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11/12/2025

Did you know that the beloved character Paddington Bear was inspired by Jewish children who escaped the Holocaust on the Kindertransport?

Creator Michael Bond (1926-2017) was motivated by his memories of children arriving at London’s Reading station during WWII. These young refugees each carried a small suitcase and wore labels around their necks to identify them. It’s no coincidence that in the book, the little bear is found sitting on his suitcase in Paddington Station in London with a note around his neck that reads, “Please take care of this bear. Thank you.” He is discovered and adopted by the Brown family, thus the name Paddington Bear. In the story, Paddington’s best friend is Mr. Samuel Gruber, an elderly Jew from Hungary who escaped the N***s. And guess what!? When “Paddington 2” hit the big screen in Israel in 2018, the voice of one of the characters was played by none other than Nechama Rivlin z”l, the late wife of Reuven Ruvi Rivlin - ראובן רובי ריבלין. Like so many others around the world, Nechama loved Paddington, the little bear with a big heart.

Naveed Anjum

11/12/2025

All human beings are made in the image of GOD
See Genesis 1:26-27
All human life is sacred from conception in the womb to a natural grave.
The LORD Jesus spoke of our value to GOD as human beings comparing our value to that of sparrows.
See Matthew 10:31
Luke 12:7
Sparrows are common around the whole world.
Sparrows are often seen as a nuisance. The 18th-century French naturalist Count de Buffon (Georges-Louis Leclerc) held a very low opinion of sparrows, referring to them in derogatory terms within his influential work Histoire Naturelle. He described them as "vile" and "despicable" birds. Compared to other types of bird they are often seen as a nuisance and have no colourful plumage and they multiply in great numbers.
Yet The Father knows about every one intimately .
See Luke 12:6 and Matthew 10:29
In the days of the earthly ministry of The LORD Jesus Christ, sparrows were often sold in the market place as food for the poor. They were the cheapest bird you could buy. They were sold either in pairs or in fives. The market price was a penny for a pair or two pennies for five. Even dedicated bird watchers today ignore the scruffy sparrow.
Yet each one was and is known by our Heavenly Father.
How much much more then does He care for a human being created in His own image whose soul is worth more than the whole world.
What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" (Matthew 16:26, Mark 8:36, Luke 9:25)
Archbishop William Temple's quote, "My worth is what I am worth to God; and that is a marvelous great deal, for Christ died for me," emphasizes that human value comes from GOD's immense love, demonstrated by Christ's sacrifice, making every human being infinitely valuable and equal in GOD's eyes.
All human life is sacred from conception in the womb to a natural death. As followers and lovers of The LORD Jesus Christ we must oppose abortion and assisted su***de.
John 14:15 says that if we love The LORD we will keep His commandments
ment is "You shall not murder".See Exodus 20:13 and Deuteronomy 5:17.
If you or I were the only human being that needed salvation Christ would still have died for us. He is not willing that ANY should perish but He desires that ALL human beings should reach repentance. See
2 Peter 3:9
Every time we see a chirping sparrow, let us remember that GOD knows that sparrow and that we are each of far more infinite value to Him and how intimately He knows each of us and loves us.
Every human being is made in His own image and ONE human being, whether in the womb or out of the womb, young or old, in whatever state of physical or mental health, whether a law abiding citizen or a serial ra**st or murderer..... is of infinitely more value than ALL the birds and animals in the entire world....
See Romans 5:8
Selah
Shalom shalom
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10/12/2025

