By Gwen Smith− Today’s Truth …a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. (Luke 2:11b, NIV1984) Friend To Friend A few years ago my family and I went to the movie theatre to see a cute cartoon children’s movie called Tangled. The film is a modern

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows (James 1:17, NIV). Friend to Friend Our grandchildren are a source of great joy in my life and some of my

By Gwen Smith− Today’s Truth As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. (Luke 10:38-39, NIV) Friend

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. (Luke 2:16, NIV). Friend to Friend Are you ready for the holidays? For some people, that question spurs exciting thoughts of beautifully decorated tables filled with scrumptious

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him (Matthew 2:1 NIV). Friend to Friend An African boy listened carefully

By Gwen Smith− Today’s Truth Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith. (Hebrews 12:2a, NIV) Friend to Friend A few years ago I was invited to speak and sing in Tennessee at a women’s event and, to my delight, my daughter Kennedy was

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope (Jeremiah 29:11, NLT). Friend to Friend Every year, I make a Christmas list comprised of every

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth “Do you want to get well?…Get up! Pick up your mat and walk” (John 5:6,8). Friend to Friend Sometimes the chains we wear shackled to our hearts become so comfortable, we get used to the pain and forget what it is like to be well.

By Gwen Smith− Today’s Truth He must increase, but I must decrease. (John 3:30, ESV) Friend to Friend I once listened to a talk on the foundations of contemporary discipleship given by scholar and apologist Ravi Zacharias. Toward the end of his lecture, Ravi spoke of a conversation he had

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth If we confess our sins, he (Jesus) is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9, parentheses added). Friend to Friend Two of Satan’s greatest weapons against Christian women today are shame and condemnation. He

By Gwen Smith− Today’s 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

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son (John 3:16, NIV). Friend to Friend I make room for things that are important to me. I eat two or three meals every day and sleep several hours each night no

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth They neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened (Romans 1:21 NIV). Friend to Friend I love November and the American tradition of Thanksgiving. But in reality, every day should be Thanksgiving.

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus (1 Thessalonians 5:18, NIV). Friend to Friend Our grandson Justus participated in his first 3K race last month. Justus is five years old. I am in awe of him at

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth In Him we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28 NIV). Friend to Friend Don’t get mad at me. We’re going to look at Ephesians 3 and God’s love for us one more time! Paul wanted that love relationship for himself, and he

By Gwen Smith− Today’s Truth You have forsaken your first love… Repent and do the things you did at first… (Revelation 2:4b-5, NIV). Friend to Friend I recently watched a movie about the end times that left me longing for a few answers. I grabbed my Bible and sat to

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live (Ecclesiastes 3:12, NIV). Friend to Friend The Bible is not only God’s personal love letter to His children, it is our instruction manual for life.

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth O magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt His name together (Psalm 34:3 NASB). Friend to Friend Gratitude and thanksgiving is so important for your soul. It is not just what God wants from you; it is what God wants for you. Gratitude

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me (John 10:27, NIV). Friend to Friend Dan and I had been married one year when we moved to Fort Worth, Texas so Dan could attend seminary. I desperately wanted a teaching job,

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus….(Romans 8:1 NIV). Friend to Friend This email comes to me hundreds of times every year. The names are different, the situations are varied, but the underlying theme is the same…I can’t forgive