by Joanne | Jun 19, 2016 | Devoted Living
“There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you...
by Joanne | Jun 12, 2016 | Devoted Living
“I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in the heavenly...
by Joanne | Jun 5, 2016 | Devoted Living
“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” (John 10: 27, NLT) “If a person is ever going to do anything worthwhile, there will be times when he must risk everything by his leap in the dark. In the spiritual realm, Jesus Christ...
by Joanne | Jun 1, 2016 | Encouragement
He had made the planets and shaped the stars, yet he prayed. He is the Lord of angels and Commander of heavenly hosts, yet he prayed. He is coequal with God, the exact representation of the Holy One, and yet he devoted himself to prayer. He prayed in the desert,...
by Joanne | May 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
“Pray without ceasing …” (1 Thessalonians 5:17) Our thinking about prayer, whether right of wrong, is based on our own mental conception of it. The correct concept is to think of prayer as the breath in our lungs and the blood from our hearts....