11/7/06
Sharon, I love this, just love it! This is something I am sincerely
trying to achieve, total consumption in the Lord. He has done so very much
for me all ready. He is totally awesome. Beginning with when my mother
wanted an abortion and my father said no. There have been many instances
since then dealing with many health issues, one near death experience due
to two huge clots. At this point, I still deal with 19 chronic diseases
and 2 that one doctor says I still have the other says there is no
indication of the diseases in my system. I praise God for having removed
Systemic Lupus and Sjogrens from my system.
In Christ,
KT
10/21/06
Thank you for the encouragement I receive from your
devotionals. It means a lot to get a fresh word or interpretation.
Be Blessed,
Sylvia
10/20/06
Oh my Lord, This one was so needed today. Yesterday was horrific for
me. A situation with a co-worker, I thought I knew and trusted. Thank you
for this timely reminder. I know I MUST stop putting my faith and trust in
humans.
Joyce
10/12/06
Dear Sis Sharon -
I cannot begin to tell you how deeply this devotional touched me. Don't know which moved me more ... the scripture or your posting. Both hit home to me though as it "fits" right where I have been struggling this past year or so. You see, this is an area I have been dealing with my dtr in, and I 'asking God where I went wrong' but not being willing to receive the answer. I have been blaming everyone and everything else, but not looking at myself. Many a day and night I have spent weeping, (crying my heart out is more like it) and praying for God to keep his hand on my dtr and bring her back to the fold and grant me wisdom and give me a second chance to guide her. This is just what I needed today to reassure me that I was heading in the right direction I guess is what I am trying to say. Thanks sis. Oh how I wish I could reach right through this ole computer and give you a hug right now.
A
10/6/06
Dear Sis Sharon -
Even on this devotion, as you speak of a situation
where pain and hurt could be the forefront of your conversation, you still
portray God's love, and that speaks volumes to me. Thanks for showing me
how I should be seeing things in my own life and handling things in a
better fashion.
My prayers continue with you always, and I covet yours
as well.
Blessings,
Ada
10/4/06
Thank you for this timely devotional Sharon. Just what I needed after struggling with someone being rude at work yesterday. I have sought to forgive her, but that old enemy keeps trying to remind me of her rudeness. Bless you.
Joyce
9/12/06
Oh Precious Sharon...are you sure we are not related? I had laid my head on my computer keys about 5 this morning and cried and cried ... due to similiar issues in my life...then awhile later as I read your 'so on time' email this morning...and whoa! God sure know how to use you to get me out of my pity party and back to the frontlines! There are souls out there!! much love and prayers to you!!
Paty{aka Tut)
7/11/06
Thank you Sharon for writing this devotional. I just discovered it tonight and was reminded of the simple peace found in contentment.
Life has been difficult these past few months...and I've questioned God on several occasions. But I know I can trust Him.
Your words of encouragement are greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your faithfulness to our Father.
I am sincerely grateful.
Suzanne
7/11/06
Dearest Sharon...You are truly a big sister sent to
minister...Less of me and more of Him!!
Jesus..we are desperate for
you!! Come Holy Spirirt!!
Thank You Precious Sharon....I love and appreciate the way the Lord worls through your heartcry... to stay focused on what we are here for!! Blessings, blessings, blessings...love,
Patty
(aka Tut)
7/10/06
Sharon
Just recently, I was with a believer who was totally shocked when she
heard a pastor in her town struggled with pornography. She kept repeating
“how could a pastor do that?” This woman is a godly woman, and I’m sure
for her that temptation never enters the radar screen. However, as mature
as she in her faith, her salvation and forgiveness in Christ is just as
much a gift as that given to the pastor. “For all have sinned and fall
short…” that includes everyone. My husband replied that Satan tempts us
where we are vulnerable.
I read your devotional and was appreciative
for all you covered. How easy it is to take our eyes off Jesus and focus
on others. When we play the comparison game we either come out superior
and self-righteous or lost in despair. I am challenged not to be critical
of her. Satan seeks to destroy us any way he can. The good news is that
through Christ crucified we are declared righteous ( and none of us
can boast that it is on our own merit ).
Yes, that woman is a mature
believer with many pure attitudes and a lovely Christian upbringing. My
sentiments are to be grateful and rejoice from many things spared and to
realize not everyone was given that advantage. And as for me, to ask God
to keep me from adopting the same attitude in a more subtle form of
self-righteousness. It is in faith alone, grace alone and Christ alone.
Neither her name nor mine is in that equation, nor would I want it to be,
for nothing would be accomplished.
Thanks for continuing to point to
Christ as our example. We are told to look nowhere else.
God bless you
and keep you.
Dianne
7/5/06
Dear Sharon,
Independence Day found our little town of 5,000 in
shock as a man took the life of his four children ( a daughter 12 a son 10
and twin daughters 5) then turned the gun on himself. Yes he had a choice,
his freedom to choose and take the lives of his children and himself was
what he chose. How sad.
