<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[My Site 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Site 1]]></description><link>https://www.thepowerword.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 01:08:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.thepowerword.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[ARE YOU HUMBLE?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Learning Humility from John the Baptist “Rabbi, that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan—the one you testified about—look, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him.” This was the comment from John the Baptist’s disciples about Jesus after a dispute arose between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew over ceremonial washing. The comment seems almost designed to invite rebuke, anger or some other negative reaction from John. His ego was being stoked. They were...]]></description><link>https://www.thepowerword.com/post/are-you-humble</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a95fa9d5bedecf2a64102ff</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:18:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/595457_269f3da257ff4fb5af11281c61e827ce~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>uoparah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[LOVE IS IN THE AIR!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Learning to Love our Enemies Love is in the air! Love is often associated with a warm, fuzzy feeling and, more often than not, it is linked to the heart. We see it expressed in the colour red—think heat, warmth and flames. It is like something burning within our hearts, or an arrow from Cupid. Yet love is also about softness and tenderness: a gentle butterfly, a light breeze, roses, or something joyful, happy and light as a feather. On Valentine’s Day, this love is in full bloom. The idea is...]]></description><link>https://www.thepowerword.com/post/love-is-in-the-air</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a95bce15bedecf2a6407da0</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:51:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/595457_85d6259f46e446c889dd2d7a28738d8c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>uoparah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[HOW TO BECOME A HARVESTER]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spreading God's Word Every Day and Everywhere I was recently downtown, waiting for a friend who had dashed into a store, when I noticed a group at the end of the block distributing flyers. Perhaps you have also seen people doing something similar. They spoke enthusiastically about Christ, handing out flyers and inviting people to their church. I did not go closer to see the details of what they were doing, but I was struck by their sincerity and enthusiasm for God. Despite being rejected by...]]></description><link>https://www.thepowerword.com/post/how-to-become-a-harvester</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9387d021ca4b8be9671826</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 01:36:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/595457_a3e100eefd004db5ad73332ab73a52f7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_414,h_414,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>uoparah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SINGING HYMNS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lessons from Old Hymns on the Unfailing God What is your favourite hymn from your childhood? Do you have any? Singing hymns reminds me of the many Sundays I spent at St. Michael Anglican Church as a young child. Decades after I first became familiar with them, singing some of those old hymns still brings back memories of the atmosphere at my local church in my small town: the booming sound from the big black organ, the clergy members in their white cassocks, and the pulpit tucked away in the...]]></description><link>https://www.thepowerword.com/post/singing-hymns</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9384c4ba5fc19bcbb56b57</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 01:23:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/595457_d09ed0988c4f4f29a0c6afaab0ab5970~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_414,h_414,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>uoparah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[MIRROR, MIRROR — WHAT DO YOU SEE?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seeing Yourself Through God’s Eyes A mirror “shows a true visual image of objects or people placed before it.” But what if, standing in front of the mirror as we do every morning, what we see is not a true picture of who we are? The Bible tells the stories of a few people who looked through their own mirrors and saw only failure, weakness and inability. But when placed before God’s mirror, the opposite of what they imagined was revealed. One such person was Moses. Scripture says that when God...]]></description><link>https://www.thepowerword.com/post/mirror-mirror-what-do-you-see</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a938312d2651c473bca769e</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 01:15:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/595457_7d9bb1c89a314fe589e894718283943d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_414,h_414,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>uoparah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[God Is in the Details]]></title><description><![CDATA[How God Encourages Us in Our Fear  We often think of Him in terms of the miraculous, the supernatural and the spiritual—and rightly so. But Scripture also shows us a God who is remarkably practical. He attends to ordinary human needs and the things that concern us in everyday life. Today, come with me as we explore the God who also cares about the details we may be worried about. Sometimes when God asks someone to do something difficult, He does not simply give the instruction and leave the...]]></description><link>https://www.thepowerword.com/post/god-is-in-the-details</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9367fcd7745f9b0511c2e8</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 23:26:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/595457_11a58396fc404b1fb76a0f740465816a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>uoparah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Shepherd and the Sheep]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Reflection on Psalm 23 — Through the Eyes of the Sheep As a child in Sunday school, we had to memorize Psalm 23. It was compulsory. It was almost like a rite of passage—and we had to learn it in my local language. I know some of you would remember this from your childhood, too. My little church friends and I would recite the Psalm so quickly and breathlessly, sometimes trying to see who could finish first. We did the same thing with some of the Anglican prayers we had to learn. I don't...]]