by Joanne | Dec 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
Thanksgiving came and went, ushering us into Week 3 of “It Could Only Be Jesus”: Our days unfold aligned to God’s plans. In Luke 1:5-17, the story begins to unfold with the prophetic word about the birth of John the Baptist. Both Zechariah and...
by Joanne | Dec 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Let every heart, prepare Him room.†I wonder how many times these words have been sung? How many times have they been written about? And yet I wonder … Have I truly prepared my heart? To ‘prepare’, according to dictionary.com is “to put in proper...
by Joanne | Dec 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
“So think clearly and exercise self-control. Look forward to the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world.” (1 Peter 1:13, NLT) “Your hope is both a present down payment and a future possession. Like an...
by Joanne | Nov 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Deep. The word needs no dictionary definition. “Deep” … extending down or across in width. “But it was to us that God revealed these...
by Joanne | Nov 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
When you are a part of The Lulu Tree for years, since the beginning of its formation, a mystery takes place in your spirit. The people, the faces, the growth all become personal as the mystery of an attachment begins to root deeply in your heart. A sense of family...
by Joanne | Nov 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
We continued this our second week of the study, “It Could Only Be Jesus”: The Law serves a purpose in our lives. In Romans 3:1-3 and 9-20, Paul addresses the equality of Jews and Gentiles before God. He reminds us how fallen man, which is the reason we...