By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth I will give thanks to your name for your unfailing love and faithfulness, because your promises are backed by all the honor of your name. (Psalm 138:2, NLT) Friend to Friend I love money-back guarantees. We once bought a car to replace a van that

By Gwen Smith− Today’s Truth Though the Lord is on high, he looks upon the lowly, but the proud he knows from afar (Psalm 138:6) Friend to Friend He stood out like a sore thumb. Created and set apart by God for a specific task. A great task. The greatest.

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed (Psalm 107:29, NIV). Friend to Friend We live in Kansas City where summers normally include some pretty fierce thunder storms. Our young grandson Justus is not a fan. The driving rain,

By Leslie Vernick− Today’s Truth God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for Him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs (Matthew 5:3 NLT). Friend to Friend Sometimes the hardest person to forgive is you. Perhaps you have had an abortion, been involved in an extra-marital affair,

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands (Psalm 19:1 NIV). Friend to Friend My friends Gwen, Lisa, and Bill joined Steve and I for a shrimp boil at my home. We spread out the steamed shrimp and

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your body (1 Corinthians 6:19, NIV).

By Gwen Smith− Today’s Truth Though the Lord is on high, he looks upon the lowly, but the proud he knows from afar. (Psalm 138:6) Friend to Friend In my spare time, I help coach our high school volleyball team. Let me re-phrase that…because I do not have spare time.

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls

By Gwen Smith− Today’s Truth Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. (Psalm 34:5, NIV) Friend to Friend For years my abortion story went untold. It was a secret held tightly by a locked heart – my worst nightmare and darkest memory. Not

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth If you confess your sins, he [Jesus] is faithful and just and forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9 NIV). Friend to Friend When I turned forty, all of a sudden small letters and numbers got smaller. A trip

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything (James 1:2-4, NIV).

By Gwen Smith− Today’s Truth I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13, NKJV) Friend to Friend You can do this. Sometimes we just need to be reminded. I know I do. Yesterday was a whopper. I rose early, worked hard, was intentional, and still felt

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth For although they knew God, 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). Friend to Friend A friend told me of sitting with his father discussing the distribution of

By Gwen Smith− Today’s Truth The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul (Psalm 23:1-3a, NIV). Friend to Friend There are times when laundry takes over my house. Piles

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth You will go out with joy, and be led out in peace. The mountains and the hills will break out into sounds of joy before you. And all the trees of the field will clap their hands (Isaiah 55:12 NLT). Friend to Fiend When I

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth The third time He said to him, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me?’ Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, ‘Do you love me?’ He said, ‘Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.’ Jesus said, ‘Feed

By Gwen Smith− Today’s Truth Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. (Ephesians 6:10, NIV) Friend to Friend It was the end of the school year. The sun was blazing in the sweltering high 80s with not a hint of shade to be found on the

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:18). Friend to Friend The Bible is filled with men and women who had

By Jennifer Kennedy Dean− Today’s Truth The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective (James 5:16b, NIV). Friend to Friend Prayer is neither complicated nor difficult. It is so simple that any child of God can lay hold of all God’s power and provision through His designated strategy

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth He (God) has planted eternity in the human heart (Ecclesiastes 3:11 NLT). Friend to Friend Do you ever feel like you are not at home here on earth? That something is missing? The reason is because you’re not at home, and something is missing. C.