by Joanne | Sep 17, 2017 | Devoted Living
“For they all out of their surplus put into the offering; but she out of her poverty put in all that she had.” (Luke 21:4) Although I did not understand the words of her song, I understood the words of her heart. God used that moment to reveal to me what...
by Joanne | Sep 14, 2017 | Devoted Living
One generation can think so differently from the next. As the years pass, the desire to converse and learn from my own parents has been on the increase as I come to recognize there is a wisdom waiting to be gleaned. Combine wisdom with godliness and what is truly...
by Joanne | Sep 12, 2017 | Devoted Living
This school year brought a major change at our house – it is the first time in ten years there will be no little ones at my house each day. Jocelyn, now five years old, started kindergarten full time, all day, five days a week. The house is quieter, much quieter...
by Joanne | Sep 10, 2017 | Devoted Living
“But thank God! He has made us his captives and continues to lead us along in Christ’s triumphal procession. Now he uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume. Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God. But this...
by Joanne | Sep 3, 2017 | Devoted Living
“The human body has many parts, but the may parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ … All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.” (1 Corinthians 12:12 & 27, NLT) “God says, Follow...
by Joanne | Aug 20, 2017 | Devoted Living
“There’s far more here than meets the eye. The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can’t see now will last forever.” (2 Corinthians 4:18, MSG) It isn’t just clothing styles that change during our times....