></description><link>https://www.thepowerword.com/post/the-shepherd-and-the-sheep</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a85a700bf417cadb9ecd4e7</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:54:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/595457_0aa233a4fed044d69ddae55e1fac2081~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>uoparah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[That Roadblock Has a Purpose]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seeing Delays Through God's Eyes Many of us have experienced this. You are driving toward your destination. Everything is going according to plan. The traffic is moving, the GPS says you are only five minutes away, and you are already thinking about what you need to do when you arrive. Then suddenly, everything comes to a stop. You cannot see what is happening ahead. All you know is that traffic has been redirected, and you have no choice but to follow the new route. As you turn onto the...]]></description><link>https://www.thepowerword.com/post/that-roadblock-has-a-purpose</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8385c70fc3a56d442cf93e</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 22:16:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_220d8948fa3749649f69ed264bee534e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>uoparah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Designing Your Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[Making Room for Good Works What does your day look like? From the time you wake up until the time you go to bed, is your day carefully planned? Do you know almost hour by hour what you will be doing? Or do you simply walk into the day and let it unfold as you go? I once came across a copy of the daily routine of Benjamin Franklin, one of America’s Founding Fathers, who was also a writer, scientist, inventor and statesman.  Franklin developed this routine as a young man, around 1728, and had...]]></description><link>https://www.thepowerword.com/post/designing-your-day</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a838217f59f6f7f1068bb1c</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 22:01:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/595457_313d4465f4e34ed89ed3a5ac64159fd7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>uoparah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[His Banner Over You Is Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our anchor Scripture this morning is from the Song of Solomon: "He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love."—Song of Solomon 2:4 (KJV) This verse immediately brings to mind a picture of abundance—a feast with every good thing set before us. Think of your favourite banquet, where there is more than enough for everyone to enjoy. God says He has brought us to such a place—a place of provision, blessing, and enjoyment. Then comes the beautiful declaration: "His banner...]]></description><link>https://www.thepowerword.com/post/his-banner-over-you-is-love</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a810b6640f3daf10ba3cf24</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 01:02:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/595457_d2086f0fc7594dfea96c4daa2258f315~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>uoparah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done]]></title><description><![CDATA[What would happen if you knew how the problem you are facing—or the challenge your child is going through—will end? What if you already knew the outcome of every situation weighing on your heart today? Would you be more at peace? Would you walk through the pain with greater confidence, knowing you would overcome it? Would you worry less, cry less, or perhaps even laugh more, knowing that what you are experiencing is only temporary? I believe this is the perspective God invites us to have...]]></description><link>https://www.thepowerword.com/post/thy-kingdom-come-thy-will-be-done</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a810a675a8d6c21366d39e8</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:58:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/595457_a43642d7be6c47acbaaa6f603f8e4b5b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_441,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>uoparah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jehovah Sabaoth – The Lord of Hosts]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the most avoided conversations in Christianity is spiritual warfare. Many of us would rather not talk about it. Some avoid it out of fear of what the devil and his agents might do, others out of naivety, while some deny the existence of the kingdom of darkness altogether. But whether we acknowledge it or not, there is another realm—the spiritual realm. The Scriptures, and the realities of everyday life, remind us that many of the battles we face in the physical world have a spiritual...]]></description><link>https://www.thepowerword.com/post/jehovah-sabaoth-the-lord-of-hosts</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a810884a7a7d1a936d5f39c</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:52:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/595457_82b80ccfd5984828a94ff435a9530518~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>uoparah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jehovah's Armoury]]></title><description><![CDATA[A week ago, we looked at Jehovah Sabaoth—the Lord of Hosts, the Commander of the armies of heaven. Today, we look at another aspect of His character that should fill every believer with confidence: Jehovah's armoury—the weapons of His warfare. In Jeremiah 50:25 (KJV), the Lord declares: "The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans." I confess that the day I discovered this...]]></description><link>https://www.thepowerword.com/post/jehovah-s-armoury</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a810832a7a7d1a936d5f30e</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:46:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/595457_a3110a9a0ad946fb88ac4e9842412232~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>uoparah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lead Us Not into Temptation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recognizing the Enemy's Strategies Aesop's Fables were a childhood favourite in our home. It is a collection of stories, each with a lesson attached. I recently came across my old copy and was reminded of one story in particular: The Flies and the Honey-Pot. The story goes like this: A number of flies were attracted to a jar of honey that had been overturned in a housekeeper's room. Landing in it, they ate greedily. Their feet, however, became so smeared with the honey that they could no...]]