by Joanne | Mar 22, 2020 | Devoted Living
“He went without knowing where he was going.” (Hebrews 11:8, NLT) “Living a life of faith means never knowing where you are being led. But it does mean loving and knowing the One who is leading … A life of faith is not a life of one glorious...
by Joanne | Mar 17, 2020 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
We entered the fourth week of God’s Prevailing Purpose with reading Genesis 42:1-13. Here we find the band of brothers coming to Egypt to see if they can buy some grains so they can all survive the famine. In that split second when they bow before Joseph, Joseph...
by Joanne | Mar 15, 2020 | Devoted Living
“And so, King Agrippa, I obeyed that vision from heaven.” (Acts 26:19, NLT) “Waiting for a vision that “tarries” is the true test of our faithfulness to God. Watch for the storms of God. The only way God plants His saints is through the...
by Joanne | Mar 10, 2020 | Devoted Living
We began the third week in God’s Prevailing Purpose with reading Genesis 41:9-13. Here we find that the chief butler finally remembering Joseph. Finally. Two years later. It’s easy to get hard on the butler for this oversight. But I, too, have I forgotten...
by Joanne | Mar 8, 2020 | Devoted Living
“No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.” (Romans 8:37, NLT) “The underlying foundation of the Christian faith is the undeserved, limitless miracle of the love of God that was exhibited on the Cross of...
by Joanne | Mar 4, 2020 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
My morning reading brought me to Exodus 13 where we find God giving instructions for the dedication of the firstborn in each family. Having spared the firstborn from the harm Pharaoh desired to do, God instructed how the event was to be memorialized. “This is a...