Your devotional on Independence Day was so
encouraging to me. I thank God for the freedom we have to serve God to
enjoy family and friends. Things are not always easy but taking lives is
not the answer. We are praying for the wife of this family, only God can
minister to her.Thank you for reminding us once again where our freedom
comes from.
Mildred I. Burns
Gustine, Calif.
6/27/06
DEAR, I AM VERY MUCH ENCOURAGED BY TODAYS DEVOTION, PLEASE CAN I BE
RECEIVING IT DAILY THROUGH MY MAIL BOX
(That's not the big whoop - the
next email is - it came from our "salvation" page from the same precious
woman.)
I AM A BANKER WITH ... AFRICA ... . I AM A FEMALE AND WILL LIKE
TO KNOW THIS JESUS WHO DIED FOR ME MORE
ODOM
To God Be the Glory!
5/12/06
You know how rebellious we can be sometimes
5/12/06
Hi Sharon,
Your messages are always a delight to the heart. I pray for you and your family always. I liked the one you sent for Wednesday. I send them all out. I love you like a sister and may God bless you.
angela
5/5/06
Dearest Precious Sharon...as I read and follow your journey...it soo strengthens me..and gives me hope...you would not believe how close our lives have related...I am so grateful God sent you into my life...much love and prayers.
Patty (aka Tut)
5/5/06
Sharon,
This is a good one! Satan has tried to defeat me in so many ways in the pas year but as hard as he tried, he just couldn't do it! I have gained freedom from so many strongholds and learned so much about the Grace of our Father. I stand in faith believing God's Grace and love will set me free. Satan has also been attacking through car trouble and through another person in my life. Every morning, that I e-mail words of encouragement and a prayer to a friend in Atlanta, something happens to me, like getting stranded on the road in the truck that I am using while my car is in the shop. I just keep standing in faith that I am moving in the right direction or Satan would not be bothering with me at all! So, knowing this, I give God praise for His love and keep going anyway!
In Christ,
Caron
5/2/06
Hi sharon,
How are you feeling today? That was a nice message. We are all God's children no matter what race we are.
I got a powerful blessing from God. My rent was due, and sent an angel to pay it. That was a definite surprised blessing. I love Him and I'm very thankful to Him. God will be there for us when we need Him. We should praise Him when up or down in life. We should love Him always, not for what He can do for us.
Love your friend always,
Angela
4/21/06
Hi Sharon,
Thanks for the message, it really touched my soul. I needed to hear those encouraging words. Everything you send me seems to come directly from God. You are an inspiration to communicate with. I believe God sent you to be an angel with a MESSAGE FOR ME. I PRAY THAT GOD BLESSES YOU FOR MANY MOONS.
ANGELA
3/31/06
Thank you Sharon for this beautiful reminder of God's unconditional love. Thank you for continuing to change lives while touching our hearts. I appreciate your ministry so much.
In Christ's love,
Beth
3/18/06
Concerning your comment at the bottom of the page about you being there for us anytime we need you. Isn't it ironic how God chooses the ones having the most turmoil to help others? You have had enough in your life to fill up a whole prayer request website. May God richly bless you in your quest to get your family all pulled back together. You are in all our prayers as well. I guess you already knew that.
Blessings,
Jerry Koett
3/17/06
This one really spoke to me! I am "Guilty"as "being so Baptist " , that
I sometimes want to limit the Holy Spirit. Thanks for the
reminder.
Wanda
3/17/06
Preach it, Sister, preach it.
Many times we manage to "quench" the Holy Spirit when it manifests itself in a church service because we are too afraid of what others will think or say or do. And the whole problem there is that we should be focusing on praising and lifting up God. We shouldn't care if our singing is loud or if we start to sway to the music or if someone lifts their hands or another starts to pray loudly. God desires and deserves all the praise and the glory we can muster to give Him. It's a shame that we often worry about how we will appear or how we will feel when we start to become energized for God.
Take care, Sister Sharon, and keep up the good fight!
Laurie
3/3/06
Sharon,
God bless your anointed soul! Your lesson today was like a
scythe coming down on me and splitting my heart. It fit me like a lamb
skin glove. I get s-o-o-o frustrated with the inappropriate thoughts that
enter my mind that have no business there. I so want to please God and it
is such a hard job with how the world is today. I feeel better now after
saying that. You are the blessing you have been since I met you and
youalways will be. I love you like a sister.
All blessings,
Jerry
--
I don't know what the future holds; but I do know Who holds the
future.
--
Jerry is a faithful Board Member and
friend.
