By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth: “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith” (2 Timothy 4:7 NIV). Friend to Friend I sat by her bed. Her hand swollen…full…unmoving. Feet that danced just a few weeks ago now stilled. Arms that lifted just

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:37-38, NIV). Friend to Friend I love

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more importnat than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air;

By Gwen Smith− Today’s Truth Pray continually. (1 Thessalonians 5:17) Friend To Friend Several years ago my spiritual life took a dramatic turn for the better. Since that time, I’ve witnessed the Lord move in amazing ways, and have felt His hand guide me like never before. What’s the big

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name (Isaiah 45:3). Friend to Friend Children are wonderfully different. When our son Jered

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms” (Ephesians 6:12 NIV). Friend to Friend Of all the roles and

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth I waited patiently for the LORD. He turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire. He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth “The LORD God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him’” (Genesis 2:18 NIV). Friend to Friend For thirteen years, our family was blessed with a golden retriever named Ginger. We gave her to

By Gwen Smith− Today’s Truth Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds… (James 1:2, NIV) Friend to Friend Several years ago I bought a box of Cheerios that came with a free children’s book. The little book that came with the O’s

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better (Ephesians 1:17, NIV). Friend to Friend It was Christmas Eve, and I had one final

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth “So I prophesied as he [God] commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army” (Ezekiel 37:10 NIV). Friend to Friend I can hardly wait for you to read the rest of the story from my

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth God did not give us a spirit that makes us afraid but a spirit of power and love and self-control (2 Timothy 1:7, NCV). Friend to Friend A cloud of terror hung over the Valley of Elah as snarling threats and vile promises spewed from

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth “Then he [God] said to me [Ezekiel], “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!’ This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life.

By Gwen Smith− Today’s Truth All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they had. (Acts 4:32, NIV) Friend to Friend “What’s yours is mine, and what’s mine is mine.” My husband and I

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth We are God’s workmanship (Ephesians 2:10, NIV). Friend to Friend Sandpaper people, the people who rub us the wrong way, are not only a reality of life but also a gift from God. God has used these difficult relationships as catalysts in my life through

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth Jesus said: “I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of” (John 10:10b The Message). Friend to Friend Yard sales. I’ve never really liked them. But when we were preparing to move from the home

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth The LORD said to me again, ‘Go, show your love to a woman loved by someone else, who has been unfaithful to you. In the same way the LORD loves the people of Israel, even though they worship other gods and love to eat the

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that all God’s people may be thoroughly equipped for every good work (2 Timothy 3:16,17 TNIV). Friend to Friend One summer I went to a very famous art museum.

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth The LORD said to me again, ‘Go, show your love to a woman loved by someone else, who has been unfaithful to you. In the same way the LORD loves the people of Israel, even though they worship other gods and love to eat the