by Joanne | May 21, 2024 | Devoted Living
As we continued on in our study on various idols in our lives, we looked at success, achievements, careers, and materialism. The one which spoke most deeply to my own life was knowledge. We begin learning from the moment we are born. More so, from the beginning of...
by Joanne | May 14, 2024 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
“What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one. I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth. So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God...
by Joanne | May 7, 2024 | Devoted Living
We continued to look at idols which can take root in our lives. We can look to appearance, food, body image, and health to name a few. But one stood out from the rest, almost like the leader of the pack – the idol of self-sufficiency. Society feeds us the lie...
by Joanne | Apr 1, 2024 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
The days leading up to Easter bring us to reflect much on the sacrifice, death, and resurrection of our Lord. Maybe this is the reason the verse poked at my soul for a few days. “He said, “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the...
by Joanne | Mar 26, 2024 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
Do you think of yourself in terms of a saint? This is our identity in Jesus and yet I don’t think I remember this often enough. “To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in...
by Joanne | Mar 8, 2024 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Dedicate. Dedicate – a quick perusal of definitions reveals words like “to devote; to set apart for a definite...
