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Romans Chapter 11: Verses 11-12 (NIV)  Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious.But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their…

Proverbs Chapter 18: Verses 10-12 (NLT) The name of the Lord is a fortified tower; righteous run to it and are safe. The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale. Before a downfall the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor. In 1644, English judge Sir…

Romans Chapter 9: Verses 31-32 (NIV Translation) But the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness, have not attained their goal. Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone. Paul’s counsel to the Roman church was…

Hosea Chapter 12: Verse 6 (NIV) But you must return to your God;    maintain love and justice,    and wait for your God always. There are people who always want to get things done NOW, and there are people for whom tomorrow will always be good enough. But when the two groups get together that can lead to a…

Romans Chapter 8: Verses 26-27 (NLT Translation) And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is…

23 July 2023 – What have I learned today? Proverbs Chapter 17: Verse 27 (NIV Translation) The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint,    and whoever has understanding is even-tempered. Psalm 141: Verse 3(NIV Translation) Set a guard over my mouth, Lord;    keep watch over the door of my lips. I’ve noticed that when really small children…

Hosea Chapter 6: Verse 2 (NIV Translation) Let us acknowledge the Lord;    let us press on to acknowledge him.As surely as the sun rises,    he will appear;he will come to us like the winter rains,    like the spring rains that water the earth.” We know, without even having to think about it, that the sun will rise every day.…

Romans Chapter 6: Verse 17 (NIV Translation) But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. At King Charles III’s coronation in May 2023, his son, Prince William, swore an oath of allegiance of service…

Hosea Chapter 2: Verse 14 (NIV Translation) “Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her.” I don’t know anyone who relishes going through difficult circumstances or “wilderness” experiences, especially if we think we are going through them by ourselves. Yet God can use them…

Romans Chapter 5: verses 20-21 (NLT) God’s law was given so that all people could see how sinful they were. But as people sinned more and more, God’s wonderful grace became more abundant.  So just as sin ruled over all people and brought them to death, now God’s wonderful grace rules instead, giving us right…