Friends4Life are special devotionals for people who care about women, children & families, delivered by email each week.

This archive of past devotionals is arranged alphabetically by topic. We hope these special devotionals equip you to pray for women who face unplanned pregnancies and grow in understanding about what scripture teaches about ministering to those in need.

Devotionals: Adoption 

3 Types of Adoption

5 Questions Pregnant Women Ask When Considering Adoption

7 Times as Many Adoptive Families for Every Child Lost to Abortion

Aborted Children Can't Be Adopted

A Myth and a Truth About Adoption

Birthmothers in MTV Documentary Consider Adoption

Country Music Star Rodney Atkins on Adoption

Hope Is Born in Rape Aftermath

How To Support Women Who May Choose Adoption

In A Weak Economy, More Birth Moms Are Placing

Surprising Facts About Adoption

Why Not Choose Adoption Instead?

Devotionals: Celebrity Stories

Abortion Survivor: More Than a Story of Survival

All-Star Player Supports Pregnant Teenager

American Idol Contestant Shares Her Pregnancy Story

Star Trek Captain Shares Her Story as Birth Mom

Steve Jobs: How One Woman's Decision Changes the World

Superstar Quarterback Stands for Life During Super Bowl

Superstar Tenor Tells His Story to Encourage Mothers-To-Be

Devotionals: Choosing Life

Aborted Children Can't Be Adopted

Entire Enrollment at 5 High Schools Lost Each Day

Help Reduce the #1 Cause of Death in the US

How Pam Stenzel's Birth Mom Impacted Thousands of Lives

Informed Consent Helps Women Choose Life

Reasons Women Give for Ending a Pregnancy

Say "Thank You" To Women in Your Life Who Have Chosen Life

She Could Have Said "No" to Life

Devotionals: Churches Ministering to Women & Families

Does Your Church Have A Ministry to Orphans and Widows?

What If Christian Culture Doesn't "Get" Adoption?

What's the Adoption Triangle - and How Are Churches Helping?

Devotionals: College Students

College Soccer Star Chooses Life

Pregnant Women Fulfill Their Dream of College

Unplanned Pregnancy on our College Campuses

Devotionals: Courage

How One Birth Mom Acted With Tremendous Courage

How to Choose Courage

To Encourage Means to Fill With Courage

Devotionals: Cultural Attitudes Towards Pregnancy & Family

3 Great Reasons to Give Thanks

4 Trends in the Pro-Life Battle

5 Practical Ways to Celebrate the Sanctity of Life

A Burden or a Reward?

A Prayer at the Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

Don't Ignore the Obvious

Take the Roe I.Q. Test - and Be Informed

The Perfect Parent Award

Why Under-30s Are the Most Pro-Life Generation in History

Devotionals: Fathers, Men  

78% Young Men Agree There's "Too Much Pressure" About Sex

At Father's Day, One Birth Dad's Story

Honor Your Heavenly Father on Father's Day

Joseph's First Response - and His Second One

Mom and Dad, Did You Know ...?

Support For Men Involved in an Unplanned Pregnancy

Thank You to All the Birth Dads Out There

What Did An Unplanned Pregnancy Cost Him?

When a Guy Faces an Unplanned Pregnancy

Devotionals: Fear

A Pregnant Woman Faces These Fears

A Woman's Letter to God

Devotionals: Friends and Friendship

3 Essential Qualities of a Good Friend

10 Ways to Encourage Birth Moms

A Different Kind of Volunteer

A Friend Walks in When Everyone Walks Out

A Friend = An Objective Voice That Cares

How She Affirmed Mary

Offer the Hand of Friendship

Devotionals: Hope

3 Ways To Praise The Creator of Life

10 Things to Be Thankful For

A Pregnant Woman's Worth Depends On ...

Hope Is Born in Rape Aftermath

Devotionals: Jesus Christ

A Tale of Two Women

At Easter: How Jesus Honored Women

The Longest Day of Your Life

What Jesus Longs to Say to Pregnant Women

Devotionals: Legislation & Trends  

5 Facts That Prove We're Winning the Pro-Life Battle

How to Defend Life With Facts

Informed Consent Helps Women Choose Life

Lawmakers Agree: Children Have the Right To a Family

On July 4th, How You Can Defend Our Unalienable Rights

Options for Pregnant Women are Increasing

You Can Choose Life ... At the Ballot Box

Devotionals: Loneliness

A Prayer When Pregnant and Lonely

Lonely Women At Greater Risk For Abortion

Devotionals: Mothers and Motherhood

Honor Your Mother

Human Babies: the Most Dependent Species at Birth

Mom and Dad, Did You Know ...?

Devotionals: One-On-One Support During Unplanned Pregnancy

How 83% More Women Could Choose Life

How To Chase Away Feelings of Abandonment

How Many Friends Do You Have So Far?

In 2009, 100% Matched Women Chose Life

Mary Sought Out a Friend During Pregnancy

Devotionals: Prayer

2 Cries of Hosanna

A Prayer at the Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

A Prayer You Can Pray For Pregnant Women

A Pregnant Woman's Prayer

Pray For Our Nation to Choose Life

Prayer Leads to Life-Changing Decision for Abby Johnson

Prayers to Pray For an Abortion-Minded Woman

Devotionals: Pregnancy

Alanna Was Pregnant and Alone

An Unborn Baby's Milestones 

Pregnancy's Biggest Questions

The Expert Knitter

Devotionals: Serving Women & Families

88% Pregnant Women: "I Didnt' Receive Enought Information To Make a Decision"

Does Jesus Smile At What You Do?

Find Resources to Encourage a Choice for Life

Find Your Special Skill and Use It

Got an Hour?

How to Support Family Members Facing an Unplanned Pregnancy

Maternity Homes: A Safe Haven for Pregnant Women

Opportunity Knocks

Volunteer Friends Experience Healing While Helping

Devotionals: Sharing Christ

One Birth Mom's Story -- 20 Years Later

Devotionals: Special Pro-Life Ministries

40 Days For Life

40 Days for Life: Find a Vigil Near You

Concerned Citizens Like You Make Up the Pro-Life Movement

"Jane Roe" Now Lobbies for Life

Raise Awareness During National Adoption Awareness Month

Standing With Those WHo Have Been Silenced

Weep With Those Who Weep on October 30

When We Defend the Vulnerable, God Mends Hearts

Devotionals: Technology

139 Opportunities for Life Every Minute

Cyber Support During an Unplanned Pregnancy

A Friend Loves At All Times -- Even Long-Distance

Devotionals: Teenagers and Unplanned Pregnancy

911 Friend for a Pregnant Teen

An Entire U.S. City Will Drop Out of School This Year

Support for Pregnant Teenagers

Devotional: Unplanned Pregnancy

Diary of a Mom-To-Be

Mary's First Response -- and Her Second One

Quiz: Unplanned Pregnancy Today

Risks in an Unplanned Pregnancy

Today, 8,456 Women Face An Unplanned Pregnancy

Unplanned Pregnancy Rates are Unrelenting

What To Do When Pregnancy Is a Surprise