by Joanne | Jun 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
This past Sunday was Vision Sunday. Pastor Steve spoke an excellent message about what vision is & what it will look like in the life of our church in the coming year. Exciting change is on the    horizon. But that is the very nature of knowing the vision of...
by Joanne | Jun 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
In Acts 13, we find the story of Barnabas & Saul & a Jewish sorcerer, named Bar-Jesus. This sorcerer had attached himself to the governor or the region, who Scripture tells us “was an intelligent manâ€. The governor invites Barnabas & Saul to visit him...
by Joanne | Jun 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
There is an interesting story found in 1 Kings 20….. There is a King Ben-hadad who is wanting to attack God’s people & so begins to make threats. First threat – he demands all the gold &   silver & wives & children of King Ahab. King Ahab...
by Joanne | Jun 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
Enough. One simple word. “Enough†has been defined as: adequate for the want or need sufficient to satisfy desire satisfactory competent acceptable Some interesting sentences using the word “enoughâ€: “You’re not enough.†“You’re not educated...
by Joanne | Jun 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
OK so after the whole blog experience which I wrote about in my last post (you can read about it here, I am still thinking….. Part of the problem which arose was the problem of comparison. I have come to realize that there are two pitfalls to comparisons: if we fail...
by Joanne | Jun 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
        A little over a year ago, I decided to start blogging. My reason was that I wanted to leave my family a collection of my thoughts on life as it was happening. It did not take long for me to figure out that there was more to the blogging world than met...