Sharon JaynesMarriage, Prayer, Prayer/Spiritual Warfare, Relationships, Uncategorized 38 Comments

Let’s Chat about Why We Pray: Interview with Sharon Jaynes

[typography font=”Cantarell” size=”24″ size_format=”px”]Interview by Linda Rooks
FEBRUARY 5, 2014[/typography]

Praying for Your Husband_Page_1I feel honored, privileged, and excited to interview Sharon Jaynes, author of her new book, Praying for Your Husband from Head to Toe. Sharon Jaynes is the former vice president and co-host of Proverbs 31 Ministries and author of 16 top selling books.  Read more…

Sharon JaynesMarriage, Prayer, Trusting God, Uncategorized 4 Comments

When “For Better or Worse” Shows its Worse Side

I can still remember being sequestered in the “Bride’s Room” of our church just moments before the organist began to play for the early arrivals. As I sat in front of an oversized gilded mirror trying not to wrinkle my dress, I daydreamed about the man who would become my husband by day’s end. He was everything I had ever hoped for: handsome,  Read more…

Sharon JaynesMotherhood, Prayer, Prayer/Spiritual Warfare 40 Comments

A Momma’s Prayer

page and so many of my FB Friends liked it, I thought I’d share it with you too. This is a picture of  my son and I having coffee at Starbucks last weekend, just before I took him to the airport to fly back to his home. (If you’re not one of my facebook family, please pop over and click “like.”)

It has been said that to have a child is to have your heart go walking around outside of your body for the rest of your life.  Read more…

Sharon JaynesMotherhood, Prayer 109 Comments

Everything is Possible for Her who Believes

 

Everything is possible for him who believes, (Mark 9:23 NIV).

Once, a distraught father had an unruly son with multiple physical and emotional problems. Many people even said the boy was possessed by a demon. The dad had tried everything, but the boy continued to demonstrate anti-social behavior: throwing himself in the fire and then in water.  Read more…

Sharon JaynesPrayer, Trusting God 63 Comments

Trusting God to Answer Your Prayers

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be given you, (John 15:7, NIV).

I am blessed with some very special nieces and nephews. One of my favorite people in the world is my niece, Grace Anne. After college, Grace Anne served two years with a mission organization,  Read more…

Sharon JaynesA Sudden Glory, Living Fully, Prayer 33 Comments

Sit Down and Be Quiet

 

“Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted.  He did the same with the fish,” (John 6:11 NIV). 

Have you ever noticed this pattern in the gospels – the disciples get in a bind and Jesus bails them out.  It reminds me of the old fifties program,  Read more…

Sharon JaynesMotherhood, Prayer 6 Comments

A Mother who is a Prayer Warrior

A Mighty Warrior

Today’s Truth
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth (3 John 1:4 NIV).

Friend to Friend
Proverbs 31 introduces us to the mother whose children rise up and call her blessed, as a “wife of noble character” (NIV), “an excellent wife” (NAS) and “a capable,  Read more…