by Joanne | Jun 23, 2015 | Devoted Living
The Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He awakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught.” (Isaiah 50:4, NLT) To have God’s Word in my heart means more than just being...
by Joanne | Nov 5, 2014 | Encouragement
I had the pleasure to join in the Love Idol journey. So I was thrilled to read about this November challenge. I printed the sheets anticipating my time in the shared Scriptures. “God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say...
by Joanne | Jul 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
Words are a funny thing. We throw them around all day long – in conversations of small talk and in those of deep meaning. Sometimes are words spill out before we even think about what we are saying. Other times, we mull the words around in our head, like a...
by Joanne | Mar 13, 2014 | Devoted Living
(image courtesy of freedigitalphotos.net/digitalart) This morning I read in the Gospel of Mark of a time when Jesus was giving a lecture in his hometown. He made a real hit with the people to the point that they were saying … “We had no idea he was this...
by Joanne | Mar 4, 2014 | Devoted Living
Seeing as I am participating in the Hello Mornings study of the Book of Ruth, I thought I would devote a post a week to share from the study. In reading this morning, two small phrases stood out to me…. “Then Naomi heard in Moab that the Lord had blessed...