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...
by Joanne | Jan 28, 2016 | Devoted Living
“Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: I’m with you kid, let’s go!” (Maya Angelou) Some days we all just need that little push. Someone to come alongside of us, whispering an encouraging word which infuses determination to keep on and...
