by Joanne | Feb 20, 2016 | Devoted Living, Prayer
This past week, my parents and I had multiple conversations about events in the news. After much talk about several freaky car accidents which had been reported, I remarked, “We may have to start praying before we leave the house like Gram always did.” Now...
by Joanne | Feb 16, 2016 | Devoted Living, Prayer
“Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.” (Psalm 25: 4-5 NIV) Guidance. We all look for it in various stages of life – in selecting a...
by Joanne | Feb 13, 2016 | Devoted Living
It was an ordinary Tuesday. I had left for an early morning dentist appointment and on the way home, made a quick stop at the bank. Recently remodeled, the bank now affords no privacy to its customers at the tellers’ counters. I waited my turn in line, the only...
by Joanne | Feb 9, 2016 | Devoted Living
I have had a word going through my head for a week — Application. Application – – -> the act of putting something to a special use or purpose. I held the little box of new eye cream moisturizer in my hand to read the directions: “Every...
by Joanne | Feb 3, 2016 | Devoted Living
The study in front of me asks its readers to make time to read the book of Colossians in one reading. I did so but returned repeatedly to two verses … “You learned about the Good News from Epaphras, our beloved co-worker. He is Christ’s faithful...
by Joanne | Jan 31, 2016 | Devoted Living
“But when it pleased God …” (Galatians 1:15, NKJV) “But when the fullness of the time had come …” (Galatians 4:4, NKJV) “As servants of God, we must learn to make room for Him – to give God “elbow...
