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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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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,” …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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6 April 2026 – What have I learned today?
Deuteronomy chapter 4: verses 21-24 (NIV) The LORD was angry with me because of you, and he solemnly swore that I would not cross the Jordan and enter the good land the LORD your God is giving you as your inheritance. I will die in this land; I will not cross the Jordan; but you…
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5 April 2026 – What have I learned today?
Luke chapter 10 verses 25-29 (NIV) On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with…
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4 April 2026 – What have I learned today?
Luke chapter 10 verses 1-3 (NIV) After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out…
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3 April 2026 – What have I learned today?
Numbers chapter 23 verses 33 – 34 (NIV) “‘Do not pollute the land where you are. Bloodshed pollutes the land, and atonement cannot be made for the land on which blood has been shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it. Do not defile the land where you live and where I…
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2 April 2026 – What have I learned today?
Luke chapter 9 verses 18-21 (NIV) Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.”…
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1 April 2026 – What have I learned today?
Psalm 40 verses 6-8 (NIV) Sacrifice and offering you did not desire— but my ears you have opened— burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require. Then I said, “Here I am, I have come— it is written about me in the scroll. I desire to do your will, my God;…