MAY
29
Keyword:
FIGHT by:
Rev. Victor Robert Farrell
Revelation 6:9,10:
When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying,” How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
The Christian’s call to arms is a difficult subject friends. However it is However, it is somewhat easier when we recognize that though the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, they are never the less mighty in God. (2 Cor 10:4, 5) We walk a challenging path and many times pure pacifism is not the right option. It certainly is not the option in the spiritual realm!
Yet how can we peacemaker sons of the Most ...
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MAY
29
Keyword:
PRAY by:
Rev. Victor Robert Farrell
1 Kings 2:20:
Then she said, "I desire one small petition of you; do not refuse me." And the king said to her, "Ask it, my mother, for I will not refuse you." NKJV
I remember that my daughters final recital for her music degree consisted of two most beautiful songs both of which related to mothers. First was Claude Debussy’s ‘Year pursues empty year!’ and then Henry Purcell’s, ‘Tell me some pitying angel.’ The first of these two sacred songs recounts the heartfelt pain of a mother over her prodigal son, bewailing her own inconsolable heart at the loss of her beloved son, ...
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MAY
28
Keyword:
HONOUR by:
Rev. Victor Robert Farrell
Genesis 9:5,6:
Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man's brother I will require the life of man. “Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed; For in the image of God He made man.
In Germany between 1942 and 1943 as many as 20,000 people fell to this particular form of political execution used by the Nazis. Hitler considered it to be a most demeaning way to be dispatched. Indeed, more people were killed using this method in Germany than during it’s use in revolutionary France and interestingly, it was last used in Europe as recently as 1977!
The family whose name became associated with this ...
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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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MAY
26
Keyword:
STREET-CRED by:
Rev. Victor Robert Farrell
Mark 12:37b:
And the common people heard Him gladly. NKJ
I remember performing some poetry for a about forty very rough, rough sleeping homeless folks in the city of Brighton. It was surprisingly well received. Afterward a very well spoken, silver-faced, Einstein-like figure came over to me and said, “I just wanted to say how much I appreciated your poetry and especially your delivery. You know of course, that you are following in the footsteps of the great Englishman, ...
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