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January Poetry

  • 27 September 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Psalm 114:7-8 (NIV) Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord,    at the presence of the God of Jacob,who turned the rock into a pool,    the hard rock into springs of water. Nahum 1:7 (NIV) The Lord is good,    a refuge in times of trouble.He cares for those who trust in him. Can trying circumstances bear fruit? Yes, but not by trying…

  • 26 September 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Isaiah Chapter 66 verse 2 (NIV-UK) Has not my hand made all these things,    and so they came into being?’declares the Lord. ‘These are the ones I look on with favour:    those who are humble and contrite in spirit,    and who tremble at my word. Luke Chapter 18: Verses 9-14(NIV UK) To some who were confident of their own…

  • 25 September 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Psalm 112: Verses 4-8 (NIV) Even in darkness light dawns for the upright,    for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous. Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely,    who conduct their affairs with justice. Surely the righteous will never be shaken;    they will be remembered forever.They will have no fear of bad news;their hearts are…

  • 24 September 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Isaiah Chapter 60: Verses 1-3 (NIV) “Arise, shine, for your light has come,    and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.See, darkness covers the earth    and thick darkness is over the peoples,but the Lord rises upon you    and his glory appears over you.  Nations will come to your light,    and kings to the brightness of your dawn. 2 Corinthians Chapter 4: Verse 7 (NIV) But we have this treasure…

  • 23 September 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Isaiah 58: Verses 2-4 (NIV) For day after day they seek me out;    they seem eager to know my ways,as if they were a nation that does what is right    and has not forsaken the commands of its God.They ask me for just decisions    and seem eager for God to come near them.‘Why have we fasted,’ they say,    ‘and you have not seen…

  • 22 September 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Ephesians Chapter 2: Verse:7(NIV) In order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. Ephesians Chapter 4: Verse 32 (NIV) Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Romans Chapter 2: Verse 4 (NIV)…

  • 21 September 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Isaiah Chapter 54: Verses 9-13 (NIV) “To me this is like the days of Noah,    when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.So now I have sworn not to be angry with you,    never to rebuke you again.Though the mountains be shaken    and the hills be removed,yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken    nor…

  • 20 September 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Isaiah Chapter 50: Verses 4-7 (NIV) The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue,    to know the word that sustains the weary.He wakens me morning by morning,    wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears;    I have not been rebellious,    I have not turned away.I offered my back to those who beat me,    my cheeks to those…

  • 19 September 2024- What have I learned today?

    Galatians Chapter 5: Verses 25-26 (NIV) Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. Hebrews Chapter 12: Verses 1-2 (NIV) Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the…

  • 18 September 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Isaiah 45: Verse 19 (NIV) I have not spoken in secret,    from somewhere in a land of darkness;I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,    ‘Seek me in vain.’I, the Lord, speak the truth;    I declare what is right. Isaiah 46: Verse 10-11 (NIV) I make known the end from the beginning,    from ancient times, what is still to come.I say, ‘My purpose…