All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. (Proverbs 14:23, NIV)     Friend to Friend I’m going to stop wasting time on TV.  I am going to lose twenty pounds. I would...

Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep.  Will he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat?’  Won’t he rather...

Today’s Truth  Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of others.  (Philippians 2:3-4, NIV)    ...

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 than food, and the body more than clothes? ...

Today’s Truth  Then He (Jesus) went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them.  But His mother treasured all these things in her heart.  Luke 2:51 (NIV)  Friend to Friend  Do you treasure moments with...

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...

By Arlene Pellicane — Today’s Truth  From the east I summon a bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose. What I have said, that I will bring about; what I have planned, that...

By Arlene Pellicane— Today’s Truth  “Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope…” (Lamentations 3:21, NIV).  Friend to Friend  Wouldn’t it be amazing to have a hope button? Something you could just press when you...

By Arlene Pellicane— Today’s Truth  I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also (2 Timothy 1:5, NIV)....

By Arlene Pellicane—  Today’s Truth  “Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.” (2 Corinthians 7:10, NIV).  Friend to Friend  I went to get a snack from my refrigerator...

By Arlene Pellicane— Today’s Truth  Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife (Proverbs 21:9, NIV).  Friend to Friend  There we were – my realtor husband and I...

By Arlene Pellicane— Today’s Truth  “By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.”  (Proverbs 24:3-4, NIV).  Friend to Friend  One afternoon, I...