></description><link>https://www.thepowerword.com/post/lead-us-not-into-temptation-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a80ff900184b89c47f9ee18</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:16:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/595457_4c18a15cfbda47648d834c8816d8a246~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>uoparah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extraordinary Wonders]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Same God—Yesterday, Today and Forever Do you believe in miracles? This question was once put to Dr. Jacalyn Duffin, a hematologist—a doctor who specializes in blood and blood diseases. Her answer was simple: “Yes, I do.” It is an interesting answer coming from a medical doctor. Duffin's answer is particularly interesting because she spent years researching reported miracles—more than 1,400 of them. And she understood the tension between medicine and divine healing. When something cannot...]]></description><link>https://www.thepowerword.com/post/extraordinary-wonders</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a80fdf140f3daf10ba3a896</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:04:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/595457_82d49c93a31340e7a993436642d45dd9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>uoparah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Word of God Collides with Reality ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Confessing God's Word Against All Odds Speaking in faith when everything around us points to a bleak reality is not easy. It is not easy to look at a sickness that refuses to improve, a financial situation that seems impossible, a broken relationship, an unanswered prayer, or a child who is struggling—and still see a different reality. Yet this is exactly what Scripture calls us to do. It invites us to look beyond what our eyes can see and respond to every situation with the promises of God's...]]></description><link>https://www.thepowerword.com/post/when-the-word-of-god-collides-with-reality</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7e539cd791ff6850b5ce45</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 23:35:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/595457_7e3ef2d9abea44beb90322b68fd1c14f~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>uoparah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give Us This Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[Living in Abundance and Contentment One of my favourite books on my shelf is 365 Thank Yous by John Kralik. It is the autobiography of a lawyer who, by his own account, had a struggling law firm. Things were not going well. He was struggling to pay his office rent, meet his payroll, keep his relationships together, and one year in particular had become especially difficult. He writes that one day he went for a walk to clear his head. Tired, frustrated, and close to despair, he suddenly heard...]]></description><link>https://www.thepowerword.com/post/give-us-this-day</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7e518324b7499942a78e63</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 23:28:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/595457_340f3e1deba54f0f9911438ecde57384~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>uoparah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Greatest Secret of Them All]]></title><description><![CDATA[Earning Wealth Through Biblical Principles In the 1920s, a successful sculptor attended a church service and heard a sermon from the Sermon on the Mount. The minister's message was about giving to the poor and the needy. For reasons he could not explain, the sermon, he later wrote, "profoundly stirred" him. When he arrived home, he immediately began searching for the passage the minister had read. It wasn't easy. "I found it with considerable difficulty," he admitted, "for I was not familiar...]]></description><link>https://www.thepowerword.com/post/the-greatest-secret-of-them-all</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7d11d72ca7f56c71811943</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 23:12:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/595457_aea06cbeb41a44ada10e11b3457aa46e~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>uoparah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When God Disappoints]]></title><description><![CDATA[Understanding the Delays and the Refusal of Our Prayers Every one of us knows someone we feel did not deserve what happened to them. Someone who prayed and still lost the person they loved. Someone who loved God, yet died too soon. Someone whose sickness persisted despite many prayers. Or perhaps we have experienced it ourselves. At times like these, we cry out over what feels like the unfairness of life. The pain can be difficult even to articulate. We ask questions. We express...]]></description><link>https://www.thepowerword.com/post/when-god-disappoints</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7e4ad9cae5bb2ffa10ce3e</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 23:03:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/595457_8de7b5fbe684497088f4ab1cbd116aae~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>uoparah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[LIVING THE GOOD LIFE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Discovering What Truly Matters Morrie Schwartz was a sociology professor at Brandeis University when he was diagnosed with ALS, a progressive and ultimately fatal disease. As his illness advanced, he knew that his time was limited. His former student, Mitch Albom, began visiting him every Tuesday, and their conversations during Morrie's final months were later recorded in Tuesdays with Morrie. Knowing that he was approaching the end of his life, Morrie spoke about the importance of spiritual...]]></description><link>https://www.thepowerword.com/post/living-the-good-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7e47dacae5bb2ffa10c743</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:50:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/595457_0df7daab43cf4f15b1eef7eb62a00d83~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>uoparah</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>