by Joanne | Aug 14, 2016 | Devoted Living
“Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.” (Psalm 42:7, NIV) “The call of God can never be understood absolutely or explained externally; it is a call that can only be perceived and understood...
by Joanne | Aug 8, 2016 | Devoted Living
It’s Monday morning once again and I think I have spent some late nights this weekend watching the Olympics. It is amazing to hear the back stories of the athletes – the struggles, obstacles, and heartbreaks which they had to overcome to get to the place they...
by Joanne | Aug 7, 2016 | Devoted Living
“You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me.” (John 15:14-15, NLT) It is not a matter of our...
by Joanne | Jul 31, 2016 | Devoted Living
“So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him?” (Matthew 7:11, NLT) Fill your mind with the thought that God is there. Once your mind is truly filled with...
by Joanne | Jul 26, 2016 | Devoted Living
When I think about Jonah, I flash back to my Sunday School years and the flannel graph board. There would often be two pictures of Jonah – one of him inside the whale and one of him being spewed out onto the shore. In this short, four chapter book of the...
by Joanne | Jul 25, 2016 | Devoted Living
The verse sits before me, wide opened – “Let me tell you why you are here. You’re here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You’ve lost your usefulness and will end...
