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 | May 24, 2015 | Prayer
Months ago, the words fell as if I had not ever heard them before …. “No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.” (Romans 8:37, NLT). He never promised “these things” won’t happen in our...
by Joanne | Sep 4, 2014 | Encouragement
Heard in conversation the other day, “I’m tired of all this. Life just seems to always be a constant fight.” And I have been thinking about it ever since. Life can be difficult at times. Sure it is interspersed with times of joy and laughter, yet the...
by Joanne | Aug 2, 2013 | Book Reviews
Some time in June, I saw a tweet concerning a book giveaway on Facebook by an author I had never heard of. So, what the heck, it would be free & only required a comment. A few weeks passed & I came home from a weekend away to find a package in our mail...
by Joanne | May 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
Brave. What came to mind was the book, Anything by Jennie Allen. The book explores a prayer of surrender which the author prayed. The prayer, simply stated is, “Anything. God I will do anything.†To say the book has challenged my faith & my relationship with...
