Thoughts from our Readers
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10/27/2008 This is very beautiful and informative as well. I, too, need purging and strengthened in the Lord. I was too ill to even read this last week, so I am a bit behind. I still need prayers for overall healing for my body. I have learned that this dizziness and weakness is normal following a pulmonary embolism….but…I am told that I will eventually get over it. In the mean time, it is very difficult to handle, especially this time of year. I so much appreciate your prayers and the prayers of the prayer warriors. Please don’t forget to pray for our Nation and God’s leadership in this election. May God continue to bless you and the prayer team. |
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10/17/2008 Sharon, I have been so encouraged by your messages this week. I have passed them on everyday to my folks and hearts have been uplifted. Thank you for your ministry. |
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| 10/9/2008 Hi Sharon, and Blessings to you. |
| 9/15/2008 I'm a widow with a 28 yr. old and a daughter 18 and just entered College. I just graduated with an Assoc. in Coding and Billing this Aug. and this is my second Assoc. degree. I am 52 and seem to be starting my life all over again. My husband has been dead for 5 yrs. now and we were only married 1yr. and 3 mon. when he died after gastric bypass surgery. He had a blood clot to move 5 days after surgery. We were a christian family, which I didn't have in my first 18 yr. marriage. I have really had to become more dependent on God since his death. I think sometimes that God had a plan for his death to increase my walk with him. I so need a larger and closer relationship with Jesus. I feel I miss being what he wants me to be by a thousand miles. I am so little in who I need to be to even get as close as I wish to be to him. I feel I get blocked from that Holy Spirit filled moment with him. I don't think speaking in tongues and falling to the floor are the basis for a really good relationship with Jesus, but wonder is this what I am missing. I hope once I get a full-time job, that I will have the money to give more and to do some mission trips. I want to go to Haiti, Mozambique, and South America. I hope God leads me where he wants me to be. My life has to be his and his will. |
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8/21/2008 I just wanted to tell you that so many mornings you make such a difference in my day. I was so blessed as a child to live in a Christian home where I was taken to church every Sunday that I sometimes forget that not everyone was blessed that way. There have been many trials in my life (most caused by not asking God to lead me first and doing what I thought was right) but he has always been faithful to pick me up and set me on the path again. Thank you for your light in this dark world. Diana |
| 8/21/2008 Dear Precious Sharon...when you know that you know it was the Lord Jesus that touched you...you cannot shut up!! We cannot take the Glory...it is all His...no matter what anyone says or does to try to persuade differently..Jesus did it!! No man can do this!! Praise the Lord!! The world didn't give it and the world can't take it away!! Come what may...God is still in control!! May the good Lord continue to heap blessings upon you Sharon...much love to a special sister in Christ!! Patty (aka"Tut") |
| 8/1/2008 Sharon, most people, if U ask them who was the inspired author (writer??) of the most writing in the New Testament, and they will most likely say Paul, but research shows that Luke wrote Approx 26%, Paul wrote approx 24%, and John wrote Approx 20%, just a little trivia...??? Sharon this comes from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. Theophilus lover of God, a Christian, probably a Roman, to whom Luke dedicated both his Gospel (Luke 1:3) and the Acts of the Apostles (1:1). Nothing beyond this is known of him. From the fact that Luke applies to him the title "most excellent", the same title Paul uses in addressing Felix (Acts 23:26; 24:3) and Festus (26:25), it has been concluded that Theophilus was a person of rank, perhaps a Roman officer. Joe *** If Glenn says this, I take it as true. He is possibly the most knowledgeable person on the Bible I know. Jerry Good question! The answer is that no one knows for sure. We assume that Luke wrote both the gospel that bears his name and the book of Acts. Both books are dedicated to the mysterious Theophilus. He may have been a sponsor…a skeptic whom Luke was trying to convince…a dignitary to whom both books were dedicated…or maybe Theophilus is a made-up, generic name. After all, Theophilus literally means "God-lover." So Luke may have been saying, "Dear God-loving reader who wants to know more about the story of Jesus and what happened after the resurrection…" It's possible that further archeological discoveries will shed some light on this mystery, but for now it's OK to juggle any of these possibilities. Thanks for asking, and have a great weekend! Glenn |
| 7/31/2008 I am looking forward to your study on the Book of Acts. I wonder how many folks realize that the Book of Acts is the only book that does not have an "official ending" as the other books in the Bible have...because Acts records the birth of the church as we know it...and since we are still in the church age it could be said that we as believers are still "writing" episodes or chapters of Acts – until the church age comes to a conclusion! God bless! Kay |
| 7/29/2008 Hi Sharon I especially appreciated the devotional for Monday. I forwarded it on to my son and his wife. They made a commitment to the Lord a couple of years ago, as perhaps you might remember, but this past year the ol' devil has gotten his foot back in their door and they have not been staying close to Him and growing in their walk like they should so now they are experiencing the hardships of the world economy, etc., that befalls all of us in one degree or another...and they are not looking to the Lord for their strength and comfort as they struggle through this life. I pick their 3 girls up and take them to Sunday school and church with me – the oldest (age 7) desired to be baptized about a month ago and the Lord has given her a really tender spirit in spiritual things. Anyway, I felt like this particular devotional said some things that Michael and Shannon would do good to remember – such as it is THEIR responsibility to stay close and connected to God and the Spirit will cause the fruit to grow in their lives. Thank you for your devotionals – they are all good, but some seem to hit home more so than others, as the Lord would have it! I am glad that Roger is doing so well! May the Lord continue to strengthen him! And you too! : ) In Christ – Kay R. |
