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January Poetry

  • 2 February 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Job Chapter 27: Verses 3-6 (NIV-UK) as long as I have life within me,    the breath of God in my nostrils,my lips will not say anything wicked,    and my tongue will not utter lies.I will never admit you are in the right;    till I die, I will not deny my integrity. I will maintain my innocence and never let…

  • 1 February 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Proverbs Chapter 3: Verses 25-28 (NIV-UK) Have no fear of sudden disaster    or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,  for the Lord will be at your side    and will keep your foot from being snared.  Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,    when it is in your power to act. Do not say to your neighbour,…

  • 31 January 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Job Chapter 27: Verses 23-27 (NLT) Oh, that my words could be recorded.    Oh, that they could be inscribed on a monument,carved with an iron chisel and filled with lead,    engraved forever in the rock. “But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,    and he will stand upon the earth at last. And after my body has…

  • 30 January 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Matthew Chapter 20: Verses 30-32 (NIV-UK)  Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, ‘Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!’  The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, ‘Lord, Son of David, have mercy…

  • 29 January 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Job Chapter 11: Verse 18 (NIV-UK) You will be secure, because there is hope;    you will look about you and take your rest in safety. Job Chapter 13: Verse 15 (NIV-UK) Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him;    I will surely defend my ways to his face. Proverbs 13: Verse 12 (NIV-UK) Hope deferred makes…

  • 28 January 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Matthew Chapter 19: Verses 16-22 (NIV- UK) Just then a man came up to Jesus and asked, ‘Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?’ ‘Why do you ask me about what is good?’ Jesus replied. ‘There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.’ ‘Which ones?’…

  • 27 January 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Job Chapter 5: Verses 9-10 (NIV-UK) ‘But if I were you, I would appeal to God;    I would lay my cause before him.He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed,    miracles that cannot be counted.’ John Chapter 6: Verse 68 (NIV – UK) Simon Peter answered him, ‘Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of…

  • 26 January 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Job Chapter 2: Verses 9-10 (NIV-UK) His wife said to him, ‘Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!’  He replied, ‘You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?’ In all this, Job did not sin in what he said. We sometimes forget when reading the…

  • 25 January 2024- What have I learned today?

    1 Corinthians Chapter 10: Verses 32-33 Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God –even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved. Jesus was not afraid to be bold…

  • 24 January 2024 – What have I learned today?

    Proverbs Chapter 3: Verses 5-6 (NIV-UK) 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. A wise saying indeed from King Solomon. Its easy to try and work out our plans and circumstances and ask God to make them…