by Joanne | Jan 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
“There’s nothing like the written Word of God for showing you the way to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way or another—showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes,...
by Joanne | Jan 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
There are times in life that we ourselves, or those we know, go through unbearably painful times. When we first hear of the situation, it takes our breath away. It makes every hair on our body stand up on edge. We feel like our legs are turning to rubber & we pray...
by Joanne | Jan 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
In her study, Knowing God By Name, Mary A. Kassian mentions a painting – “La Belle Dame sans Merci” by Sir Frank Dicksee. Having never heard of it, I found a picture of it. She pointed out that in this painting the knight is captivated by the beauty...
by Joanne | Jan 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
Years ago, I learned an acronym that I have never forgotten: H-A-L-T. It was explained that we are to “halt” or stop whenever we are hungry, angry, lonely or tired. Charles Stanley explains it so well: Commit now never to make important decisions when you...
by Joanne | Jan 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
This morning I read Moses’ farewell speech, if you will. The Israelites were going to enter the Promised Land without their leader. Moses had taken them as far as God was going to permit him to go. Moses prepares them, with a talking to, as he truly knew the...
by Joanne | Jan 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
The story of David & Goliath is a most familiar one to many of us. Young David faces the Philistine, giant of a man, Goliath & slays him with a slingshot & a stone. We tend to focus on the courage of David who faces his fear or giant. And that is certainly...
