Today’s Walk in the Word

Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord.      —Ephesians 5:19 Music has always played a central role with God’s people. When the Israelites crossed the Red Sea, they sang a celebratory song (Ex 15:1–21). When the temple was dedicated, they praised God in song (2 Chr 5:12–13). New Testament worship includes […]

We are . . . created in Christ Jesus to do good works.              —Ephesians 2:10 Ernest and Sarah were on vacation in a city that was new to them. When a stranger approached them and said, “Tourists, huh?” they froze. He smiled and said, “Welcome to our city.” He […]

If we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.        —1 John 5:14 Dear Lord, As I confront this day, keep me from being frustrated by its demands or intimidated by its associations. Help me to seek your presence and listen for your voice above all others. Remind me that in […]

You owe me your very self.                —Philemon 19 Paul reminded Philemon, whom he had led to Christ, “you owe me your very self” (Phlm 19). William Barclay wrote, “Philemon is turned from creditor to debtor in the space of two verses, and loaded with a debt so large […]

I have learned the secret of being content.                          —Philippians 4:12 Slick marketers keep our wants beyond our reach, enticing us to spend ourselves into a black hole of indebtedness. They sucker us into believing that happiness is found in a new house, a […]

Do not merely listen to the word . . . Do what it says.   —James 1:22 Voice activation has arrived. Speak an address, and your GPS will map your destination and talk you to it. Speak a name, and your phone will call that person’s number. Speak to your computer, and it will type […]

We have put our hope in the living God.                           —1 Timothy 4:10 In the first sentence of his letter to Timothy, Paul points to “Christ Jesus our hope.” And in the first sentence of his letter to Titus, he cites our “hope […]

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.                  —John 1:14 Keith Wasserman, executive director of Good Works, Inc., has spent several days each year since 1989 living on the streets among the homeless. He does it to gain perspective and understanding of what the impoverished […]

The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.                   —Galatians 5:6 Galatians 5 opens with these words: “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” Verse […]

I will show you the most excellent way.                      —1 Corinthians 12:31 Maya Angelou said, “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Paul wrote, “I will show you the most excellent […]