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January Poetry

  • 26 May 2025 – What have I learned today?

    John chapter 16 verses 5-8 (NIV) “But now I am going to him who sent me. None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ Rather, you are filled with grief because I have said these things. But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I…

  • 25 May 2025 – What have I learned today?

    John chapter 15 verses 18-20 (NIV) “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the…

  • 24 May 2025 – What have I learned today?

    1 Samuel chapter 15 verse 22 (NIV)  But Samuel replied: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices    as much as in obeying the LORD?   To obey is better than sacrifice,    and to heed is better than the fat of rams.” John chapter 14: verse 15 (NIV) “If you love me,…

  • 23 May 2025 – What have I learned today?

    Psalm 66 verses 16-20 (NIV)   Come and hear, all you who fear God;    let me tell you what he has done for me.  I cried out to him with my mouth;    his praise was on my tongue.  If I had cherished sin in my heart,    the LORD would not have listened; but…

  • 22 May 2025 – What have I learned today?

    1 Samuel chapter 10 verses 9-11 (NIV)  As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all these signs were fulfilled that day. When he and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a procession of prophets met him; the Spirit of God came powerfully upon him, and he joined in their prophesying. When all…

  • 21 May 2025 – What have I learned today?

    John chapter 12 verses 17-19 (NIV)  Now the crowd that. was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word. Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to meet him.  So the Pharisees said to one another, “See,…

  • 20 May 2025 – What have I learned today

    John chapter 11:55-57 (NIV)  When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, many went up from the country to Jerusalem for their ceremonial cleansing before the Passover.  They kept looking for Jesus, and as they stood in the temple courts they asked one another, “What do you think? Isn’t he coming to the festival…

  • 19 May 2025 – What have I learned today?

    John chapter 11 verses 4-7 (NIV)  When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.”  Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he…

  • 18 May 2025 – What have I learned today?

    1 Samuel chapter 1 verses 17-18 (NIV)  Eli answered, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him.” She said, “May your servant find favor in your eyes. ” Then she went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast. Hannah had been…

  • 17 May 2025 – What have I learned today?

    Psalm 62 verses 11-12 (NIV)  One thing God has spoken,    two things I have heard:    “Power belongs to you, God,  and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”;    and, “You reward everyone    according to what they have done.” These two verses are a reminder that God doesn’t need flowery words, but when…