Jean Ann Williams | Author

“The Loving-Kindness of the Lord: Robert Sheffey Prayed Until His Knees Grew Stiff” will release on August 6th at Amazon and Ingram Spark. For a signed copy of this 4th grade reading ease, you may email me at jeanann_w@yahoo.com. The cost which includes shipping is $18.00.

“He [Christ] it is that commeth after me, which was before me, whose shoe latchet I am not worthy to unloose. These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John did baptize” (John 1:27, 28 [1587 Geneva Version]).  Father, help us be as humble as John the Baptist that we may be pleasing in Your sight. […]

“Now they which were sent, were of the Pharisees. And they asked him, and said unto him, ‘Why baptizes thou then, if thou be not that Christ, neither Elias, nor that Prophet?’ John answered them, saying, ‘I baptize with water: but there is one among you, whom ye know not” (John 1:24-26 [1587 Geneva Version]).  Father, […]

“And they [priests and Levites] asked him [John the Baptist], ‘What then? Art thou Elias?’ And he said, ‘I am not.’ [They said,] ‘Art thou that Prophet [Elias]?’ And he answered, ‘No.’ Then said they unto him, ‘Who art thou, that we may give an answer to them that sent us? What sayest thou of thy self?’ [He John] said, ‘I am the voice […]

“Then this is the record of John, when the Jews sent Priests and Levites from Jerusalem, to ask him, ‘Who art thou?’ And he confessed and denied not, and said plainly, ‘I am not that Christ’” (John 1:19, 20 [1587 Geneva Version]).  Father, we understand John the Baptist was the forerunner for Christ. John’s example makes […]

“No man hath seen God at any time: that only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him” (John 1:18 [1587 Geneva Version]).  Father, as You hold Your son to Yourself, You also hold those who follow hard after You. Who set an example as Christ set an example […]

“And of his fulness haue all we receiued, and grace for grace. For the Law was giuen by Moses, but grace, and truth came by Jesus Christ” (John 1:16, 17 [1587 Geneva Version]).  Father God, Your Son came down. He died. Was buried. He rose again to bring life to those who believe and obey. In […]

Preacher Robert Sheffey was a rather short man. He loved God’s creatures big and small. He loved the Appalachian wilderness folks as well. He knelt on a sheepskin when folks needed prayer. Robert rode his beloved horse Gideon on trails, paths, and wagon-rutted roads to share the loving-kindness of the Lord. Some people thought Robert […]

“Which are born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And that Word [Christ] was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we saw the glory thereof, as the glory of the only begotten Son of the Father) full of grace and truth” (John 1:13, 14 […]