Sharon JaynesExpectant Living, Women in the Bible 1 Comment

Who Knows…Maybe a Miracle Is Coming Your Way!

Today’s Truth
“Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me!” (Matthew 15:22 NIV)                                                                                     

Friend To Friend
Belva held her twitching daughter in her arms. With eyes rolled back and thrashing limbs, the child convulsed on the earthen floor.

“Oh Mara,” the distraught mother cried. “When will this ever end?”

For years little Mara had violently convulsed in predictable synchronized intervals.The child often cried out in loud screeching voices,  Read more…

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Are You Drifting?

Today’s Truth
”For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it” (Hebrews 2:1 NASB).

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It was supposed to be a sailing adventure for Loran and his youth group at Central Church.  His friend procured three sailing vessels that resembled the Niña,Pinta and the Santa Maria.  Read more…

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God’s Oxygen Mask

Today’s Truth
Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest (Mark 6:31 NIV).

Friend to Friend
One mother with three active boys was playing cops and robbers in the back yard after dinner on a summer evening. One of the boys “shot” his mother and yelled, “Bang, bang you’re dead.” She slumped to the ground and when she didn’t get up right away,  Read more…

Sharon JaynesPower of Words, Women in the Bible 4 Comments

Miriam Stops Progress with Her Gossiping Words

Today’s Truth

Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it may give grace to those who hear (

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 Miriam was the brave little girl who hid among the bulrushes to watch her baby brother floating in the Nile among the crocodiles and would-be assassins of the Hebrew babies.    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).

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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…

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Lessons from a Bamboo Farmer

Lessons from the Bamboo Farmer

(In honor of Mother’s Day, Sharon’s devotion will focus on motherhood.)

Today’s Truth
Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we shall reap if we do not grow weary (Galatians 6:9 NASB).

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For years I told people that I was in labor for 23 hours.  Read more…

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God’s Little Post-it Notes

Key Verse
Since the creation of the world, God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse (Romans 1:20 TNIV). 

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I believe one of the greatest inventions of the twentieth century was the Post-It Note.  First there was yellow.  Read more…

Sharon JaynesDealing with Your Past, Women in the Bible 8 Comments

She Didn’t Have a Happily Ever After…But She Could Have

Today’s Truth
“He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners…to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion–to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair,” (Isaiah 61:1-4 NIV).  Read more…

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The Reflection in Your Groom’s Eyes

Today’s Truth
“The king is enthralled by your beauty; honor him, for he is your lord” (Psalm 45:11, NIV)

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In my last devotion, I talked about us being the Bride of Christ. But this time I want to focus on the groom. I think we can all agree that a woman never looks more beautiful than when she marches down the aisle to meet the man of her dreams.  Read more…

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When God Says “No”

Today’s Truth
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” (Jeremiah 29:11, NIV).

Friend to Friend
Most of us have broken dreams, but they just happen to be different ones. Yesterday I brought you along on one of mine … the dream to be a mommy to a houseful of children.   Read more…