by Joanne | Sep 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Accept. Turning to dictionary.com for the definition, I read … “to take or receive something offered; to agree or consent to; to respond or answer...
by Joanne | Apr 3, 2017 | Devoted Living
“Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord. Blessed are they who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart.” (Psalm 119:1-2, NIV) The psalmist declares the importance of God’s Word in the life of...
by Joanne | Mar 9, 2017 | Encouragement
Just a few verses each day can keep my thoughts going for a few days, the meaning becoming clearer and richer, shedding light in my soul. So it has been once I read Psalm 119:28: “I weep with sorrow; encourage me by your word.” The psalmist obviously had a...
by Joanne | Feb 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
“For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.” (Romans 15:4, NIV) God’s Word is not to be treated lightly just because we have heard it so...
by Joanne | Jan 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
“It is truth which we must look for in Holy Writ, not cunning of words. All Scripture ought to be read in the spirit in which it was written … Therefore we ought to read books which are devotional and simple, as well as those which are deep and difficult....
