Today’s Walk in the Word

From heaven the Lord looks down and sees all mankind.            —Psalm 33:13 The approach for landing was a bumpy ride. Across the aisle, a tiny elderly lady sat next to a very nervous young man who looked like he could bench press an 18-wheeler. She patted his hand and said, […]

Let the peace that Christ gives control your thinking.    —Colossians 3:15 A seething attitude is toxic, poisoning from inside out. It contaminates relationships and sabotages happiness, turning life into a mental garbage dump. Take control of your attitude. Someone hurt your feelings, broke your heart, shattered your dreams. Let it go. However badly you […]

If only I may finish the race and complete the task.       —Acts 20:24 On December 26, 2018, Colin O’Brady completed the first solo, unassisted crossing of Antarctica. The 932-mile journey took fifty-four days. In his book, The Impossible First, Colin wrote of the icy trek: “I was [fully immersed in the endeavor] […]

Always be ready, because you don’t know the day or the hour.             —Matthew 25:13 My longtime friend was dying. I flew to Phoenix to say goodbye. We spent three days reminiscing—laughed a lot, cried a little. When I walked out of his front door, I knew I had seen […]

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.                  —1 Corinthians 11:1 My father was a handyman; he could fix anything. When that gene got to me, it decided to skip a generation. I’m okay with that—what I want is the gene that defined his character. The […]

Soon our days are gone.          —Psalm 90:10 On December 31, 2016, scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center added a leap second to the year to adjust to “precise” time, delaying the arrival of 2017 by one second. “Millisecond accuracy is crucial for collision avoidance with satellites,” said project scientist Dean […]

On this rock I will build my church.                   —Matthew 16:18 By human calculation, the church should have failed. It began with just a dozen men, up against a world population of two hundred million. In the main, those men were uneducated, poor, and powerless—slim chance they […]

Remember your leaders who first taught you the word of God.                 —Hebrews 13:7 “When David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep” (Acts 13:36). Leaders come and go. The original recipients of Hebrews were second-generation believers. The author urged them to remember those […]

Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.             —Matthew 6:21 British journalist Malcolm Muggeridge said, “I have never met a rich man who was happy, nor have I have met a poor man who did not want to become a rich man.” Most of us know that […]

I will remember their sins no more.                   —Hebrews 8:12 On January 10, 49 BC, Julius Caesar led his 13th Legion across the Rubicon river into Italy, which the Roman government considered treason—carrying an automatic death sentence. Once Caesar crossed the Rubicon, there was no turning back. […]