Deuteronomy 32:9-11 reveals to us some remarkable ways in which The LORD, ABBA Father raises His own children, His people, and brings us into maturity in our Christian walk.
Verse 11 says "like an eagle that stirs up its nest"
After some time of caring for her young, mother eagles deliberately change the nest from a cosy warm feathered home into a place with sharp rocks and thorns. The eaglets cry out in pain as the thorns stick into them. The mother eagle is training her young to leave their comfort zone and learn to fly and live independently.
Verse 11 goes on to say that the mother eagle "flutters over its young"
Actually she beats them with her own powerful wings that up to then had given them protection. The nest becomes a place of extreme discomfort. The eaglet climbs to the side of the nest to try and escape. Then, the mother eagle spreads her wings out wide, and the eaglet hops on to her back. The mother then soars up higher and higher into the sky carrying her young. Then suddenly without warning she will dive out from under the eaglet leaving the eaglet in the air. The eaglet falls fast towards the ground screaming with fear. With the instincts GOD has placed in it however, it stretches out its wings but they are not yet ready to support it and fly. Suddenly however the mother swoops underneath and bears it up on her own wings.
The end of verse 11 says " spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions"
This process is repeated over and over again until the eaglet's wings have gained strength and finally it catches the air currents and flies independently.
Many ornithologists have thought that the Bible', s description of an eagle carrying her young was merely figurative, but in recent years certain reliable observers have actually seen this process taking place and have confirmed that every phrase in Deuteronomy 32:11is accurate. This should be of no surprise because Elohim The Creator has created the eagle to do this.
A report concerning the golden eagle comes from Arthur Cleveland Bent, one of America's greatest ornithologists:
"The mother started from the nest in the crags and, roughly hand-ling the youngster, she allowed him to drop, I should say, about ninety feet; then she would swoop down under him, wings spread, and he would alight on her back. She would soar to the top of the range with him and repeat the process. Once perhaps she waited fifteen minutes between flights. I should say the farthest she let him fall was a hundred and fifty feet. My father and I watched him, spellbound, for over an hour." (A. C. Bent, Bulletin of the Smithsonian Institution (1937)
This description of the eagle in Deuteronomy 32:12 is a description of how GOD Himself brings us His own people into spiritual maturity.
See Isaiah 40:29-31
Waiting for The LORD is not a passive position but an active position of trusting in Him no matter how we may feel the ground has given way beneath us. We may feel we are falling but GOD is faithful and He lifts us up on His wings of The Holy Spirit. He teaches us to walk in The Spirit, in His Ways. Our flesh may scream out as He parents us and pushes us out of our comfortable places. What was once cosy becomes a place of thorns and sharp rocks, forcing us to move out. But we must learn to rise upward on His Wings.
See Exodus 19:4-6
Our individual journey in this life may take many twists and turns but the destination for all of GOD's own children is the same: GOD Himself. We are His passionately treasured possession, a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. See also Peter 2:9
Revelation 1:6 and 5:10
Our Father has promised to never leave us nor forsake us.
See Hebrews 13:5
Deuteronomy 31:6 and Joshua 1:5
The Holy Spirit trains us to walk with Him and fly with Him by faith day by day on our journey, our pilgrimage to Himself. Like Abraham we may be commanded to leave all that is familiar and comfortable and go out to unfamiliar terrain. See Genesis 12:1
Selah
Shalom shalom
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03/12/2025

Knife violence continues to impact families and communities across the UK — but how do we truly confront it and create a future where young people no longer live in fear?

In this powerful episode of Life In Focus, Stephen Akinsanya speaks with Victoria Oluwajobi and Nana Agyeman FRSA to explore the real causes of knife violence, the emotional toll on communities, and the practical steps needed to build safer streets for everyone.

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28/11/2025

Literally, the Greek word "philosophy" means love of wisdom. The wisdom of this world, which the world esteems, is foolishness to God however. God's wisdom is not merely speculative, it is the person of God Himself. God's wisdom and power are not abstract forces, but personal qualities that manifest themselves fully in the life, teaching, death and resurrection of our LORD Jesus Christ.
When GOD revealed Himself as The I Am That I Am He was declaring that He is The Eternal Living Being in Whom we find all that we desire and require. If we need deliverance He is our deliverance. If we need comfort, He is our comfort.
He Himself is our salvation.
"Jesus" is the Greek form of the Hebrew name "Yeshuah" which literally means "Yahweh saves" or "salvation". "Christ" is the Greek form of the Hebrew word"Maschiach" , or in English "Messiah" meaning "Anointed One".
No matter the need, GOD Himself is I Am.
This world system glorifies and exalts what the Bible calls foolish. People are esteemed for so called "knowledge" eg Evolution, the Big Bang,the Climate Change religion, Transgenderism etc etc
Psalm 14:1 and 53:1 both declare it is the fool who says in his heart that there is no God. Any belief that contradicts the reality of The Person of GOD The Creator is utterly foolish and it is a lie.
The world system exalts self reliance. It declares that human life is cheap. This world system declares that we should all be in a panic to save the planet. Our education system and Wikipedia is teaching our children that there are in excess of 72 genders. All of these lies are the propagation and aggressive evangelism of practical atheism.
Let the authority of our entire lives be our LORD Jesus Christ The Word of GOD. GOD and His Word are One.
1 Corinthians 1:30 says He is the source of our life in Christ Jesus Who GOD made our wisdom, righteous and sanctification and redemption.
He is I Am to every individual who believes on Him.
Shalom
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26/11/2025

