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...
by Joanne | Sep 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Never underestimate the power of a calendar. Never underestimate the power of a calendar that has verse a day! Never, ever underestimate the power of God’s Word!!!! This week has been a week of struggles. Not necessarily my own but yet of knowing that friends...