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“There is a difference between truly listening and waiting for your turn to talk.”
― Sharon Jaynes, The Power of a Woman's Words

“Difficult times are pregnant with glory moments just waiting to be birthed in the lives of those willing to labor through the pain.”
― Sharon Jaynes

“This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: … “In quietness and trust is your strength.” Isaiah 30:15”
― Sharon Jaynes, Praying for Your Husband from Head to Toe: A Daily Guide to Scripture-Based Prayer

“I don’t know if you have ever experienced the suffocating confinement of others’ expectations on your life, but it is a very difficult burden to bear.”
― Sharon Jaynes, What God Really Thinks About Women

“We naively repeat the words “for better or for worse” and then are shocked when the first hint of “worse” rears its ugly head.”
― Sharon Jaynes, Praying for Your Husband from Head to Toe: A Daily Guide to Scripture-Based Prayer

“James reminds us: “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up” (James 4:10, NKJV).”
― Sharon Jaynes, Praying for Your Husband from Head to Toe: A Daily Guide to Scripture-Based Prayer

“So as you come to this final landmark of prayer—your husband’s feet—you’ll be praying for where his feet take him on the journey of life, what paths he chooses along the way, and how he keeps in step with God.”
― Sharon Jaynes, Praying for Your Husband from Head to Toe: A Daily Guide to Scripture-Based Prayer

“Twenty-Five Ways to Be a Good Listener        1. Be patient.        2. Don’t complete his sentences.        3. Let him finish, even if he seems to be rambling.        4. Don’t interrupt.        5. Face your husband and make eye contact.        6. Lean forward, if you are seated, to show you are interested.        7. Stop what you are doing.        8. Ask good questions and avoid the word “why.”        9. Ask his opinion about something that happened to you.      10. Ask him for his advice on a decision you have to make.      11. Don’t jump to conclusions.      12. Don’t give unsolicited advice.      13. Don’t change the subject until he is finished with a subject.      14. Make verbal responses such as, “I see,” “Really,” “Uh-huh,” to show you’re paying attention.      15. Turn off the TV.      16. Put down the dishcloth, book, hairbrush, etc.      17. Encourage him to tell you more. “What else did he say?” “What did she do next?”      18. When he is telling of a struggle, rephrase and repeat what you heard. “What I hear you saying is that you felt your boss was being unfair when he asked you to take on three more clients with no extra compensation.”      19. Let the telephone ring if he is in the middle of telling you something.      20. Don’t glance at your watch or cross your arms.      21. Don’t ask him to hurry.      22. If a child interrupts, tell him or her to wait until daddy is finished talking.      23. Don’t tell him how he should have handled the situation differently.      24. Don’t act bored.      25. Thank him for sharing with you.”
― Sharon Jaynes, Becoming the Woman of His Dreams

“You were created to make God recognizable to others—to show others what God is like.”
― Sharon Jaynes, A Sudden Glory: God's Lavish Response to Your Ache for Something More

“A good marriage is not a contract between two persons but a sacred covenant between three.”1”
― Sharon Jaynes, Becoming the Woman of His Dreams

“flesh is the way we program our minds and actions to get our God-given needs met apart from Christ.”
― Sharon Jaynes, Praying for Your Husband from Head to Toe: A Daily Guide to Scripture-Based Prayer

“How Jesus Broke the Rules to Set You Free: A Woman’s Walk in Power and Purpose.)”
― Sharon Jaynes, Take Hold of the Faith You Long For: Let Go, Move Forward, Live Bold

“As God told the Israelites, “If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all” (Isaiah 7:9).”
― Sharon Jaynes, Praying for Your Husband from Head to Toe: A Daily Guide to Scripture-Based Prayer

“Prayer is a means of relinquishing control of your husband and asking God to shape him into the man that He wants him to be.”
― Sharon Jaynes, Praying for Your Husband from Head to Toe: A Daily Guide to Scripture-Based Prayer

“Learn to greet your friends with a smile. They carry too many frowns in their own hearts to be bothered with yours. –MARY ALLETTE AYER”
― Sharon Jaynes, The Power of a Woman's Words

“The way you think about yourself will become the way you see yourself, whether it’s true or false. Eventually, you’ll believe what you tell yourself. If you tell yourself negative, distorted statements about yourself, you will act in negative, destructive ways. If you replace the lies with the truth about who you really are, then you will begin to walk, talk, and live like the child of God you already are.”
― Sharon Jaynes, Enough: Silencing the Lies That Steal Your Confidence