7/22/2008 Hi Sharon - Thank you so much for your ministry. My yes, forgiveness is something I've struggled with a good part of my life. Being raised by a broken loveless family who lied, blasphemed, committed all sorts of ugly sin while telling me (as a child) I was no good and would never amount to anything, yada, yada, yada. We've all heard or lived these sad stories to one degree or another. After finally 'getting it', I could easily forgive. Just knowing that these offenders were not offending me specifically, but were attacking the Holy Spirit who dwelled within me is now easy. Not so easy as a child, though. Now, with that knowledge, I finally came to know that the offenders 'knew not what they we're doing'. And another truth, they really weren't consciously attacking me and the Holy Spirit as much as suffering from their own insecurities, neediness, sadness, unconsciousness, lack of love, unresolved spiritual issues. Now through Christ I can do anything, e.g., I can love these offenders. And I don't even look at them as offenders -- just children of God who haven't found Him yet. I must love them and perhaps with that love, lead them to the foot of the Cross and the omnipotent beauty of Our Lord and Savior. |
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| 5/22/08 Thank you for sharing these devotions. Sincerely, Lynda |
5/20/08 Good Morning Sharon! I greet you in the love & joy of Our Father this morning with great big spiritual hugs for yesterdays message! (I'm a day behind in my e-mails) I, too, wish I couldn't relate to this but certainly I can and was even chastised for my thoughts & words just last week! So many times your devotions speak directly to me & the challenges I'm facing at that particular time, whether they be spiritual or emotional mental, all of the above! Often my prayer partners and I use your devotions as our bible study theme! You've been (and continue to be) such an awesome blessing to me, my family & those I share your devotions with that I'm truly ashamed it has taken me so long to say thank you and God bless you! I pray your forgive-ness and pray that the Father would continue to abundantly bless you in the way that you abundantly bless us.... every day! Thank you Sharon for helping me to understand God's word in new ways & for bringing it front & center in my life (how to apply His word to my daily walk)! Thank you for your obedience to the Father in sharing your heart & your ministry and your time! Thank you! Daily you & your family remain in our prayers for total good health, for His protection and His peace, His strength and guidance over your lives! Again, thank you and God bless you! In His Love, Misha |
| 4/30/08 Thank you so much for what you do. You will never know (well not on this Earth) the beautiful benefits of how your ministry serves the Lord and His children. Love, Barbara |
| 4/1/08 Sharon, Today’s lesson really hit home for Phyllis and me. We jumped into a business opportunity without consulting God first and now we are wondering if we will succeed or not. I have been taught over the years that God will forgive those with a repentant heart. Both Phyllis and I both will never do something like that again. We borrowed a pretty significant amount of money to get this thing started and we really need to succeed or we will be filing bankruptcy again. We did that about 28 years ago. Not fun. That was after doing something without going to God first, but we didn’t know how wrong that was at that time. Do you feel God will forgive us if we are repentant and promise never to do this again? Love from both of us, Jerry |
| 3/23/08 Dear Sister Sharon Maybe you thought this was a mistake, sending it on the wrong day and all... but you were Holy Ghost led after all. As I sat in church today, the Lord was helping me to be able to forgive my sister, my mom, and my dad for rejecting me. They are all believers, but because of the fears that come against my sister (who is also in leadership), she controls my mom and dad to the point that it's hard to be able to even visit them any more. She verbally abuses them and tells them what to do. I try to take up for them and offer my help, but my parents refuse help. They just tell me they want peace and to keep praying. I've been praying about whether to bring it to the attention of one of the elders, but don't know how without making my sister look bad. (my sister is 44 and i'm 42) Please keep us in prayer, and know that this devotional ministered to me. May the Lord bless you, Sharon Michelle |
| 3/23/08 I wonder how to be more of Jesus and less of me when I have to set boundaries as a parent and a supervisor--I wish Jesus had given us more in-the body examples of how to correct with love, and what the difference between good and too harsh correction LOOKS like---sometimes setting limits, or protecting what needs to be protected looks cold and unforgiving---and judgemental---I wish God had given us more in the New Testament ( with Jesus as the teacher) about how to do this the right way--the Old Testament seems to be full how how people did it the wrong way.... I am so tired of hearing so many conflicting human (despite the fact that they are spirtually supposed to be SOMEONE) perspectives...... Love, Laughter, Blessings and God's Peace Patti |
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2/6/08 THANK YOU!!!!!! for this devotion. I remember an old friend that once said that some folk "get so heavenly minded they are no earthly good" -- and this is the first since he passed that I have heard anyone else come close to speaking the same language. Thanks for the pleasant and common-sense reminder. |
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1/8/08
Sharon, Thank you for your Ministry. I read your devotional every morning when I first get to work to help me start my day. I never know what kind of day I am walking into each morning as a Nurse Manager. I quite often forward it on to other sisters on my mailing list especillay when it speaks to something I know they have going on in their walk. Thanks for your commitment level to continue in this ministry God has blessed you with. Happy New Year to You and your family! |
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