2/27/06
Dearest Sharon,
Never let anyone for any reason convince you to give
up the ministry because you are a woman – or because of the behavior of
your children – or because of your past – or any other thing satan will
put in front of you to try to convince you that you are not in God’s will
with this ministry. Your ministry is MUCH NEEDED in today’s world. There
are just too many people, both Christians and non-believers who are
hurting today because of their children’s actions. How very well
you reach out to those hurting hearts! God is using you: your situation with your
children and your family to allow you to put out the very Scripture needed
to keep others in the same situation going. It helps so much when you can
find someone who understands FIRSTHAND the pain you suffer as a
Christian parent of lost children. When people become believers later in
life and they have a history of raising their children the worldly way
instead of by the Word of God, they suffer because of the mistakes they
made as parents. However, God is there to forgive and to bring comfort
through your ministry. I am not just speaking of people who never attended
church. There are a lot of "pew warmers" in church week after week who do
not live by God’s Word Monday thru Saturday. They too will suffer from
their children’s actions if they later start serving God with all of their
hearts and see things the way they should have been done instead of the
way they happened.
It is always easy to look back and determine where
we went wrong and what we should have done differently. Not so easy to
forgive ourselves those mistakes when they involve our children and the
direction their lives are taking now based on the things we did when they
were young. I can’t imagine any man out there would understand a mother’s
heart the way another woman can. You are needed! Your ministry is needed!
Never give up.
You are so up-front and honest about your own mistakes
that it shows others that we are not saved to become perfect. We are saved
that we may learn and grow as Christians and mentor "younger" Christians
and they try to serve God. We can become more like Him daily, however, we
will never reach His perfection. So many of us fail in so many different
areas and then we want to cover it up and act like it didn’t happen
because we are afraid others will think we aren’t truly saved. I haven’t
yet found anywhere in God’s Word that tells me I will become perfect and
able to always do the right thing, think the right thing, or say the right
thing.
Well, gotta get busy: month-end close-out today. Just had to
tell you to "Stop doubting yourself and your reason for this ministry."
You are truly touching lives that need an uplifting touch. People who need
to know that just because they believe in Jesus doesn’t mean everything is
suddenly going to become perfect in their lives.
God Bless You!
Kathy
2/21/06
Preach on, Sister Sharon. Too many, and I have been one at times, go to
church just to be seen or just because they think it is the right and
correct thing to do, or they go because they think others will think badly
of them if they do not go. And once in a while we need a kick in the pants
to remind us that church is for us to worship God. No other reason. It is
so we can give back an inkling of the time He so wonderfully bestows on
us. It is a time of reflection, to respect His mighty strength and
holiness, and for us to put ourselves aside.
Keep telling it the way
it is. We need to be reminded, and OFTEN, that Jesus is the reason for our
living and HE is the reason that we can have a relationship with the
Father. And we need to be humbled by His selfless act of sacrifice, we
need to be grateful that He bothered to love us so very much, because He
had the choice, and He could have said no. But He didn't. Thank you,
Jesus, that You didn't turn Your back on us!!!
Take care sister Sharon, and remember that I keep you in my prayers.
Laurie
2/20/06
Wow! So true. We left a church we had attended for
21 yrs and not ONE Pastor or Elder called to see if we were sick, dead or
nothing. It hurt so bad. We forgave them and moved on. Things were getting
bad there for us, so we looked to Jesus for direction and left.
By the way, we voiced our concerns for months and they
went on deaf ears.
The church of today needs a
wake-up call. It needs to care for it's wounded. Amen!
Joyce
1/31/06
Hello,
I pray this finds you having a very blessed week. I
wanted to send you an update. I graduated last night,on the Dean's List
from Judson Christian College, with my BA in Human Services. God is
soooooooooo good and to Him goes all the glory! I could not have made it
through the last 5 years of school with out Him! I hope this news can be
used to help others realize that through our Lord dreams and goals are
possible!
May God bless you abundantly,
Aleeta
http://www.woestowows.org/hope/addictions/aleeta.html
Amen! Wow, did I
need to hear this message this very day.Thank you for being obedient to
share God's Word with us needy people.(This needy person)
Joyce
1/8/06
Sharon, God has worked through your ministry
through the past year in my life. God knows what we have need of before we
even ask. I had been bound by an abusive marriage for 4 years and God has
now devivered me from it. Your e-mails were the only mainstay I had for a
long time in the dessert. I now have a good job and I'm starting over with
God as #1 in my life. I have always desired to help other people and I
know God will make it possible. I have a long way to go but I know God is
my source. I'm so thankful God allowed your ministry to continue.
Love and Blessings to you and your family!!
(name omitted for privacy)
1/2/06
Sharon- blessings
to you in the name of Jesus. This has so blessed me today and I was
wondering if it would be alright to pass along to a group that I belong
too. I will do nothing until I get some sort of reply from you.
Thank you and
God bless you my sister.
LOve and prayers,
Cindy
