Today’s Walk in the Word

Let God transform you into a new person.                             —Romans 12:2 Do others see you the same way you see yourself? If your personality traits—as seen by others—were described in single words, what would those words be? Compassionate or Cold? Positive or […]

This man is my chosen instrument.                                 —Acts 9:15 Saul was in town. The Lord gave Ananias his address and told him to go see him. Ananias didn’t want to do that—knowing that Saul had savaged many saints in Jerusalem […]

How can they preach unless they are sent?    —Romans 10:15 When Paul and company beached their boat at Malta, they enjoyed the hospitality of Publius. Paul healed Publius’s ill father—and many other sick islanders. Paul had the gift of healing, yet had his lingering “thorn in the flesh.” He healed others but could not […]

The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous.                              —Psalm 34:15 “The Old Man of the Mountain” was a forty-foot tall, twenty-five-foot wide, granite face, sculpted by nature on Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire. The face collapsed and tumbled to the […]

I have learned the secret of being content.                          —Philippians 4:12 “I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances,” Paul wrote (Phil 4:11). If you cannot say “Me too,” it’s because you haven’t fully subscribed to Paul’s secret. “I have learned the secret,” […]

The prize awaits me— the crown of righteousness.         —2 Timothy 4:8 More than thirty million people have gawked at the crowns and other items of ceremonial regalia of the kings and queens of England. Known as the “Crown Jewels,” they are stored and displayed in the Tower of London. Different crowns […]

We belong to each other, and each of us needs all the others.             —Romans 12:5 “I’ve been compiling my bucket list,” Ron said, handing me a sheet of paper. The first item was, “Take my sister to Italy.” “I thought you’d been to Italy,” I said. “I have, but […]

I will praise the Lord, who counsels me.                                  —Psalm 16:7 Dr. LeMoine Lewis, one of my Bible professors in college, read a devotional every morning from The Imitation of Christ, by fifteenth-century theologian, Thomas à Kempis. In one of […]

Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.                    —2 Corinthians 10:17 Marilyn vos Savant has the highest IQ ever recorded: 228. Moustafa Ismail bench presses 600 pounds and holds the Guinness World Record for the largest biceps: 31 inches. Jeff Bezos is the richest person on […]

Morning by morning he wakens me and opens my understanding to his will.                         —Isaiah 50:4 When my father was teaching me how to drive, he stressed maintenance. He pulled the dipstick, showed me how to check the oil, and said I should check […]