FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 1ST DECEMBER

1ST DECEMBER AND IT CAME TO PASSBER “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” (Psalm 30:5, NKJV) Recently, a friend told me she never used to worry about anything throughout her school days because her decision to offer Bible Knowledge as a subject in Secondary...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 30TH NOVEMBER

30TH NOVEMBER ERROR OF MONEY “They have left the straight path and have lost their way; they have followed the path taken by Balaam son of Beor, who loved the money he would get for doing wrong.”(2 Peter 2:15, GNT) He was the officer in charge of all Store supplies...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 29TH NOVEMBER

29TH NOVEMBER A GOOD FIGHT “I felt the need of writing at once to encourage you to fight on for the faith which once and for all God has given to his people. (Jude 1:3, GNT) Although this incident happened almost 60 years ago, I still remember it clearly with...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 28TH NOVEMBER

28TH NOVEMBER WHAT GIVES YOU JOY? “I will delight myself in your statutes; I will not forget your word.” (Psalm 119:16) Delight myself in God’s statutes? Usually statutes are just a list of obligations. This sounds restrictive rather than exciting. It seems odd that the psalmist rejoiced in following God’s...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 27TH NOVEMBER

27TH NOVEMBER LIKE FATHER LIKE SON “Phillip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” (John 14:8) I remember my father referring several times to what his father taught him. On my mum’s side, you dared not misbehave because you would receive a long...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 26TH NOVEMBER

26TH NOVEMBER WORSHIP WITH KNOWLEDGE “Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going.How can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”(John 14:5-6) Rev. Billy Graham...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 25TH NOVEMBER

25TH NOVEMBER THE SALMON RUN “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” (John 15:1-2) My husband and I love...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 24TH NOVEMBER

24TH NOVEMBER GIFTS FOR JESUS! “…They fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.” (Matthew 2:11) The wise men searched till they found Jesus. First, they fell down and worshipped him before they opened and offered him their physical gifts....

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 23RD NOVEMBER

23RD NOVEMBER SYCOPHANTS! “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.” (Matthew 2:2-3) We may try to understand why...

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