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January Poetry

  • 2 February 2025 – What have I learned today?

    Matthew 22 verses 11-13 (NIV)  “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.  He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless. “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw…

  • 1 February 2025 – What have I learned today?

    Job chapter 23 verses 9-12 (NIV)  When he is at work in the north, I do not see him;    when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.  But he knows the way that I take;    when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.  My feet have…

  • 31 January 2025 – What have I learned today?

    Job chapter 19 verses 23-25 (NIV) “Oh, that my words were recorded,    that they were written on a scroll,   that they were inscribed with an iron tool on lead,    or engraved in rock forever!   I know that my redeemer lives,    and that in the end he will stand on the…

  • 30 January 2025 – What have I learned today?

    Job chapter 16: verses 4-5 (NIV)   I also could speak like you,    if you were in my place;   I could make fine speeches against you    and shake my head at you.   But my mouth would encourage you;    comfort from my lips would bring you relief.  Poor Job. In his suffering,…

  • 29 January 2025 – What have I learned today?

    Job chapter 14 verses 7-9 (NIV)    “At least there is hope for a tree:    If it is cut down, it will sprout again,    and its new shoots will not fail.    Its roots may grow old in the ground    and its stump die in the soil,    yet at the scent…

  • 28 January 2025 – What have I learned today?

    Job chapter 9 verses 33 – 35 (NIV) If only there were someone to mediate between us, someone to bring us together, someone to remove God’s rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more. Then I would speak up without fear of him, but as it now stands with me, I…

  • 27 January 2025 – What have I learned today?

    Job chapter 4: verses 3 – 4 (NIV)  Think how you have instructed many,  how you have strengthened feeble hands.  Your words have supported those who stumbled;   You have strengthened faltering knees. Hebrews chapter 3: Verses 13-14 (NIV)  But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you…

  • 26 January 2025 – What have I learned today?

    Job Chapter 2: verse 3 (NIV) Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without…

  • 25 January 2025 – What have I learned today?

    Matthew chapter 17:22-23 (NIV)  When they came together in Galilee, he said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised to life.” And the disciples were filled with grief. John chapter 16: verses 12-13(NIV)…

  • 24 January 2025 – What have I learned today?

    Proverbs 3 verses 5-7 (NIV)   Trust in the Lord with all your heart    and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him,    and he will make your paths straight.    Do not be wise in your own eyes;    fear the Lord and shun evil. As soon as a…