FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 10TH DECEMBER

10 DECEMBER AND IT HAPPENED: FOOLISHNESS “Now it happened that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none.” (Exodus 16:27, NKJV) Why do we sometimes act contrary to the instructions of God and expect the results of obedience? It is utter foolishness....

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 9TH DECEMBER

09 DECEMBER AND IT HAPPENED: A SHAMEFUL ACT “It happened on the next day that the firstborn said to the younger, “Indeed I lay with my father last night;  let us make him drink wine tonight also, and you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve the...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 8TH DECEMBER

08 DECEMBER AND IT HAPPENED: A MISTAKE “Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel; and his nurse took him up and fled. And it happened, as she made haste to...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 7TH DECEMBER

07 DECEMBER THE MINT PLANT “I planted the seed, Apollos watered it but God made it grow.” (1 Corinthians 3:6, NIV) I once asked our gardener to help me plant the mint plant, so I can have fresh mint tea as desired. I love teas, especially mint tea, after food....

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 6TH DECEMBER

06 DECEMBER WINGS OF REFUGE “The Lord repay your work, and a full reward be given you by the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.” (Ruth 2:12, NKJV) Ruth had admirable qualities but above them all was her faithfulness to God, her mother-in-law, work...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 5TH DECEMBER

05 DECEMBER THE OAK OF WEEPING “Rebecca’s nurse Deborah died and was buried beneath the oak south of Bethel. So it was named Oak of Weeping.” (Genesis 35:8, GNT) Deborah was a nurse or maid servant given to Rebekah by her father when she got married to Isaac. Just as...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 4TH DECEMBER

04 DECEMBER FROM LITTLE TO GREAT VALUE “The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite three months. And the Lord blessed Obed-Edom and all his household.”  (2 Samuel 6:11, NKJV) David was angry and aborted the journey of bringing the Ark to Jerusalem. He just...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 3RD DECEMBER

3RD DECEMBER FROM PREJUDICE TO FREEDOM “And Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” (John 1:46, NKJV) Nazareth? Nathaniel was from the nearby town of Cana. The Jews despised Nazareth primarily because a Roman army garrison was located there...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 2ND DECEMBER

2ND DECEMBER AND IT CAME TO PASS (2) “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.” (Luke 21:33, NKJV) We were all under ten years. Just coming home from church one Sunday, my elder brother, Victor, started repeating the phrase in the Bible...

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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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