by Joanne | Jul 28, 2017 | Devoted Living
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Inspire. Inspire. My Bible dictionary defines this as to influence, move, or guide by divine influence. With the definition before me for quite some time now,...
by Joanne | Jul 27, 2017 | Devoted Living
“When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.” (Luke 5:6, NIV) There are seasons of life in which we feel as if we are stuck in a rut. We don’t see anything happening or changing. We begin to feel...
by Joanne | Jul 16, 2017 | Devoted Living
“And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?” (Esther 4:12b, NIV) “Often huge accomplishments are made merely because people were in the right place in the will of God at the right time. Yet some people miss...
by Joanne | Jul 12, 2017 | Devoted Living
A true friend is someone who always lets you in and never lets you down. (Tim Keller) We all need friends, relationships, in our lives. To go through life alone would be lonely, unbearably so. At a quick glance, Proverbs offers us insight into the qualities of a good...
by Joanne | Jul 11, 2017 | Devoted Living
Decisions do not come easy for me as I fear being wrong. Fear can immobilize me every time as I do not want to make a bad decision, especially when its impact will be felt by those I love. Such was the case recently. Waking early as is my custom, opening to the...
by Joanne | Jul 6, 2017 | Devoted Living
One day Jesus was walking when He saw a man, Matthew, sitting performing his job, which happened to be that of collecting taxes. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him” (Matthew 9:9b, NLT). And Matthew did just that. Later on, upon...
