FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 27TH DECEMBER

27 DECEMBER  SHE SAID “YES!” “And they called Rebekah and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” She said, “I will go”.(Genesis 24:58) At the right season, even without seeing the man who would be her husband, Rebekah said “Yes”.  That was in those days. Nowadays, many young...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 26TH DECEMBER

26 DECEMBER GOD MADE THE SEASONS “All things were made through him and without him was not anything made that was made.”(John 1:3) On 26 December 2015, as we waited patiently for over eight hours for the harmattan haze to clear for our aircraft to fly, it was evident that...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 25TH DECEMBER

25 DECEMBER  JESUS, THE SAVIOUR “And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”(Matthew 1:21, NKJV) “And she brought forth her firstborn Son, andwrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 24TH DECEMBER

24 DECEMBER THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST “In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 23RD DECEMBER

23 DECEMBER  JESUS IS PASSING THROUGH “And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse.She had heard the reports about Jesus...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 22ND DECEMBER

22ND DECEMBER  THE MOUNTAINS OF JERUSALEM! “You will bring them in and plant them, in the mountain of Your inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which You have made for Your own dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.(Exodus 15:17) God brought Israel, His chosen people, through the wilderness, over Jordan and planted them in the...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 21ST DECEMBER

21 DECEMBER GIVE BACK BLESSING “Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary,  repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.”  (1 Peter 3:9, NIV) “Do me, I do you; God no go vex” and “an...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 20TH DECEMBER

20 DECEMBER  LIVE RIGHT “Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble.” (1 Peter 3:8, NIV) The purpose of Peter’s letter is to encourage Christians who are experiencing persecution and challenge them to live holy and exemplary lives, looking...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 19TH DECEMBER

19 DECEMBER WHAT SHOULD WE DO? “So the people asked him, saying, “What shall we do then?” (Luke 3:10) John the Baptist came preaching true repentance. His words were just as Hebrews 4:2 describes: “For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 18TH DECEMBER

18 DECEMBER PREPARE THE WAY (2) “The crooked places shall be made straight and the rough ways smooth.” (Luke 3:5b) The world is filled with evil. By their own will, men choose the glamour of satanic ways and without realising it, Satan holds them in captivity and they move deeper...

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