by Joanne | Jun 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
“But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy.” (1 Peter 1:15, NLT) I have something against the lying voices that noise our world. They tell you to swap your integrity … to barter your convictions … to...
by Joanne | Jun 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … World. The word prompt immediately brings back the commentary in my Bible which had been recently read: “Second Thessalonians is primarily a pastoral letter...
by Joanne | Jun 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
The six week study “A Faith That Endures” came to a close with some wonderful thoughts… ~*~*~ We started with reading 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17. Here Paul brings a strong word for us to “stand fast” (or firm). We are to keep a “firm...
by Joanne | Jun 24, 2019 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
School is out and the first day of summer arrived last week. I always looked forward to summer. Summer always meant easier days. I didn’t need to drive our children to school. No homework and projects to help them with, or the making of lunches. Summer meant days of...
by Joanne | Jun 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
“For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search and find my sheep.” (Ezekiel 34:11, NLT) God is the waiting Father, the caring Shepherd in search of his lamb. His legs are scratched, his feet are sore, and his eyes are burning. He scales...
by Joanne | Jun 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Question. A question is a sentence posed to another individual in order to get information from their response. I can well remember each of my children raising...
