutes are wonderful;    therefore I obey them.  The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple. These verses today are a reminder that God is good, just and fair. His statutes are not harsh or hard to follow; indeed as the psalmist’s reminds us, they are wonderful, because if…

Lamentations chapter 3 verses 21-24 (NIV)  Yet this I call to mind    and therefore I have hope: Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed,    for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning;    great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion;    therefore…

Titus chapter 3 verses 3-7 (NIV)  At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. But when the kindness and love of God our Saviour appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things…

Titus chapter 2 verses 7 – 8 (NIV)   In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us. It seems to me…

Titus chapter 1 verse 9 (NIV)  He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it. I have been reminded in these last few weeks, since this year’s Alpha course began, of the need to hold fast…

Jeremiah chapter 51 verse 46 (NIV)  Do not lose heart or be afraid    when rumors are heard in the land; one rumor comes this year, another the next,    rumors of violence in the land    and of ruler against ruler. The advent of social media and streaming platforms has led, it seems to…

2 Timothy chapter 3 verses 14-15 (NIV)  But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. …

2 Timothy chapter 2 verse 15 (NIV)  Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.  How many people these days seem to have a need for the approval of others, or to know that they…