by Joanne | Feb 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s was the fifth and final week of a month of praise. It proved to be a wonderful way to start off a new year. Praise helps in the middle of difficulties. We started the week with reading Psalm 62:8 and Philippians 4:6. David was telling us to attach ourselves...
by Joanne | Feb 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
As we look around at world events we quickly realize, the world is becoming an increasingly dark and sad place to live. With each passing day, the words of Jesus come to remind me: “Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold. But the one who...
by Joanne | Feb 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Where. Upon seeing the word prompt, my mind immediately goes to the passages from this past Sunday’s sermon at church: “Where can I go from your...
by Joanne | Jan 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
The words were familiar ones as they have been read before – “Stay alert! Watch our for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith …” (1...
by Joanne | Jan 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
In one afternoon, the verse came across my path. It was unusual as it is a verse typically associated with Advent and the birth of Christ. But today, it came differently, gently: “For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be...
by Joanne | Jan 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s week 4 of our month of Praise. As we continued to study, we discovered we are to: Praise God with our whole heart. The readings were Psalm 103: 1-2; Psalm 128: 1-4; and Psalm 89:11. The Psalmist reminds us to praise God with our whole heart – to hold...
