by Joanne | Oct 1, 2017 | Devoted Living
“Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.” (Ephesians 3:20, NLT) “So many people I meet want to know their future. In view of their suffering,...
by Joanne | Sep 24, 2017 | Devoted Living
“The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.” (Psalm 51:17, NASB) “Call” is a word often reserved for great and lofty aspirations. The words describing the experience of God’s...
by Joanne | Sep 17, 2017 | Devoted Living
“For they all out of their surplus put into the offering; but she out of her poverty put in all that she had.” (Luke 21:4) Although I did not understand the words of her song, I understood the words of her heart. God used that moment to reveal to me what...
by Joanne | Sep 14, 2017 | Devoted Living
One generation can think so differently from the next. As the years pass, the desire to converse and learn from my own parents has been on the increase as I come to recognize there is a wisdom waiting to be gleaned. Combine wisdom with godliness and what is truly...
by Joanne | Sep 12, 2017 | Devoted Living
This school year brought a major change at our house – it is the first time in ten years there will be no little ones at my house each day. Jocelyn, now five years old, started kindergarten full time, all day, five days a week. The house is quieter, much quieter...
by Joanne | Sep 10, 2017 | Devoted Living
“But thank God! He has made us his captives and continues to lead us along in Christ’s triumphal procession. Now he uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume. Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God. But this...
