Today’s Walk in the Word

They loved praise from men more than praise from God.             —John 12:43 I’ve had people tell me, “I don’t care what others think about me.” I have trouble believing that. Most—I almost said “All”—of us want to be liked, and we’re tempted to compromise to pull it off. At […]

Do everything without complaining.                     —Philippians 2:14 Some people are impossible to please. A Reader’s Digest article served up this sampling of what some wealthy vacationers told their travel agents: “On my holiday to India, I was disgusted to find that almost every restaurant served curry. […]

Don’t be anxious about tomorrow . . . Live one day at a time.     —Matthew 6:34 “One day at a time” has a solid foundation in Scripture. God provided manna for the wandering Israelites each day, charging them to “gather [only] enough for that day” (Ex 16:4). Jesus taught his disciples to pray, […]

Praise be to the Lord . . . who daily bears our burdens.        —Psalm 68:19 I have a bad habit of mentally composing confrontational speeches before there’s even a confrontation. When service providers—or people in general—irritate me, I inwardly rehearse what I’ll say when we talk. But when I face off with […]

He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion.                 —Philippians 1:6 “Strike three!” “Rats!” squawked Charlie Brown. “I’ll never be a big-league player. I just don’t have it. All my life I’ve dreamed of playing in the big leagues, but I know […]

God has arranged the parts of the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.                         —1 Corinthians 12:18 Looking back over a lifetime of ministry, I can’t think of a single position I’ve held that I felt qualified to […]

How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity.                 —Psalm 133:1 Some wag described heaven as a place where “there will be five thousand sopranos, five thousand altos, five thousand tenors—and I’ll do the bass.” I don’t know what heaven will be like, except […]

Set them an example by doing what is good.                                            —Titus 2:7 When nineteenth-century preacher Phillips Brooks was asked why he was a Christian, he replied, “I think I am a Christian because of my […]

Weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.                      —Psalm 30:5 “It is what it is.” This cliché is another way of saying this isn’t how things should be, but it’s how things are. We are inclined to glorify the past and […]

You remain the same, and your years will never end.          —Hebrews 1:12 No one has to tell you that we live in a changing world because you’ve faced changes that are personal and painful: health issues, fractured relationships, deaths of those you love. But there’s another verse to that song: some […]