by Joanne | Sep 14, 2015 | Devoted Living
This week took us on a journey which looked at battles and worship … Our view of God matters greatly. Gideon viewed himself as coming from the weakest clan. As God promises to be with him and give him victory, he is infused with courage. Darcy Wiley reminds us,...
by Joanne | Sep 10, 2015 | Devoted Living
This morning I found myself thinking about “difficulties”. We all have them in our lives at some point or another. In fact, life seems to ebb and flow, as difficulties and good times seem to intersect. ‘Difficulties’, as defined by...
by Joanne | Sep 8, 2015 | Devoted Living
“The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.” (2 Corinthians 10:4, NIV) How many times I have read this verse and this morning, it falls fresh. God has given us some great and...
by Joanne | Sep 7, 2015 | Devoted Living
We continued this week to read and study the effects of the behaviors of the people. We also will find that God raises up individuals to help them: There are cycles of behavior. The people did evil > they worshiped idols and forsook God > God permitted them to...
by Joanne | Sep 1, 2015 | Devoted Living
“Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy.” (1 Peter 1:8, NIV) The early Christians had the privilege of seeing Jesus with their own eyes,...
by Joanne | Aug 31, 2015 | Devoted Living
This past week, we started a new study at Hello Mornings – Relentless by Darcy Wiley. We are going to be studying how a hardhearted people are pursued by their God, Who has an unstoppable love. We began with looking at the time of transition by which the story...