FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 16 January

16 January VICTORY THROUGH FAITH AND PERSEVERANCE (4) “One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up. “There was a judge in a certain city,” he said, “who neither feared God nor cared about people. A widow of that city came...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 15 January

15 January VICTORY THROUGH FAITH AND PERSEVERANCE (3) “Just as rain and snow descend from the skies and don’t go back until they’ve watered the earth, doing their work of making things grow and blossom, producing seed for farmers and food for the hungry, so will the words that come...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 14 January

14 JanuaryVICTORY THROUGH FAITH AND PERSEVERANCE (2) “That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.” (1 Peter 1:7, KJV)   Abraham received...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 13 January

13 January VICTORY THROUGH FAITH AND PERSEVERANCE “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1) Let’s briefly think of something that can test and stretch our faith.Have you been married and waited to have a child for one, five, ten or...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 12 January

12 January VICTORY THROUGH WARFARE AND PEACE “For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven… A time for war and a time for peace.”                                                 (Ecclesiastes 3:1, 8b, NLT) … the Amalekites had made a raid into the Negev and Ziklag; they had crushed Ziklag...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 11 January

11 JanuaryVICTORY THROUGH PRAYER AND FASTING “But this kind of demon does not go out except by prayer and fasting.” (Matthew 17:21, AMP) Prayer and fasting involves abstinence from food, drink and other indulgences of the body, so as to focus on prayer and fellowship with God and rely on...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 10 January

10 January HEALTHY THROUGH EXERCISE “For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.” (1 Timothy 4:8, KJV) Let us work out and get that little profit from exercise. Just 20 to...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 09 January

09 January HEALTHY THROUGH DIET “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”                                       (1 Corinthians 10:31) In the Bible, Daniel and the three other Hebrew men, while in captivity, chose not to eat the king’s delicacies and wine but instead...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 08 January

08 January HEALING THROUGH THE WORD AND MEDICINES “He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.” (Psalm 107:20, KJV) Then Isaiah said, “Take a lump of figs.” So they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. (Isaiah 20:7, KJV) Jesus raised Lazarus...

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FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSES – 07 January

07 January SUCCESS THROUGH WORK AND GRACE “Work hard and become a leader; be lazy and become a slave.” (Proverbs 12:24, NLT)   Success may be defined as the achievement of one’s goal; or in business, as financial profitability. Real success is discovering and fulfilling God’s will for one’s life....

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