by Joanne | Apr 5, 2019 | Encouragement
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Offer. The word prompts the question: “What can I offer?” The psalmist asked the very same question: “What can I offer the Lord for all he has...
by Joanne | Mar 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
“So they called these days Purim†(Esther 9:26, NKJV). God’s people had survived a horrific plan of annihilation. These two days of celebration, Purim, were begun in order for these circumstances to be remembered. Today we would probably say it was a “national...
by Joanne | Feb 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s was the fifth and final week of a month of praise. It proved to be a wonderful way to start off a new year. Praise helps in the middle of difficulties. We started the week with reading Psalm 62:8 and Philippians 4:6. David was telling us to attach ourselves...
by Joanne | Jan 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s week 4 of our month of Praise. As we continued to study, we discovered we are to: Praise God with our whole heart. The readings were Psalm 103: 1-2; Psalm 128: 1-4; and Psalm 89:11. The Psalmist reminds us to praise God with our whole heart – to hold...
by Joanne | Jan 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
Week 3 bought us to recognize the power of praise and all praise brings to our lives: Praise brings power. The readings are Romans 8:9-10; Philippians 4:13; and Romans 8:37. It was good to be reminded that we are controlled by the Spirit. Our lives need not display...
