FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES 2 – 16th April

16 April A PRAYER FOR WEEK 16 “The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives. The godly always give generous loans to others, and their children are a blessing.” (Psalm 37: 23 -26 NLT) Please pray this prayer for others as we pray for...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES 2 – 15th April

15 April “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.” (Psalm 100: 4) I remember the morning my dad died. We took him to the mortuary in an ambulance. To my dismay, the mortuary attendant brought him out, laid him on...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES 2 – 14th April

14 April “Let us hold on firmly to the hope we profess, because we can trust God to keep his promise.” (Hebrews 10:23 GNT) Our hope of eternal salvation (John 3:16) as well as abundant life here on earth (John 10:10) is not hinged on the ephemeral but on the...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES 2 – 13th April

13 April “Thus says the Lord to you: ‘Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.” (2 Chronicles 20:15) The battles we fight are not ours but God’s. As Christian individuals, groups and a people in our country, Nigeria, and other nations upon which God’s...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES 2 – 12th April

12 April “Then David said to the Philistine (Goliath), ‘You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.’”(1 Samuel 17:45 NKJV) Do you feel oppressed...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES 2 – 11th April

11 April “I will watch over this Temple and be ready to hear all the prayers that are offeredhere.”(2Chronicles7;15GNT)                                                                                     “Surely you know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you!” (1 Corinthians 3:16 GNT)              Just as the glorious dedication of Solomon’s temple was done with...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES 2 – 10th April

10 April “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light.” (1 Peter 2:9) Many of past generations sought to be in a generation such as ours. Imagine...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES 2 – 9th April

09 April A PRAYER FOR WEEK 15: “Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”(Luke 6:38) Please pray this prayer for others...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES 2 – 8th April

08 April “Behold, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who by night stand in the house of the Lord! Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord. The Lord who made heaven and earth bless you from Zion!” (Psalm 134:1) The temple’s night watchmen did their work responsibly, with joy and reverence to God. We...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES 2 – 7th April

07 April “David asked the Lord, ‘Shall I go after those raiders? And will I catch them?’ He answered, ‘Go after them; you will catch them and rescue the captives.”   (1 Samuel 30: 8) David and his men came back to their abode at Ziklag to find their families had been...

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