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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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11 November 2026 – What have I learned today?
Hebrews chapter 10 verse 24 (NIV) And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds… The phrase “spur” comes from horse riding. A spur is a small, pointed metal tool attached to the heel of a rider’s boot. When a rider gently taps or nudges a horse with…
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10 November 2026 – What have I learned today?
Ezekiel chapter 20 verse 32 ( NIV) ‘You say, “We want to be like the nations, like the peoples of the world, who serve wood and stone.” But what you have in mind will never happen. God intended Israel to stand out from the other nations so that those nations could see God’s hand at…
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9 November 2026 – What have I learned today?
Psalm 121 verse 8 (NIV) the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. There is a saying that I’ve often heard that no one knows what goes on behind closed doors. It means, I think, that we don’t know everything about those we come into contact with. People can…
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8 November 2026 – what have I learned today?
Ezekiel 16 verse 52 (NIV) Bear your disgrace, for you have furnished some justification for your sisters. Because your sins were more vile than theirs, they appear more righteous than you. So then, be ashamed and bear your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous. God’s intention for Israel was that it’s people…
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7 November 2026 – What have I learned today?
Hebrews chapter 8 verse 15 ( NIV) By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear. People who have no faith in God would maybe call our faith obsolete and outdated. But God never changes and His ways are higher than ours. His…
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6 November 2026 – What have I learned today?
Ezekiel chapter 8 verse 1 (NIV) In the sixth year, in the sixth month on the fifth day, while I was sitting in my house and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, the hand of the Sovereign LORD came on me there. Ezekiel chapter 8 verse 6(NIV) And he said to me, “Son…
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5 November 2026 – What have I learned today?
Ezekiel chapter 8 verse 1 (NIV) In the sixth year, in the sixth month on the fifth day, while I was sitting in my house and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, the hand of the Sovereign LORD came on me there. Ezekiel chapter 8 verse 6(NIV) And he said to me, “Son…
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4 November 2026 – What have I learned today?
Hebrews chapter 5 verse 11 (NIV) We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand. Ecclesiastes chapter 3 verse 7(NIV) a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak… The writer…
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3 November 2026 – What have I learned today?
Hebrews Chapter 5 verses 1-2 (NIV) Every high priest is selected from among the people and is appointed to represent the people in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he himself is subject to…
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2 November 2026 – What have I learned today?
Hebrews chapter 4 verse 2 ( NIV) For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because they did not share the faith of those who obeyed. As I pondered on this verse it got me thinking about…