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 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
“This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.” (1 John 5:4-5, NIV) “God does not give us overcoming life – He gives us life as we...
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 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
“For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all …” (2 Corinthians 5:14, NIV) “Paul said that he was overpowered, subdued, and held as in a vise by “the love of Christ.” Very few of us...
by Joanne | Jan 31, 2016 | Devoted Living
“But when it pleased God …” (Galatians 1:15, NKJV) “But when the fullness of the time had come …” (Galatians 4:4, NKJV) “As servants of God, we must learn to make room for Him – to give God “elbow...
