by Joanne | Sep 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
This fourth week in the study God. Plan. Move. began with reading both Matthew 22:34-40 and Ecclesiastes 12:31. The subject? Loving God. The Teacher asks the question in Matthew 22:36, “which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?” The...
by Joanne | Sep 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
“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) God has given us great and wonderful promises by which to live. I cannot help but wonder why there have been...
by Joanne | Sep 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening.” (Acts 16:25, NLT) “Great acts of faith are seldom born out of calm calculation. It wasn’t logic that caused Moses to raise his staff...
by Joanne | Sep 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Start. “Start” can be defined as the beginning of an activity or a journey. The best part of the day for me is the start of it. The mornings are my...
by Joanne | Sep 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
It was week three in the Hello Mornings study – God. Move. Plan. And it brought much needed reminders … ~*~*~ In Matthew 25:1-13, we find the parable of the ten bridesmaids – five wise, five foolish. The parable focuses on being prepared for the...
by Joanne | Sep 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
I recently read the familiar story of the battle of Jericho. The battle strategy, if you can call it such, was to march around the city once a day for six days. On the seventh day, they were to march around the city seven times and when the priests gave the signal,...