by Joanne | Mar 20, 2023 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
Early mornings are my favorite time of day. As I said goodbye to my husband at the back door recently, we both spotted some deer in the woods out back. After he left, I continued to watch them as they are beautiful and majestic animals. When they came out of the...
by Joanne | Mar 14, 2023 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
I want to become better able to preach the gospel to myself. Seriously. On those days, when I need a word and no one is around, I want to speak to my own soul. Maybe you do as well … We begin with Genesis 3:15; Isaiah 40; and Romans 3:15-26. In the Genesis...
by Joanne | Mar 7, 2023 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
For the next several weeks, Tuesday posts will be sharing from time spent in the Bible study, “Preaching the Gospel to Yourself” by The Daily Grace Co. So let’s talk about this a little … The Gospel – we don’t only need it for...
by Joanne | Mar 6, 2023 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
“As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called Matthew sitting in the tax collector’s office; and He said to him, “Follow Me!” (Matthew 9:9b, NASB) One day Jesus was walking when He saw a man, Matthew, sitting performing his job, which happened to be that...
by Joanne | Feb 21, 2023 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
We continued on in the book of Romans last week … beginning with Romans 14:1-12 , where Paul is addressing what we may call “gray areas” of faith. In Paul’s time, they were judging the changes in traditions – to eat meat or not? Which day...
by Joanne | Feb 20, 2023 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
When our first granddaughter, Sophia, was very small, my mom taught her about “Scout’s honor”. Whenever we would ask her to do something, we would say to her, “Scout’s honor”, making the sign of scouts with our fingers. For a while, conversation with...
