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WARMTH IN WINTER

(February 02, 2024) Norman and Margaret Moss reflect…

At our ‘advanced age’ we have just discovered a new word! It is ‘apricity.’

Apricity comes from the Latin apricitas, and it’s a good word to employ in January and February because it means the warmth of the sunshine in winter.

So we hope you will enjoy some acpricity if you’re in winter now… or when your winter comes round!

This month we want to share two scriptures that we were meditating on. One is Exodus 6:7 and the other is Matthew 11:2.

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REMEMBERING CALVARY

(April 01, 2022) Brian Bell challenges us to remember and really know that God loves us…

In the United Kingdom last week, we ‘put our clocks forward’ a reminder that for us we are moving into the spring season.

If you’re anything like me, your memory may have good recall in some things, not so good on others. God knows our human tendency to forget and takes steps to help us remember.

One example of this is found in Deuteronomy 15:15ESB: ‘You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you.’

As we approach this Easter season, I offer some very simple thoughts from this verse to help us remember.

1. A season to remember
In Ecclesiastes 3:1KJV the writer tells us that ‘To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven.’

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