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25/11/2025

In Psalm 117, chesed is revealed as The LORD's great, powerful, and everlasting loyal love and mercy toward all nations and peoples. It is a covenantal love that is a core part of GOD's character and endures forever. Chesed is another one of those biblical Hebrew words—that translators have struggled to capture in any English words. Yet this Hebrew word is vital for understanding the way GOD relates to His own people. It occurs some 250 times in the Old Testament.
In different translations of the Bible, you may see it translated as “mercy,” “kindness,” “goodness”, “faithfulness,” "unfailing" “loyalty" and more. There’s no single English word that quite translates it adequately , which is why some translators have used more than one word: “steadfast love,” “loyal love,”"unfailing love" and “loving-kindness.”
It is the supernatural multifaceted loyal covenant keeping merciful tender compassionate love of GOD.
Chesed, is revealed in the book of Ruth through the actions of its main characters, particularly Ruth's unwavering loyalty to Naomi and Boaz's compassionate and faithful actions toward them. Chesed is a "faithful love in action". It is demonstrated in concrete acts of redemption, such as the deliverance from exile for the nation of Israel and, ultimately, in The Father 's sending of His Son Jesus Christ to provide salvation for all who believe on Him. It is a kindness shown to the undeserving and the weak, much like the example of David's kindness to Mephibosheth, Jonathan's crippled son, because of David's covenant relationship with Jonathan which he sought to fulfil even after Jonathan was dead.
In the book of Joshua 2:12-13 we read these words of Rahab:
"Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD, since I have dealt kindly ( chesed) with you, that you will deal kindly (chesed) with my father’s household, and give me a sure sign that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters and all who belong to them that you will save us from death " The word translated as "kindness" here is "chesed." It isn’t just kindness. It is a promise keeping loyal love with actions of mercy, compassion faithfulness and justice. It is the covenant love of GOD with His own people, to those who cleave unto Him.
Psalm 136 reveals chesed as God's steadfast, enduring, and covenantal love, kindness, and loyalty, which is shown through His actions in creation and history, from the creation of the heavens and earth to the liberation of Israel from Egypt. The psalm emphasizes this through a litany where each statement of God's action is met with the refrain, "For his chesed endures forever," driving home the comprehensive and reliable nature of His love. The repetition of "For his chesed endures forever" (or similar translations like "steadfast love," "lovingkindness," or "mercy") serves as a constant reminder of the foundational and unchangeable nature of God's character.
The chesed of GOD is so long, high, wide and deep that it surpasses human understanding and imagination. See Psalm 103:11-12 and
Psalm 36:5-7
From the heights of the vast expanse of the universe to the depths of oceans, The Father's chesed upholds every tier of His creation.
Selah..
In New Testament Greek the word "Chesed" is translated as, "Agape" and is demonstrated through Messiah Jesus, The Covenant Mediator. His shed sacrificed blood is the evidence of His promise keeping love - Chesed.
See Hebrews 9:15
This supernatural love can only be experienced through The LORD Jesus Christ by being forgiven of sin and born again of His Spirit.
We, His children, are now called to follow His example of living a lifestyle of Agape- love without conditions and Chesed - tender merciful unfailing love .
See Matthew 5:43-45
The Agape of the New Testament would not exist without the Chesed of the Old Testament. The Holy Spirit is the promise of every Christian believer's inheritance in Christ. Because of His Chesed, we can trust our LORD to fulfill His promise and because of His Agape we can embrace it.
See Romans 5:8 and John 3:16
Psalm 36:7
"How precious is Your Chesed O Elohim.
Therefore people take refuge under the shadow of Your wings."
Chesed: The supernatural, multifaceted, immense, loyal love of God to His own that cleave unto Him. How precious is that steadfast, unfailingly faithful love of GOD ultimately expressed in the incarnation, life, death and resurrection of Messiah Jesus. Hallelujah!
Selah
Shalom
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23/11/2025

Deuteronomy 4:7: “For who is a great nation whose God is coming near to them as Jehovah your God is, in all our prayers to Him.

