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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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12 July 2026 – What have I learned today?
Romans chapter 1 verses 11 – 12 (NIV) I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong— that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith. Paul had been well schooled in the Scriptures as a young man. He’d studied…
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11 July 2026 – What have I learned today?
2 Kings chapter 22 verses 1-6 (NIV) Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath. He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and followed completely the ways of his father David,…
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10 July 2026 – What have I learned today?
Psalm 83 verse 16 (NIV) Cover their faces with shame, LORD, so that they will seek your name. David was always real before God. I think that’s one reason God was able to use him. His psalms always show his true feelings and he never tried to dress things up. Sometimes his psalms are…
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9 July 2026 – What have I learned today?
Acts chapter 27 verses 30-32 (NIV) In an attempt to escape from the ship, the sailors let the lifeboat down into the sea, pretending they were going to lower some anchors from the bow. Then Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved.” So…
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8 July 2026 – What have I learned today?
Acts chapter 26 verses 30-32 (NIV) The king rose, and with him the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them. After they left the room, they began saying to one another, “This man is not doing anything that deserves death or imprisonment.”Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free if he…
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7 July 2026 – What have I learned today?
2 Kings chapter 14 verse 24 (NIV) He did evil in the eyes of the LORD and did not turn away from any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit. This verse was repeated four times in the Chapter and a half that was my Old Testament…
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6 July 2026 – What have I learned today?
Acts chapter 25 verses 1-3 (NIV) Three days after arriving in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem, where the chief priests and the Jewish leaders appeared before him and presented the charges against Paul. They requested Festus, as a favour to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for they were preparing…
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5 July 2026 – What have I learned today?
Acts chapter 24 verse 22 (NIV) Then Felix, who was well acquainted with the Way, adjourned the proceedings. Acts Chapter 24 verse 25 (NIV) As Paul talked about righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and said, “That’s enough for now! You may leave. When I find it convenient, I will send…
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4 July 2026 – What have I learned today?
Acts chapter 24 verses 12 – 15 (NIV) The next morning some Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. More than forty men were involved in this plot. They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, “We have taken…
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3 July 2026 – What have I learned today?
2 Kings chapter 8 verses 1-6 (NIV) Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Go away with your family and stay for a while wherever you can, because the LORD has decreed a famine in the land that will last seven years.” The woman proceeded to do as…