Gwen Smith

Today is a big day. Really big. CAPITAL LETTER BIG!! ;) Why? Today our new, interactive GiG devotional book, TRUSTING GOD, A GIRLFRIEND IN GOD FAITH ADVENTURE releases. Woohoo! God called Sharo...

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Hi Friends! Gwen here. Below is a link to a new lyric video for a song called "Restore" that I want to share with you. I co-wrote it with two very talented friends: Sue Smith and Carl Cartee. T...

http://gwensmithsblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/im-such-restoration-project.html

TODAY'S TRUTH “Go and look toward the sea,” he told his servant. And he went up and looked. “There is nothing there,” he said. Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.” The seventh tim...

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Check out Don’t Scratch That Itch! - Girlfriends in God Warmly, Gwen

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My daughter Kennedy just got a new app on her iPod called Popbooth. Then she schnookered me into posing with her... even though I have no make-up on and haven't even so much as brushed my teet...

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TODAY'S TRUTH “My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life th...

http://gwensmithsblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/when-love-trumps-anger.html

Rocky Smith :) TODAY'S TRUTH Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith… (1 Peter...

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TODAY'S TRUTH “Even now,” declares the LORD, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.” Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your Go...

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TODAY'S TRUTH About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. (Acts 16:25, NIV) FRIEND TO FRIEND Andrea lives in Lake M...

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TODAY'S TRUTH Discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness. (1 Timothy 4:7b, NASB) FRIEND TO FRIEND Before our first child was born, my husband and I took a series of classes to prepa...

http://gwensmithsblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/learning-to-breathe.html

TODAY'S TRUTH “For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God” (2 Corinthians 1:20, NIV)....

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My daughter Kennedy is ten. She's home from school today because she's not feeling well. Tummy yuckies. I asked her to spend some time with this Lord this morning and to be creative today instead...

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TODAY'S TRUTH “The LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the LORD? Now go; I will help you speak and wi...

http://gwensmithsblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/trusting-god-with-tomorrow.html

TODAY'S TRUTH Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead (James 2:17, NIV). FRIEND TO FRIEND I remember a time, back in 1993, when I was swept up in the whimsical world of ...

http://gwensmithsblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/todays-truth-faith-by-itself-if-it-is.html

TODAY'S TRUTH “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear” (Ephesians 4:29, ESV...

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TODAY'S TRUTH “Be very careful, then, how you live – not as unwise, but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil”(Ephesians 5:15-16, NIV). FRIEND TO ...

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TODAY'S TRUTH “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well” (Matthew 6:33, NIV). FRIEND TO FRIEND When I was a little girl, one of ...

http://gwensmithsblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/uncluttered-woman.html

TODAY'S TRUTH "Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching" (John 14:23a, NIV). FRIEND TO FRIEND There is a feature on my cell phone that allows me to decline an incomin...

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TODAY'S TRUTH "When tempted, no one should say, ‘God is tempting me.' For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone; but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he...

http://gwensmithsblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/dont-scratch-that-itch.html

TODAY'S TRUTH "Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame" (Psalm 34:5, NIV). FRIEND TO FRIEND I remember the phone call to my college boyfriend. Through sobs...

http://gwensmithsblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/broken-into-beautiful.html

TODAY'S TRUTH "Go and look toward the sea," he told his servant. And he went up and looked. "There is nothing there," he said. Seven times Elijah said, "Go back." The seventh time the servant...

http://gwensmithsblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/when-there-is-nothing-there.html

TODAY'S TRUTH "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well" (Matthew 6:33, NIV). FRIEND TO FRIEND Far too often I seek God's blessings i...

http://gwensmithsblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/what-really-matters.html

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 li...

http://gwensmithsblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/taming-evil-yes-monster.html

TODAY'S TRUTH Proverbs 31:17 (NIV) "She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks." FRIEND TO FRIEND Many of us check off neatly penciled boxes. Some draw lines thro...

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TODAY'S TRUTH "Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend " (Proverbs 27:17, AMP). FRIEND TO FRIEND Whether it's over a steaming mug of dark roasted coffee, a frill...

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