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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…

  • 11 October 2026 – What have I learned today? 

    1 Thessalonians chapter 4 verses 1-12 (NIV)  and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.…

  • 10 October 2026 – What have I learned today?

    Jeremiah chapter 22 verses 15-16 (NIV)  “Does it make you a king    to have more and more cedar? Did not your father have food and drink?    He did what was right and just,    so all went well with him.  He defended the cause of the poor and needy,    and so all…

  • 9 October 2026 – What have I learned today? 

    1 Thessalonians chapter 2 verses 13-14 (NIV)  And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe.  For you, brothers…

  • 8 October 2026 – What have I learned today? 

    Jeremiah chapter 16 verse 21 (NIV)  Therefore I will teach them—    this time I will teach them    my power and might. Then they will know    that my name is the LORD. If the Lord told Jeremiah that people would know Him by His power and might, it struck me on reading this…

  • 7 October 2026 – What have I learned today? 

    Colossians chapter 3 verses 1- 2 (NIV)  Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.  Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.  There is a saying that “home is where the heart is.” We also often…

  •  6 October 2026 – What have I learned today? 

    Colossians chapter 2 verses 20-23 (NIV)   Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules: “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”?  These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined…

  • 5 October 2026 – What have I learned today? 

    Colossians chapter 1 verses 28-29 (NIV)  He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ.  To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me. Paul’s goal was to ensure that all new Christians would…

  • 4 October 2026 – What have I learned today? 

    Psalm 116 – verses 12 – 14 (NIV)   What shall I return to the LORD    for all his goodness to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation    and call on the name of the LORD.  I will fulfill my vows to the LORD    in the presence of all his people.…

  • 3 October 2026 – What have I learned today? 

    Philippians chapter 4 verses 11-13 (NIV)  I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and…

  • 2 October 2026 – What have I learned today? 

    Psalm 116 verse 10 (NIV)  I trusted in the LORD when I said,    “I am greatly afflicted”.  How many times have we seen or heard of people who say that they cannot believe in God because of the circumstances that they are in. Sadly, even some believers have lost their faith too for similar…