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January Poetry

  • 15 April 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Luke Chapter 17:  Verse 20-21 (NLT) One day the Pharisees asked Jesus, “When will the Kingdom of God come?” Jesus replied, “The Kingdom of God can’t be detected by visible signs. You won’t be able to say, ‘Here it is!’ or ‘It’s over there!’ For the Kingdom of God is already among you.” 2 Corinthians Chapter…

  • 14 April 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Luke Chapter 16: Verses 27-31 (NIV-UK) ‘He answered, “Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.” ‘Abraham replied, “They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.”  ‘“No, father Abraham,” he…

  • 13 April 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Proverbs Chapter 9: Verses 12-17 (NIV-UK) Folly is an unruly woman;    she is simple and knows nothing. She sits at the door of her house,    on a seat at the highest point of the city, calling out to those who pass by,    who go straight on their way,    ‘Let all who are simple come to my house!’To those who have no…

  • 12 April 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Psalm 45: Verse 1 (NIV-UK) My heart is stirred by a noble theme    as I recite my verses for the king;    my tongue is the pen of a skilful writer. Isaiah 61: Verse 3 (NIV-UK) and provide for those who grieve in Zion –to bestow on them a crown of beauty    instead of ashes,the oil of joy    instead of mourning,and…

  • 11 April 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Deuteronomy Chapter 17: Verses 18-20 (NIV-UK)  When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, taken from that of the Levitical priests.  It is to be with him, and he is to read it all the days of his life so that he…

  • 10 April 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Luke Chapter 13: Verses 31-33 (NIV-UK) At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, ‘Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.’ He replied, ‘Go and tell that fox, “I will keep on driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I…

  • 9 April 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Deuteronomy Chapter 13: Verses 1-4 (NIV-UK) If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a sign or wonder, and if the sign or wonder spoken of takes place, and the prophet says, ‘Let us follow other gods’ (gods you have not known) ‘and let us worship them,’ you…

  • 8 April 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Deuteronomy Chapter 11: Verses 22-23 (NIV-UK) If you carefully observe all these commands I am giving you to follow – to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him and to hold fast to him – then the Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations larger and stronger than you. 1…

  • 7 April 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Deuteronomy Chapter 9: Verses 23-24 (NIV-UK) And when the Lord sent you out from Kadesh Barnea, he said, ‘Go up and take possession of the land I have given you.’ But you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God. You did not trust him or obey him. You have been rebellious against the Lord ever since I have known you.…

  • 6 April 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Psalm 42: Verse 4 (NIV-UK) These things I remember    as I pour out my soul:how I used to go to the house of God    under the protection of the Mighty Onewith shouts of joy and praise    among the festive throng. One sentence jumped out of me from this verse – “how I used to go to the house…