Believers go by faith, not by feelings and emotions. The Cross of Jesus Christ is the greatest demonstration of God's love and mercy. Today on Frances and Friends, Sister Swaggart and panel read Colossians 3:12, discussing how the believer is to carry out the love of God. We are the beloved of...

Religious prejudice is alive today. Today on Frances and Friends, Sister Swaggart and panel read Colossians 3:11 discussing how Paul addressed prejudice in the early church. Brother Donnie says prejudice is alive and well in the church today, under the guise of a "social gospel", and believers ...

We are a new creation in Christ Jesus. Today on Frances and Friends, Sister Swaggart and panel read Colossians 3:9 discussing how a believer can put off the old man and put on a new man. At salvation, the old man has died, and we are born again; we are crucified with Christ. When we identify w...

Today on Frances and Friends, Sister Swaggart and panel read Colossians 3:8, identifying sin in a believer's life and how it must be repented of, and put off; we must turn to the ways of God. The panel explains the meaning of Gnosticism, which is knowledge that does not line up with the Word of ...

The Spirit of Herod is alive today; that being, a hatred for Jesus Christ. Today on Frances and Friends, Sister Swaggart and panel read Matthew 2:1-12 discussing the time of Jesus’ birth, looking at the roles of the Magi, King Herod, and the high priests and scribes. The panel discusses the lat...

There was no room for Him in the inn. Do you have room for Him in your life? Today on Frances and Friends, Sister Swaggart and panel discuss Luke 2:1-14 reading from the Christmas story. He brings good tidings of great joy; Jesus Christ came to a lowly manger to go to the Cross and be Savior o...

We must not frustrate the grace of God, for if righteousness comes by the law, then Christ has died in vain. Today on Frances and Friends, Sister Swaggart and panel read Colossians 3:5-6 warning of self efforts and religiosity in the life of the believer. Brother Donnie says believers, if not c...

A works mentality is not of God. Today on Frances and Friends, Sister Swaggart and panel share how the believer is to walk out this Christian life. We are to fully trust in the finished work of Christ and then the Holy Spirit will work forth in our lives and we will see fruit as a result. The ...

Those who reject the ways of God worship their sinful appetites. Today on Frances and Friends, Sister Swaggart and panel read Colossians 3:1-2 discussing idolatry and covetousness towards those things that are impure in nature. Scripture says these desires are to be mortified for they are unhol...

We have an inheritance in Jesus Christ. Today on Frances and Friends, Sister Swaggart and panel read Ephesians 1:11 teaching on the purpose God has for all who will believe on Him. He has created us to be set free from the bondage of sin and to live in His freedom in Christ Jesus. Brother Josh...

The believer must trust in their relationship with Christ, not their works. We cannot earn our way to heaven. Today on Frances and Friends, Sister Swaggart and panel read Matthew 7:21-23 looking at works of iniquity verses the completed work of Christ at Calvary’s Cross. Only keeping our faith...

While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Today on Frances and Friends, Sister Swaggart and panel read in the first chapter of Ephesians, encouraging us on how God draws us. He chooses us and wants to adopt us into His family. God has created us for a purpose in His Kingdom. The panel di...

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves. Today on Frances and Friends, Sister Swaggart and panel discuss God’s forgiveness and how believers will still stumble and must repent of sin. Reading Zechariah chapter 3, we see the example of Joshua and his need for change. Brother Mike reminds...

Today on Frances and Friends, Sister Swaggart and panel welcome Pastor John Bueno, a missionary to Latin America, and former Executive Director for the Assemblies of God World Missions. Reading in 1 John 4:4, Brother Smith encourages us that God is bigger than anything we will ever go through. ...

Spiritual decisions we make today have eternal consequences. Today on The Message of The Cross, Sister Frances Swaggart and panel read Colossians 3:4 looking at the coming rapture of the church. At the rapture, the believer’s soul and Spirit will be reunited with our real body and live in a gl...

In Christ, peace comes from within. In order to live, we must stay dead. Today on Frances and Friends, Sister Swaggart and panel read Colossians 3:1-3. At salvation the Holy Spirit takes up residence within our hearts and lives. With our position in Christ, now we will be transformed into His...

We identify with Jesus Christ. Today on Frances and Friends, Sister Swaggart and panel read Colossians 3:1 discussing all that the believer has In Christ. At salvation we are at peace with God, we have resurrection power when we are risen in new life, and then we are hidden in Christ. He preser...

They toiled all night, but their nets were empty. Today on Frances and Friends, Sister Swaggart and panel read Luke 5:2-3. Brother Smith shares the story of Peter’s long night of fishing with no results. At the word of Jesus, they let down their nets one more time; Peter believed, and then he ...

Man looks on the outside, but God looks at the heart. Today on Frances and Friends, Sister Swaggart and panel discuss biblical humility reading in Colossians chapter 2. The Apostle Paul called out the false teachers in the early church of Colossae. Brother Donnie says, from then until now, whe...

Today on Frances and Friends, Sister Swaggart and panel read Colossians 2:22 discussing the benefits we have in the ways of God and the failures we experience when we follow man. God is love. The panel explains the sin nature and how faith in Christ crucified breaks the power of sin. God gave ...

Morality is born internally. Today on Frances and Friends, Sister Swaggart and panel welcome Missionary Roger Mattox of Oasis International Ministries. The panel reads Colossians 2:20 looking at how religion is always rooted in rules and ordinances, resulting in an external manmade morality. T...

Today on Frances and Friends, Sister Swaggart and panel continue their study of Colossians chapter two. Brother Donnie warns of the teachings of the Gnostics in the early church that encouraged men to look to man’s wisdom and not God Almighty. Sister Swaggart applauds the news that Donald Trump...

Jesus Christ is the head of the church. Today on Frances and Friends, Sister Swaggart and panel honor all veterans for their service to our country. Reading Colossians 2:19, the panel discusses how Christ is to be the center of everything. Unity is God ordained and not man manufactured; our al...

Don’t be beguiled by false teachers. Today on Frances and Friends, Sister Swaggart and panel teach on false humility, and the sin of worshiping angels reading Colossians 2:18. Jesus Christ is the only mediator between God and man. God’s way has been made clear through the Bible. Brother Donni...