Today’s Walk in the Word

I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by name.              —Isaiah 45:3 Miso Vogel was tattooed with number 65,316 at Auschwitz—signaling that 65,315 prisoners had preceded him in being branded. Six-year-old Rene Guttmann was number 169,061. Before it was over, more than 400,000 prisoners at Auschwitz […]

Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise.               —Proverbs 19:20 Warren Buffett’s down-to-earth wisdom is legendary. Here are his Four Choices in Life That Separate the Doers from the Dreamers. 1. Pick your friends wisely. “You will move in the direction of […]

Jesus wept. —John 11:35 There’s a misguided notion that Christians should always be happy, never morose—and it creates a boatload of guilt. Happiness and joy are not the same. Jesus wanted his disciples to be full of joy (Jn 15:11)—yet, it was an unhappy time for them, for he was leaving them. Both joy and […]

Laying his hands on each one, he healed them.    —Luke 4:40 Jesus drew big crowds. Sick people came to him in droves—sometimes on their own and sometimes brought to him by those who loved them. He could have pulled off a crowd-curing miracle, healing hundreds at the same time with a single word. But […]

[Jesus] sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.        —Hebrews 1:3 “Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, […]

I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.                     —Psalm 34:4 In Matthew 8, there are stories about two men who came to Jesus for help. One was a helpless leper, the other a powerful centurion. The leper wanted […]

Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man.    —Matthew 8:3 Fires and floods. Tornadoes and tsunamis. Hurricanes and hunger. Overexposure to suffering threatens to numb your compassion—triggers a throw-up-your-hands helplessness. The need is too big and your resources too small. Jesus didn’t feed all the poor, heal all the sick, help all the […]

O Lord, please send someone else to do it.      —Exodus 4:13 As I mentally run down the list of well-known names in both Old and New Testaments, I don’t find one who was in any earthly way qualified to do the job they were called to do. Moses was past middle age when […]

If we confess our sins, he will forgive our sins.          —1 John 1:9 I hope you’re not making the mistake of living in the past—brooding over decisions, words, and actions that you’ve come to regret. That’s time and mental energy wasted because you can’t undo the past. Don’t be so hard […]

Your love has given me great joy and encouragement.           —Philemon 7 This won’t take long and won’t require anything you don’t already have: a note card, a pen, an envelope, a stamp, and a kind thought. Jot a note. A line of appreciation to someone who has blessed your life. […]