by Joanne | Jun 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
We started the week with 1 Timothy 5:9-16 and it is a word for every woman. Verse 10 is both thought provoking and convicting: “She must be well respected by everyone because of the good she has done. Has she brought up her children well? Has she been kind to...
by Joanne | Jun 15, 2020 | Encouragement
This week we find ourselves reading the eleventh song of ascents – Psalm 130. “From the depths of despair, O Lord, I call for your help. Hear my cry, O Lord. Pay attention to my prayer.†(verses 1-2, NLT) Here we find the psalmist in his deep distress, crying...
by Joanne | Jun 14, 2020 | Quotes & Thoughts, Uncategorized
“If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.” (John 13:17, NKJV) “Be determined to know more than others … When you know that you should do something and you do it, immediately you know more. Examine where you have become...
by Joanne | Jun 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. The prompt this week is … How. The last few months have brought more questions than answers as of late. Several crises colliding in our country and world have left...
by Joanne | Jun 11, 2020 | Devoted Living, Quotes & Thoughts
The book was challenging in the best of ways when I read it the first time a year ago. This present day seemed to be the right time to read it through once again. Our lives go through stages of growth in our relationship with Christ. He is ever moving us, through...