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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…

  • 16 April 2026 – What have I learned today?

    Luke chapter 17 verses 11-19 (NIV)  Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee.  As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” When he…

  • 15 April 2026 – What have I learned today?

    Luke chapter 17 verses 1-4 (NIV)  Jesus said to his disciples: “Things that cause people to stumble are bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come.  It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little…

  • 14 April 2026 – What have I learned today? 

    Luke chapter 16 verses 15-16 (NIV)  The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.  He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.” I have seen variations of what…

  • 13 April 2026 – What have I learned today?

    Luke chapter 15 verses 14-20 (NIV)  After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need.  So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. He longed to fill his stomach…

  • 12 April 2026 – What have I learned today?

    Deuteronomy chapter 18 verse 9 (NIV)  When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.  1 Corinthians chapter 11 verse 1 (NLT)  And you should imitate me, just as I imitate Christ. Young children are so quick to pick up…

  • 11 April 2026 – What have I learned today?

    Luke chapter 14 verse 1 (NIV)  One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched.  Jesus didn’t avoid the Pharisees. He often ate with them. More often than not He was being carefully watched. Some watched to try and catch Him out. Others because they…

  • 10 April 2026 – What have I learned today? 

    Deuteronomy chapter 13 verses 1-4 (NIV) If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a sign or wonder,  and if the sign or wonder spoken of takes place, and the prophet says, “Let us follow other gods” (gods you have not known) “and let us worship them,” …

  • 9 April 2026 – What have I learned today? 

    Deuteronomy chapter 12 verse 4 (NIV)  You must not worship the LORD your God in their way.  Moses gave the people of Israel plenty of warning against worshipping other gods of the people in the land they were entering into. But this verse is different.  Moses also told them not to worship the LORD in…

  • 8 April 2026 – What have I learned today?

    Deuteronomy chapter 9 verses 4-5 (NIV)  After the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say to yourself, “The LORD has brought me here to take possession of this land because of my righteousness.” No, it is on account of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is going to…

  • 7 April 2026 – What have I learned today? 

    Deuteronomy chapter 7 verses 7-8 (NIV)  The LORD did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. But it was because the LORD loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors that he brought you…