by Joanne | Oct 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Need. Upon Matthew’s invitation, Jesus went to have dinner at Matthew’s house, which caused quite a stir among the Pharisees....
by Joanne | Sep 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
“I have all that I need.” (Psalm 23:1, NLT) As we continue into this psalm, we find David making a pretty bold statement in the middle of adversity, “I have all that I need” or in the more familiar, “I shall not want.” How is he able to say that? To do so,...
by Joanne | Jul 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
We continued our second week of Mornings In The Word, digging deeply into the following encouraging thoughts: We must always be actively praying. We are living in a time where there is so much ugliness going on around us. Every day in the news we can hear a...
by Joanne | Mar 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
Lent was not a part of my life growing up so I truly did not consider making it a practice in my life until my adult years. Giving up something for an extended amount of time has helped me to focus on the meaning of sacrifice. Sacrifice has often been thought of as...
by Joanne | Apr 17, 2013 | Encouragement, Prayer
This is a re-post from October 13, 2011…… A story was once told…. “I need oil,” said an ancient monk, so he planted an olive sapling. “Lord,” he prayed, “it needs rain that its tender roots may drink & swell. Send gentle showers.” And the...
