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January Poetry

  • 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…

  • 9 August 2026 – What have I learned today?

    1 Chronicles chapter 28 verses 8-9 (NIV)  “So now I charge you in the sight of all Israel and of the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God: Be careful to follow all the commands of the LORD your God, that you may possess this good land and pass it on…

  • 8 August 2026 – What have I learned today?

    1 Corinthians chapter 4 verses 6 – 7 (NIV)   Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, “Do not go beyond what is written.” Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower…

  • 7 August 2026 – What have I learned today? 

    1 Corinthians chapter 3 verses 8-9 (NIV)  The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building. We should never covet somebody else’s gift. Our gifts are all God-given.…

  • 6 August 2026 – What have I learned today? 

    1 Corinthians chapter 2 verses 9-12 (NIV)  However, as it is written:   “What no eye has seen,     what no ear has heard,    and what no human mind has conceived”—     the things God has prepared for those who love him— these are the things God has revealed to us by his…

  • 5 August 2026 – What have I learned today? 

    1 Chronicles chapter 20 verses 1-7 (NIV)  Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel. So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan. Then report back to me so that I may know how many there are.”But…

  • 4 August 2026 – What have I learned today? 

    1 Chronicles chapter 17 verses 1-4 (NIV)  After David was settled in his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent. ”Nathan replied to David, “Whatever you have in mind, do it, for God…

  • 4 August 2026 – What have I learned today? 

    1 Chronicles chapter 17 verses 1-4 (NIV)  After David was settled in his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent. ”Nathan replied to David, “Whatever you have in mind, do it, for God…

  • 3 August 2026 – What have I learned today

    1 Chronicles chapter 15 verses 28-29 (NIV)  So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouts, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and of cymbals, and the playing of lyres and harps. As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David,…

  • 2 August 2026 – What have I learned today? 

    Romans chapter 15 verses 15-17 (NIV)  Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me  to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles…

  • 1 August 2026 – What have I learned today?

    Romans chapter 15 verses 5-6 (NIV)  May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God will give us the ability to…