“The Bible has a lot to say about our mouths, our lips, our tongues, for our speech betrays us. What is down in the well will come up in the bucket. –VANCE HAVNER”
― Sharon Jaynes, The Power of a Woman's Words

“He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection. Psalm 91:4, NLT”
― Sharon Jaynes, Praying for Your Husband from Head to Toe: A Daily Guide to Scripture-Based Prayer

“That’s what God does. He doesn’t try to cover up our flaws; He starts from scratch and makes us new.”
― Sharon Jaynes, The Power of a Woman's Words

“God has placed us in a body. He called us the body of Christ because we are dependent on each other to function well, to love well, to struggle well.”
― Sharon Jaynes, The Power of a Woman's Words

“When we measure our worth by the approval of others, we are only as valuable as our last compliment or accomplishment.”
― Sharon Jaynes, Enough: Silencing the Lies That Steal Your Confidence

“Like the spine of a good book, scars, by their very nature, imply there’s a story to tell. They represent a wrinkle in time in which a person’s life is changed forever, and they serve as permanent reminders of an incident that, in one way or another, has made a lasting impression on one’s life.”
― Sharon Jaynes, Your Scars Are Beautiful to God: Finding Peace and Purpose in the Hurts of Your Past

“Our words can make or break a marriage, paralyze or propel a friend, sew together or tear apart a relationship, build up or bury a dream, curse God or confess Christ. With our tongues we defend or destroy, heal or kill, cheer or churn. And we, as women, seem to be quite talented at deciding when and where to wield this tiny sword.”
― Sharon Jaynes, The Power of a Woman's Words

“Henry Blackaby challenges us, “When God invites you to join Him in His work, He has assigned a God-sized assignment for you. You will realize that you cannot do it on your own. If God doesn’t help you, you will fail. This is the crisis point where many decide not to follow what they sense God is leading them to do. Then they wonder why they do not experience God’s presence and activity the way other Christians do.”1”
― Sharon Jaynes, Enough: Silencing the Lies That Steal Your Confidence

“Theologian Rubem Alves once said, “Hope is hearing the melody of the future. Faith is to dance to it.”6”
― Sharon Jaynes, When You Don't Like Your Story: What If Your Worst Chapters Could Become Your Greatest Victories?

“The neighborhood bar is possibly the best counterfeit there is to the fellowship Christ wants to give His church. It’s an imitation, dispensing liquor instead of grace, escape rather than reality, but it’s permissive, accepting, and inclusive fellowship. It is unshockable. It is democratic. You can tell people secrets and they usually don’t tell others or even want to. The bar flourishes not because most people are alcoholics, but because God has put into the human heart the desire to know and be known, to love and be loved, and so many seek a counterfeit at the price of a few beers.”
― Sharon Jaynes, The Power of a Woman's Words

“Truth But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. (2 Corinthians 4:7–9) Friend to Friend My husband and I were in a waiting period. His company had gone through a merger and was collapsing positions and territories, which left his employment in jeopardy. For months we didn’t know if Brad would keep his job or if he would need to look for another one. During that time, God bid us to trust Him. Choosing to trust God is so daily, isn’t it? When I looked only at the what-ifs of Brad”
― Sharon Jaynes, Trusting God: A Girlfriends in God Faith Adventure

“Alguien dijo una vez "Un amigo escucha la melodía en mi corazón y me la canta cuando mi memoria falla".”
― Sharon Jaynes, Tus cicatrices son hermosas para Dios

“Psychiatrist Paul Meier conducted a study on the effect of meditation among seminary students. He concluded, “Daily meditation on Scripture, with personal application, is the most effective means of obtaining personal joy, peace, and emotional maturity… On average, it takes about three years of daily Scripture meditation to bring about enough change in a person’s thought patterns and behavior to produce statistically superior mental health and happiness.”
― Sharon Jaynes, Enough: Silencing the Lies That Steal Your Confidence

“While your husband cannot turn off the world’s noise, you can pray he will tune in to what is helpful and tune out what is harmful. You can pray that he will raise his spiritual antennae to detect the frequency of God’s voice in his inner man.”
― Sharon Jaynes, Praying for Your Husband from Head to Toe: A Daily Guide to Scripture-Based Prayer