By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint (Isaiah 40:31, NIV). Friend to Friend Just call me Taffy! Seriously! Does anyone

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery (Galatians 5:1 NIV). Friend to Friend Slavery is one of the prevailing metaphors and predominant themes in the Bible.

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth Don’t turn off the road of goodness; keep away from evil paths (Proverbs 4:27, NCV). Friend to Friend While Flip Wilson, a talented comedian and variety show host of the 80’s, is often credited with the origination of that well-known and still popular excuse, “The

By Gwen Smith− Today’s Truth In all your ways acknowledge him {the LORD}, and he will make straight your paths. (Proverbs 3:6) Friend to Friend Yesterday socked me with a one-two knockout punch. First, I got news that a family friend died suddenly. She was a 45 year-old single mom

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows) (John 10:10b AMP). Friend to Friend What do you do when your walk becomes a crawl? When you feel like you are a disappointment to

By Kathi Lipp− Today’s Truth Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth I press on to lay hold of (grasp) and make my own, that for which Christ Jesus (the Messiah) has laid hold of me and made me His own (Philippians 3:12 AMP). Friend to Friend Have you ever watched a performer on a flying trapeze

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me (John 10:27). Friend to Friend Prayer really is so simple. We try to complicate it, and if I do say so myself, we manage to do a fairly good job of it.

By Gwen Smith− Today’s Truth Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth Never be lazy in your work, but serve the Lord enthusiastically (Romans 12:11, NLT). Friend to Friend God uses our work as one of His tools to mold us into who He wants us to be. Stress comes when we view our job as our

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth Therefore encourage one another and build each other up (1 Thessalonians 5:11). Friend to Friend The red bird gently landed on the tree branch in front of the kitchen window. Carla gasped when the bird first appeared. But then a smile slowly spread across her

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10, NKJV). Friend to Friend Jesus lived and died so we can experience abundant life, a life exuding joy, and a life so full that others crave to

By Gwen Smith− Today’s Truth God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in sprit and truth. (John 4:24, ESV) Friend to Friend In John 4, we see a tired Jesus. He was exhausted and thirsty from the journey he and the disciples had just made from Judea

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here (2 Corinthians 5:17). Friend to Friend Most Christians see their conversion as a cleaned-up version of their old self, rather than as a brand new creation

By Arlene Pellicane− Today’s Truth Why, O Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? (Psalm 10:1, NIV). Friend to Friend When my son Ethan was two, we lost him. On purpose. Like most parents, we were constantly waiting for our toddler to

By Sharon Jaynes− Today’s Truth See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! (1 John 3:1 NIV). Friend to Friend Tradition tells of a time in 1787 when the Empress Catherine II made a

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise (Psalm 51:17, NIV). Friend to Friend He was a friend … a pastor visiting my husband and me for a few days. He had come for help

By Gwen Smith− Today’s Truth He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3 Friend To Friend I love my girlfriends. I love doing life with friends who “get me.” I love having tangles of conversations over hot coffee that are stranded together with light-hearted laughter, rich revelations,

By Mary Southerland− Today’s Truth He is not here; He has risen! (Luke 24:6, NIV). Friend to Friend The boys and girls in Mrs. Stephens’ fourth grade Sunday school class entered the room and quickly found their seats. The girls were dressed in frills and lace and were chatting excitedly