by Joanne | Sep 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
This is the fifth post in the study, The Power of the Word. As we continued reading in Acts, Paul continued to face his accusers: God can use every situation. In Acts 25:1-12, Paul’s accusers continue to scheme against him. Paul recognizes their desire to ambush...
by Joanne | Sep 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Blessed be the Lord my Rock, Who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle – my lovingkindness and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and the One in whom I take refuge. Who subdues my people under me.” (Psalm 144:1-2,...
by Joanne | Sep 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Crowd. Crowd. A throng. A mass. A congregate. No matter the word used to describe a crowd, it’s a gathering of many people. My preference is for a small...
by Joanne | Sep 13, 2018 | Encouragement
The book of Job is a book of recorded conversations. In the midst of a series of painful losses, Job talks with his wife and each of his three friends, none of whom offer much advice or true encouragement. Many questions are raised but none as powerful as the very...
by Joanne | Sep 12, 2018 | Encouragement
“This is alone true wisdom, to submit ourselves wholly to the will of God.” (John Calvin) The quote appears in the margin of my Bible in the book of Jonah. Jonah, the man who would not go where God had asked because he did not want to go to the people whom...
