by Joanne | Aug 5, 2020 | Prayer, Uncategorized
It started with a late night message which I didn’t read until the early morning: “I don’t expect you to see this till tomorrow due to the late hour, but I am wondering if we can pray together tomorrow? I am feeling a strong need to pray with others...
by Joanne | May 31, 2020 | Prayer, Quotes & Thoughts
“Pray without ceasing … ” (1 Thessalonians 5:17, NKJV) Our thinking about prayer, whether right or 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....
by Joanne | May 28, 2020 | Encouragement, Prayer
As I write this, it is early morning and the windows are opened and the sweet sound of birds chirping is filling my ears. My soul is reminded to trust God in all things: “Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly...
by Joanne | Mar 25, 2020 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
Time has changed our days more quickly than anyone could have anticipated. In the blink of an eye, everything was different and nothing was the same. School days are held remotely. Food shopping is being done with protective gloves and Germ-X. Work days are either...
by Joanne | Mar 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
We started the week with Genesis 43:11-17, where we find Jacob resigned and agreeing to send Benjamin back to Egypt. We hear in his words an attitude of defeat. Of hopelessness. He must have stood and watched as his sons went off into the distance – unsure of...