Today’s Walk in the Word

People harvest only what they plant.                        —Galatians 6:7 You harvest what you plant. It’s that simple—and that certain. Some people limp through life feeling mistreated—by a parent, spouse, child, teacher, employer, coworker, or friend. And maybe they are. You may have been dealt a […]

Oh, the joys of those who trust the Lord.                           —Psalm 40:4 After their mother died of cancer, C.S. Lewis and his brother Warren endured some miserable years at Wynyard, an English boarding school in Hertfordshire, England. Headmaster Robert Capron ruled by sheer […]

When Jesus saw their faith . . .                   —Mark 2:5 In Bible times, paralysis was considered permanent and hopeless. But we meet four men who didn’t buy it. When they heard that Jesus was in town, each grabbed a corner of the cot of their paralyzed […]

Let us keep in step with the Spirit.                   —Galatians 5:25 “Live by the Spirit,” wrote Paul, “and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the […]

I planted the seed . . . but God made it grow.   —1 Corinthians 3:6 I’ve been talking with a dear lady whose son is a drug addict. She’s prayed, pleaded, and preached. He’s rebuffed every attempt. When Paul and his team crossed the Aegean Sea to plant the seed of the gospel for […]

Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!                          —2 Corinthians 9:15 On July 4, 2019, New York City police officers Louis Sojo, Esnaidy Chevas, and Michael Rivera, stepped inside a Whole Foods store to grab a cold drink. A security guard told them […]

His blood purifies us from all our sins.                                —1 John 1:7 Convalescent plasma therapy dates back more than a century, when similar treatment was effectively administered during the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918—and more recently in the Ebola and SARS […]

As I have loved you, so you must love one another.        —John 13:34 The conversation in the church foyer was mostly monologue—one brother railing about something he found wrong in the other. When the assailed brother turned away, the aggressor snapped, “Don’t ignore me. What’s happened to you?” “You’ve known me a […]

The Lord looks at the heart.           —1 Samuel 16:7 Your doctor is less concerned about how you look on the outside than what’s going on inside. So off you go for an X-ray and a blood draw. God, too, is interested in your insides. When God sent Samuel to Jesse’s […]

Let him have all your worries and cares.                                —1 Peter 5:7 Sam worried about everything: politics and pollution, job and jihadists, family and future. He drove family and friends nuts with his hand-wringing negativity. Suddenly, that all changed. Sam was […]