DEVOTIONAL: Just, Jesus.

Have you ever found yourself lost for words? Thoughts bubble up inside your mind and around your heart, yet you can’t get the words to come out. They are stuck; deeply felt but unspoken. I found myself in this state during worship at church over the weekend. There was so much running through my mind. …

Letting go of control, a devotion by Keona J Tann.

In May 2019 a friend invited me on an all-expenses paid Par Avion day out. After I read her message I thanked her and then researched the day trip to Melaleuca, as I did I got excited and cried happy tears. Leading up to the day my excitement grew and grew. Then the day before …

Devotional | Irritably Impatient, a devotion by Keona J Tann

As I write this it has been 1,765 days since my Call, it’s been 1,765 days of waiting, 1,765 days looking for things to change, 1,765 days of hoping that the right doors would open, 1,765 days praying that the opportunities would come AND that I could embrace them, that I would be well enough, …

Devotional | Holding up your hands

So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill.  As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning.  When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and …

Devotional | The Care Scare

We will never run out of things to care about. One glance at the internet, particularly if you run in certain circles, will bombard you with things that urgently need your prayers, your attention, your energy, your money. A great number of them are truly worthy. Like a deer in headlights, a sensitive person is …

Devotional | Prayer of Peace

The start of a new year brings with it hope and new dreams and, after the epic marathon that was 2020, we are all in need of this. Yet, barely weeks into 2021, already there have been lockdowns in a number of states of Australia, and let’s not talk about how Christmas looked for some. …

a devotional – Jesus’ prayer (John 17)

In John 17 Jesus prays for us, that’s right over 2,000 years ago Jesus prayed for us. What is it that Jesus prayed for? Joy, protection, holiness, unity and our calling. Joy Jesus desired for us to know JOY: “…so that they may experience My joy made full and complete and perfect within them [filling their …