by Joanne | Dec 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
“So think clearly and exercise self-control. Look forward to the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world.” (1 Peter 1:13, NLT) “Your hope is both a present down payment and a future possession. Like an...
by Joanne | Nov 29, 2018 | Encouragement
It was somewhere early fall, I knew I needed to do an Advent study in order to prepare my heart to be prepared for this Advent season. My heart was feeling heavy, burdened, by the news and world events. There were four hundred years of silence prior to Jesus’...
by Joanne | Nov 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
We continued this our second week of the study, “It Could Only Be Jesus”: The Law serves a purpose in our lives. In Romans 3:1-3 and 9-20, Paul addresses the equality of Jews and Gentiles before God. He reminds us how fallen man, which is the reason we...
by Joanne | Nov 26, 2018 | Encouragement
She had been drooling a little more than one would think for three months old and so, we never even thought to check her gums. But when her tongue began moving about as if to wonder what she was feeling, I gently ran my finger over her lower gums. Much to our...
by Joanne | Sep 20, 2018 | Book Reviews
Hope. It’s been defined as “the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best” (according to dictionary.com). As I continue to scroll down through the definitions, I also discover this definition, “a person or...
