by Joanne | Jun 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Last week was our final week in Stand Firm, beginning the week with reading Ephesians 6:18 and 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18. The topic was … Prayer. We are in a constant state of spiritual warfare. It will come to each of us differently and attack varied areas of our...
by Joanne | Jun 26, 2023 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
The weather has been kind of crummy lately – cloudy, drizzly much of the time, thunderstorms and then downpours. It brought to mind another spring when the weather had been similar. I hadn’t been out to garden, or to look at my garden, much due to the weather....
by Joanne | Jun 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Aspire. Sitting looking at the word for a good amount of time, I wondered if I ever had any aspirations. Some long for a career, an...
by Joanne | Jun 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
We continued to dig into the concept of Standing Firm, beginning our week with reading Ephesians 6:14 and Isaiah 59:12-21. We looked at the breastplate of righteousness. It is the piece of the armor intended to protect the heart and lungs, very needed organs to stay...
by Joanne | Jun 19, 2023 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
It seems every day we encounter those who are in need of an encouraging word. To be those who can give an encouraging word, we are going to need to be in the source of all encouragement. “The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word...
by Joanne | Jun 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Sunshine. I remember the first time the verse was quoted to me. I was hurt and upset and had turned to an older and wiser woman in...