James 4:8 “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.”

In Deuteronomy 4:7 "For who is a great nation whose God is coming near to them”, the word for “coming near” is “kerovim.” The root word is “karav.” This word is used to express the inward part, the heart, being in the midst, or in the centre . ABBA Father's heart is literally all over us.
Selah...
Don’t forget that last part of the verse, “in all our prayers.” The word used here for prayer is “Kare’enu.” It literally means calling out, inviting, falling upon. Note the similarities between “karav” and “Kare.” This is a play on words. When we call, pray or fall all over God, He is literally all over us.
Both the Hebrew word "kerovim" for coming near in Deuteronomy 4:7 and the Greek word"eggizo" in James 4:8 means to draw near from the heart with the intention of joining yourself to another in an encompassing embrace or hug. I like to think of a child and parent running towards each other with outstretched arms ready to embrace. Our Heavenly Father is always eager to embrace us in His love the moment we seek to draw near to Him.
There is a story in the Jewish writings of the Talmud of a king and his son:
A king and his son were in such disagreement that eventually the son left home to live in another kingdom. After some time the king, the father, sent a messenger to his son asking his son to come home. The son replied: “That is too far for me to come.” The king, his father, sent his servant back with this message. “Then come as far as you can, and I will meet you.”
The LORD Yeshuah would have known the Jewish oral traditions very well and many scholars believe that The LORD Jesus drew upon the Talmud story of the king who asked his son to come as far as he could and from this story gave His own story in the parable of the prodigal son. In the story that The LORD Jesus told however this story ends with the father hugging and kissing his son – eggizo or kerovim.
Draw near to God in prayer and He will hug and kiss you.
Selah...
Shalom
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21/11/2025

21/11/2025

God's standards are always inward, not outward. Like geodes we may appear rough and crude on the outside but on the inside GOD is at work making what is very precious in His sight. The Holy Spirit continues working with us and bringing forth beautiful treasures from within us as we yield to Him.
There are also those who outwardly may seem glossy and polished, but are resistant to God's Word and rot from within. Our outerman is our reputation with people but the hidden man of the heart is our reputation with God.
Selah....
1 Peter 3:4 describes the inner self characteristics that are precious in GOD 's sight, a spirit that is submissive to Him and gentle, not hard and unyielding in pride and rebellion.
David was chosen by The LORD to be king over Israel, even though his entire family dismissed him as being insignificant. See 1st Samuel chapter 16. GOD chose David because He valued David's inner qualities and not the physical outward appearance of his older brothers.
Jeremiah 23:29 says that GOD'S Word is like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces. His Word breaks through the our hardness, rebellion and pride of heart to reveal the inner man of the heart. Geodes are a type of rock that on the outside look like just an ordinary lumpy bumpy rock BUT when broken open they reveal a hidden shining beautiful interior of crystals such as quartz, amethyst or agate. This is a picture of the spiritual core of a person in GOD'S sight. What He counts as precious in in complete antithesis to what people count as valuable... GOD rejected the strong, tall successful looking older son of Jesse, Eliab. Eliab 's heart had failed the test of Divine scrutiny. He saw in David's heart however, precious gems of his love for The LORD and his desire to honor Him. He was faithful in his devotion to the sheep and worshipped The LORD declaring in Psalm 23 that GOD Himself was David's shepherd. David did commit some serious sins down the line, but GOD saw that David's heart belonged to Him and when confronted with his sin, unlike Saul before him, he took responsibility for his sin and repented. People look at outward charisma, qualifications, talents etc or the outward lack of these things to form an opinion of someone , but GOD looks at the hidden man of the heart.
If our heart is broken open, what will be revealed? Shining crystals of a geode or the rotting substance of fruit that is bad.... Looks tasty on the outside but one bite reveals the rotting inner core....
Selah....
Shalom
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20/11/2025

Pray and protest

The Christian religious education taught in schools in Northern Ireland is unlawful, the UK Supreme Court has ruled.