JULY
19
Keyword:
HOPE by:
Rev. Victor Robert Farrell
Romans 5:3-5:
And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. NKJV
Donning his priestly robes, the sword smith, after days of prayer and fasting approaches the finishing of his task. The fire is hot, the hammer and anvil are ready, together with the primeval elements of metal, wood, water, earth and air. His task is to complete before him what he considers to be a spiritual entity; a multi-heated many folded, million layered, highly and uniquely individual, flexible, ...
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JULY
13
Keyword:
HOPE by:
Rev. Victor Robert Farrell
Matthew 11:4-6:
“Go and tell John the things which you hear and see: The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them. And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me.”
Leo Marks wrote the fascinating book called, ‘Between Silk & Cyanide: A Code Makers War, 1941-1945’ Aged just 22, Marks began working for the SOE creating secret codes for heroes dropped into occupied Europe. Marks wrote over 500 poems for agents to use. Those dropped behind enemy lines would memorise the poem and simply transmit the poem back to headquarters which with the simple repositioning of a word or ...
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JUNE
12
Keyword:
HOPE by:
Rev. Victor Robert Farrell
Philippians 2:12b, 13:
…work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
This absent-minded, overgrown Elf of a man, who laughed at his own jokes and amused children at birthday parties by catching buns in his mouth, this was the man who wrote a book called ‘The Everlasting Man,’ which led a young atheist named C.S. Lewis to become a Christian.” So writes Dale Ahlquist of the American Chesterton society regarding the great G.K.
You will have to admit that God’s servants come in most ...
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MAY
28
Keyword:
HOPE by:
Rev. Victor Robert Farrell
Proverbs 18:14:
The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness, but who can bear a broken spirit? NKJV
The Symptoms of Spiritual Chronic Fatigue Syndrome are as follows:
• A Persistent and quickly recurring, spiritual exhaustion.
• An inability to believe for good.
• Hopelessness.
• A persistent sense of impending doom.
• Fear - of Shaming
• Fear - of Breaking
• Fear – of Death
• Anger – Usually repressed or unspoken
• Cynicism
• Silence in the face of a continuing and chronic situations
• Erratic sleep ...
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MARCH
23
Keyword:
HOPE by:
Rev. Victor Robert Farrell
Isaiah 32:6-8 & 1 Sam 25 :1 onwards:
For the foolish person will speak foolishness, And his heart will work iniquity: To practice ungodliness, To utter error against the Lord, To keep the hungry unsatisfied, And he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. Also the schemes of the schemer are evil; He devises wicked plans To destroy the poor with lying words, Even when the needy speaks justice. But a generous man devises generous things, And by generosity he shall stand. NKJV
The new mother gazed lovingly into the eyes of her beloved new born.
“Oh darling” she said to her happy husband,
“Oh darling what shall we call him?”
“My love,” he responded, “Our first born. My firstborn and a son at that! Hallelujah! How about we call him ‘Idiot?’
“A little harsh.” She replied, “A little harsh. How about Stupid?”
“Hmmm” he says, happy but unsure. “Two syllables compared to three. ...
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