by Joanne | Jun 30, 2023 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Music. The morning is my favorite time of day as I sit in the quiet and read my devotional book and Scripture, The readings almost...
by Joanne | Jun 27, 2023 | Let's Have Coffee, Uncategorized
I need reminders of what I believe and why. Maybe you do too. In my Bible is a copy of The Apostles Creed which I move forward each time I get a new Bible. When I hear or sing Rich Mullins’ song, Creed, my soul swells with the reminders which flood my soul. Why?...
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...