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 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. The prompt this week is … Talent. The verse and parable comes to mind immediately upon reading the word prompt. “For the kingdom of heaven is like a man...
by Joanne | Feb 5, 2020 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
The quote has been tucked into my Bible for years and every so often I return to read its familiar words. Our souls will long for more. If you need further proof, one only needs to watch a few minutes of TV commercials. Ads bombard us to buy more, buy expensive, and...
by Joanne | Feb 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
We closed out this month of January with our last week in the wonderful devotional book, Settle My Soul. If you have not read it, I highly recommend this one. ~*~*~ “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” (2 Timothy...
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 31, 2020 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. The prompt this week is … Life. This morning I find myself convicted by words spoken the other day. I may have said, “I was not meant to live in this time. I...
