Forgiveness
Love Your Enemies

Good morning, Making Space for God friends! This morning, while I was preparing for my day, I heard the Lord whisper in my heart: Joanne, it is a privilege to love your enemies.  Naturally, I stopped in my tracks. "Is this you Lord?" I have learned it's better to stop...

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Preventing the Offense Trap

For those of you who have been following my blog for the past two weeks, you know that we are currently in my course, Tearing Down the Fences of Offenses. This was our final week of this mini-course but we'll follow up with more about how we fill our space with "God...

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The Tyranny of Jealousy

Good morning and welcome to Making Space Mondays! This morning we are making space for God to root out jealousy from our hearts. At the root of jealousy is pride and the combination can steal our freedom in Christ, impact our lives negatively, and create disruption in...

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From the Pit to the Palace

Good afternoon, Drawing Near to God community! We are in our second week of my mini-course, Tearing Down the Fences of Offenses. Isn't that something we all encounter -- offenses? For those that attend our course live or via streaming, I share some notes during my...

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What Are Offenses?

This week we started a new course, Tearing Down the Fences of Offenses. We all run into offenses at times - it's part of life. But it's how we handle them that makes all the difference. We'll be talking about that in this  short 3-week mini course and I'll be...

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