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January Poetry

  • 13 May 2023- What have I learned today?

    Judges Chapter 16: verse 20 (NLT) Then she cried out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” When he woke up, he thought, “I will do as before and shake myself free.” But he didn’t realize the Lord had left him. Judges Chapter 16: Verse 28 (NLT) Then Samson prayed to the Lord, “Sovereign Lord, remember…

  • 12 May 2023 – What have I learned today?

    John Chapter 7: Verse 27 (NIV)  “But we know where this man is from; when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.” John Chapter 7: Verses 41-42 (NIV) Others said, “He is the Messiah.” Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee?  Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come…

  • 11 May 2023 – What have I learned today?

    John Chapter 6: Verses 60-64 (NIV) On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?  Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for…

  • 10 May 2023- What have I learned today?

    Judges Chapter 11: Verses 4-10 (NIV) Some time later, when the Ammonites were fighting against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.  “Come,” they said, “be our commander, so we can fight the Ammonites.”  Jephthah said to them, “Didn’t you hate me and drive me from my father’s house? Why do you…

  • 9 May 2023-What have I learned today?

    John Chapter 6: Verses 5-9 (NIV) When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?”  He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.  Philip answered him, “It would take…

  • 8 May 2023- What have I learned today?

    Judges Chapter 8 Verses 1-3 (NLT) Then the people of Ephraim asked Gideon, “Why have you treated us this way? Why didn’t you send for us when you first went out to fight the Midianites?” And they argued heatedly with Gideon. But Gideon replied, “What have I accomplished compared to you? Aren’t even the leftover…

  • 7 May 2023- What have I learned today?

    Judges Chapter 6: Verses 12-14 (NIV)  When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.”  “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about when they said, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up out…

  • 6 May 2023 – What have I learned today?

    John Chapter 4: Verses 49-50 (NIV) The royal official said, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”  “Go,” Jesus replied, “your son will live.” The man took Jesus at his word and departed. The Royal official who came to Jesus on behalf of his son would be expected in his working life to obedient to all that…

  • 5 May 2023- What have I learned today?

    John Chapter 4: Verses 28-30 (NLT)  The woman left her water jar beside the well and ran back to the village, telling everyone, “Come and see a man who told me everything I ever did! Could he possibly be the Messiah?”  So, the people came streaming from the village to see him. The Samaritan woman had…

  • 4 May 2023 – What did I learn today?

    John Chapter 4 Verse 1 -3 and John Chapter 4: Verses 25-26 (NIV) The Pharisees and John’s disciples were getting caught up with numbers, and who was baptising the greatest numbers. Jesus didn’t think that numbers were important so He left the area so that His followers didn’t get caught up in that argument. He…