by Joanne | Jun 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Encouragement has been defined as “the ability to inspire with courage, spirit or confidence†(dictionary.com). The word has been stuck in my thoughts for days now bringing me to dig a bit more deeply. In his first letter to the Thessalonians, Paul uses the word...
by Joanne | Jun 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.” (James 4:4, NIV) “John the Baptist set himself apart for one task, to be a voice for Christ. Everything about John centered on his purpose. His dress. His diet. His...
by Joanne | Jun 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
Last week brought the official opening of beaches, schools winding down, and we entered week three of “A Faith That Endures”: ~*~*~ In 1 Thessalonians 3:6-10, we find Timothy has returned from a missions trip with good news for Paul and Silas. Paul finds...
by Joanne | Jun 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
He came home a few weeks ago and shared about something that occurred at work. An opportunity had been presented to him. While discussing it together, an idea entered my head and I said aloud, “Do you think if that doesn’t work out, you and I can...
by Joanne | Jun 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous – how well I know it.” (Psalm 139:14, NLT) “Antonio Stradivari was a seventeenth-century violin maker whose name in its Latin form, Stradivarius, has become...
by Joanne | May 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Name. We are told she went to the tomb early, while it was yet dark, to go to the tomb where Jesus had been laid. Upon finding the stone rolled away from the...
