by Joanne | Feb 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
“For I am already being poured out like a drink offering …..” (2 Timothy 4:6, NIV) “Natural human love expects something in return. But Paul is saying, “It doesn’t really matter to me whether you love me or not. I am willing...
by Joanne | Feb 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
“Love suffers long and is kind ….. ” (1 Corinthians 13:4) The fountains from which love flows are in God, not in us. It is absurd to think that the love of God is naturally in our our hearts, as a result of our own nature. His love is there...
by Joanne | Feb 3, 2016 | Devoted Living
The study in front of me asks its readers to make time to read the book of Colossians in one reading. I did so but returned repeatedly to two verses … “You learned about the Good News from Epaphras, our beloved co-worker. He is Christ’s faithful...
by Joanne | Dec 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
“For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16, NLT) Today I am joining … Give Me Grace and Word of God Speak and Spiritual...
by Joanne | Oct 4, 2015 | 31 Questions Jesus Asked
There are days I look at my two granddaughters and my heart feels as if it will burst open. My love for them is more intense than I ever could have imagined. Each of them, different from the other, equally as precious. And they are easy to love because they are just...