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The reason for the blog…
The Bible says that,” the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.” (Hebrews 4 :12) At the start of 2021, newly retired and starting a New Year in lockdown due to…
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8 June 2026 – What have I learned today?
Acts chapter 4 verses 36-37 (NIV) Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means “son of encouragement”), sold a field he owned and brought the money and put it at the apostles’ feet. Romans chapter 12 verses 5-8 (NIV) “so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member…
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7 June 2026 – What have I learned today?
Acts chapter 4 verses 18-21 (NIV) Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You be the judges! As for us, we cannot help…
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6 June 2026 – What have I learned today?
Acts chapter 3 verses 1-8 (NIV) One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon. Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into…
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5 June 2026 – What have I learned today?
Proverbs chapter 14 verse 12 (NIV) There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death. If we ever need a reminder to be sure to seek God’s will about the decisions that we take, then this verse in Proverbs is that. When we have our heart…
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4 June 2026 – What have I learned today?
2 Samuel chapter 5 verses 6-7 (NIV) The king and his men marched to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites, who lived there. The Jebusites said to David, “You will not get in here; even the blind and the lame can ward you off.” They thought, “David cannot get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress…
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3 June 2026 – What have I learned today?
Luke chapter 1 verses 21 – 22 (NIV) Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have been with us the whole time the Lord Jesus was living among us, beginning from John’s baptism to the time when Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness…
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2 June 2026 – What have I learned today?
John Chapter 21 verses 1-8 (NIV) Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee. It happened this way: Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they…
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1 June 2026 – What have I learned today?
2 Samuel chapter 2 verse 1 (NIV) In the course of time, David inquired of the LORD. “Shall I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” he asked. The LORD said, “Go up.”David asked, “Where shall I go?”“To Hebron,” the LORD answered. David had been anointed by Samuel as the next king…
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31 May 2026 – What have I learned today?
John Chapter 19 verses 28-30 (NIV) Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’…
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30 May 2026 – What have I learned today?
John Chapter 19 verses 14-15 (NIV) It was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it was about noon.“Here is your king,” Pilate said to the Jews. But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!”“Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked.“We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered. Pilate, during…