FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 04 JUNE

04 JUNE IT’S NOT THAT SERIOUS! “Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations: The Lord has done great things for them. The Lord has done great things for us; we are glad.” (Psalms 126: 2-3). “It is...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 03 JUNE

03 JUNE SEE IT, HAVE IT “…and there cut down a branch with one cluster of grapes; they carried it between two of them on a pole. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs.”  (Numbers 13:23) “The land through which we have gone as spies is a land...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 02 JUNE

02 JUNE WHAT DO YOU SEE? “The land we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land. If the Lord delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land that flows with milk and honey.”  (Numbers 14: 7– 8) “Then...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 01 JUNE

01 JUNE WE ARE ABLE! “And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.” (Numbers 13:30) God described Caleb as “my servant” – a devoted and helpful follower – and declared that he...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 31 MAY

31 MAY HUG AND UNHUG YOUR CHILD “Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children’s children.” (Deuteronomy 4:9)...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 30 MAY

30 MAY CHANNEL OF PEACE “So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless. (1 Corinthians 15:58) 1 Make me a channel of your peace. 2 Make me a channel...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 29 MAY

29 MAY HIDDEN IN CHRIST “Set your mind on things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” (Colossians 3:2-3) Putting heaven’s priorities and God’s perspectives into daily practice, the eternal rather than the temporal, is...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 28 MAY

28 MAY THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of Lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” (James 1:17). The hymn, “Great is Thy Faithfulness” was not the result of any spectacular happening but...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 27 MAY

27 MAY JESUS, THE LOVE OF MY LIFE “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.” (Jeremiah 31:3) At age 11 in Denham House in Queen’s School, Enugu, I remember how I would kneel down for my personal morning prayers and recite...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 26 MAY

26 MAY PILLAR OR CATERPILLAR? Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2. We may be pillars – strong support and...

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