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January Poetry

  • 13 May 2024 – What have I learned today?

    John Chapter 8: Verses 14-16 (NIV-UK)  Jesus answered, ‘Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I am going. You judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no one.  But…

  • 12 May 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Judges Chapter 16: Verses 16-20 (NIV-UK)   With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it.  So he told her everything. ‘No razor has ever been used on my head,’ he said, ‘because I have been a Nazirite dedicated to God from my mother’s womb. If my…

  • 11 May 2024 – What have I learned today?

    John Chapter 7 verse 17 (NIV-UK) Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. Phillippians 1: verse 20 (NIV-UK)  I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so…

  • 10 May 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Judges Chapter 13: verses 8-12 (NIV-UK)  Then Manoah prayed to the Lord: ‘Pardon your servant, Lord. I beg you to let the man of God you sent to us come again to teach us how to bring up the boy who is to be born.’ God heard Manoah, and the angel of God came again to…

  • 9 May 2024 – What have I learned today?

    John Chapter 6: Verses 28-29 (NIV-UK) Then they asked him, ‘What must we do to do the works God requires?’ Jesus answered, ‘The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.’ 1 Samuel Chapter 15: Verse 22 (NIV-UK) But Samuel replied: ‘Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices    as much as in…

  • 8 May 2024 – What have I learned today?

    John Chapter 6: Verses 18-21 (NIV-UK) A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough.When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were frightened.  But he said to them, ‘It is I; don’t be afraid.’  Then they were willing to take him into the…

  • 7 May 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Judges Chapter 8: Verses 22-23 (NIV-UK) The Israelites said to Gideon, ‘Rule over us – you, your son and your grandson – because you have saved us from the hand of Midian.’ But Gideon told them, ‘I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The Lord will rule over you.’ Even with a miraculous…

  • 6 May 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Judges Chapter 6:7-10 (NIV-UK) When the Israelites cried out to the Lord because of Midian, he sent them a prophet, who said, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians. And I delivered you from…

  • 5 May 2024 – What have I learned today?

    John Chapter 4: Verses 49-53 (NIV-UK)  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.  While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living.  When he enquired as to the time…

  • 4 May 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Judges Chapter 2: Verse 10 (NIV-UK) After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for Israel. John Chapter 15: Verse 5 (NIV-UK) I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will…