by Joanne | Feb 28, 2020 | Encouragement, Prayer, Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. The prompt this week is … Before. Psalm 139 is most often quoted to remind us of the preciousness of life in the womb. Yet there is a verse even before the oft quoted...
by Joanne | Feb 12, 2020 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened by a yoke of slavery.” (Galatians 5:1, NIV) The verse has been before me, off and on, for a week now. A yoke is used to couple animals together for the...
by Joanne | Feb 9, 2020 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
“That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life …” (Matthew 6:25, NLT) “A warning which needs to be repeated is that “the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches,” and the lust for other things, will choke out the...
by Joanne | Feb 3, 2020 | Encouragement
There have been many lessons learned over the years with my granddaughters. Like the time Sophia asked for a banana. I handed her one and we sat down to read together. She wanted to peel it by herself. “Your bananas are sweet, Mimi. Deliciousâ€. Glad she was...
by Joanne | Feb 2, 2020 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
“Then it pleased him to reveal his Son to me …” (Galatians 1:15, NLT) “As servants of God we must learn to make room for Him – to give God “elbow room”. We plan and figure and predict that this or that will happen, but we...
by Joanne | Jan 29, 2020 | Encouragement, Prayer
Jonah is probably most commonly known for his adventures with the whale. But hidden within this short book of the Bible (just four chapters long), we find Jonah’s prayers to God. “Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside the fish. He said,...
