NOVEMBER
11
Keyword:
LOVE by:
Rev. Victor Robert Farrell
1 Corinthians 13:3:
…..though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing
In England, under the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, several Roman Catholics suffered death for reasons of treason. Previously, under the reign of ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ however, no fewer than 288 people were burned at the stake for reasons regarding their faith.
When the apostle Paul wrote these lines, it is unlikely that as yet any Christians had suffered this burning fate; though the Emperor Nero would soon light ...
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NOVEMBER
11
Keyword:
REMEMBER by:
Rev. Victor Robert Farrell
Revelation 19:11-16:
Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
The 5.00 am signing of the Armistice document which put an end to the on-going hostilities of WWI between the Allies and Germany was signed today at Compiègne in France. Armistice Day is the anniversary of that symbolic end of World War I in 1918, and is brought to mind each and every year on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, when the guns stopped firing and at long and much hoped for ...
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NOVEMBER
09
Keyword:
TRUST by:
Rev. Victor Robert Farrell
Luke 6:27-29:
“But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you.”
If there was one verse I was permitted to remove from the Bible then it would be this one. As a man, this verse bothers me greatly. I look at the four ‘hot words’ so providentially, provocatively and purposefully placed here that they move into my heart like a sharp and slow, painfully pushed dagger. ‘Enemy,’ ‘hate,’ ‘curse’ and ‘spiteful.’ Love your enemies! You’ve got to be kidding me? For in my life, when I ...
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NOVEMBER
09
Keyword:
GODLY by:
Rev. Victor Robert Farrell
Malachi 2:13-16:
So He does not regard the offering anymore, Nor receive it with goodwill from your hands. Yet you say, "For what reason?"Because the Lord has been witness Between you and the wife of your youth, With whom you have dealt treacherously; Yet she is your companion And your wife by covenant. But did He not make them one, Having a remnant of the Spirit? And why one? He seeks godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, And let none deal treacherously with the wife of his youth. "For the Lord God of Israel says That He hates divorce, For it covers one's garment with violence, "Says the Lord of hosts." Therefore take heed to your spirit, That you do not deal treacherously." NKJV
In the Coen brothers 2003 film ‘Intolerable Cruelty,’ George Clooney stars as Miles Massey, the cynical attorney who is highly specialised in breaking marriages apart and making the divorce as profitably as possible for his client, regardless of their own personal culpability in the divorce! The leading lady in the film is Catherine Zeta Jones who plays Marilyn Rexroth, a woman choosing to marry men who are ...
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NOVEMBER
03
Keyword:
BELIEVE by:
Rev. Victor Robert Farrell
Isaiah 34:16a:
“Search from the book of the LORD, and read: Not one of these shall fail; Not one shall lack her mate.
I have spoken with a number of single women over the years, many of whom have been friends, who have longed to be married. They have faithfully sought God in prayer that He would provide a partner for their journey. They are not called to celibacy but are ready for love, in all its forms and demands. Over the years they have been saving themselves for that beloved spouse who they dream, one day, will sweep into ...
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