by Joanne | Feb 24, 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 … Assume. Assume can be defined as taking something as true or factual without any proof. We do it all the time in assuming the...
by Joanne | Feb 21, 2023 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
We continued on in the book of Romans last week … beginning with Romans 14:1-12 , where Paul is addressing what we may call “gray areas” of faith. In Paul’s time, they were judging the changes in traditions – to eat meat or not? Which day...
by Joanne | Feb 20, 2023 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
When our first granddaughter, Sophia, was very small, my mom taught her about “Scout’s honorâ€. Whenever we would ask her to do something, we would say to her, “Scout’s honorâ€, making the sign of scouts with our fingers. For a while, conversation with...
by Joanne | Feb 17, 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 … Many. Upon seeing the word prompt, this verse immediately came to mind: “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the...
by Joanne | Feb 14, 2023 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
We hear quite a bit about “hospitality” these days. There are many who tell us how to have an inviting home and a beautiful food presentation. In Romans 12:13-16, we find Paul addressing how we are to relate to one another. The study points out,...
by Joanne | Feb 13, 2023 | Prayer, Uncategorized
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.†(Hebrews 11:1, NASB) Faith – it is such a difficult concept to figure out; and so, we often turn to Hebrews 11 for help when we need to boost our faith. The chapter lists the...
