Today’s Walk in the Word

Please Be Alert

By Joe Barnett / September 26, 2019 / Comments Off on Please Be Alert

Give special attention to those who are in the family of believers.             —Galatians 6:10 Sensitive souls from a Fresno, California, church were distributing food to residents of a low-income apartment complex. As they unpacked a generous supply of groceries in an elderly lady’s apartment, Jenna sneaked a peek in […]

Read More

Where Funds Never Fail

By Joe Barnett / September 25, 2019 / Comments Off on Where Funds Never Fail

[You have] an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade.             —1 Peter 1:4 According to AARP research, forty-nine percent of Americans cite running out of money as their chief retirement concern. Planning for retirement is a good idea. Planning for beyond-retirement is an even better idea. In Revelation, […]

Read More

Say “Thank You”

By Joe Barnett / September 24, 2019 / Comments Off on Say “Thank You”

God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.             —Genesis 1:31 Edward Abbey worked two summers as a park ranger at what is now known as Arches National Park, near Moab, Utah. Out of that experience, he wrote the book, Desert Solitaire, deemed one of the […]

Read More

Courtesy Averts Conflict

By Joe Barnett / September 23, 2019 / Comments Off on Courtesy Averts Conflict

I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to agree with each other in the Lord.                  —Philippians 4:2 On April 9, 1865, Brigadier General Joshua Chamberlain positioned Union soldiers on both sides of the road the conquered Confederate army would be traveling to surrender their arms […]

Read More

The Healing Poultice

By Joe Barnett / September 20, 2019 / Comments Off on The Healing Poultice

By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.                       —John 13:35 It challenges credibility to imagine Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz being on the same team and playing nice. Only a compelling passion for a cause bigger […]

Read More

You Hold and You Are Held

By Joe Barnett / September 19, 2019 / Comments Off on You Hold and You Are Held

Take hold of . . . Christ . . . [who] . . .took hold of me.     —Philippians 3:12 In 1856, renowned London pulpiteer Charles Spurgeon founded a college to train men for the ministry. The Spurgeon College crest shows a hand grasping a cross and the Latin words, Et Teneo, Et Teneor, […]

Read More

You Have Been Set Free

By Joe Barnett / September 18, 2019 / Comments Off on You Have Been Set Free

If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.        —John 8:36 When Jim escorts visitors through the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force near Savannah, Georgia, he always describes the euphoric joy he and his fellow World War II prisoners-of-war experienced the day they were set free. In […]

Read More

Anyplace But Home

By Joe Barnett / September 17, 2019 / Comments Off on Anyplace But Home

Each one of you also must love his wife . . . and the wife must respect her husband.                    —Ephesians 5:33 On September 2, 2016, Lawrence Ripple handed a note to a Kansas City bank teller: it said he had a gun and he wanted cash. […]

Read More

Comparisons Are Toxic

By Joe Barnett / September 16, 2019 / Comments Off on Comparisons Are Toxic

When they compare themselves by one another, they do not show good sense.                —2 Corinthians 10:12 Once-a-year marathoners are smart enough not to compare themselves with runners from Kenya. Comparisons—on any turf—are toxic. If you’re at the top and compare yourself to those below you, the result is […]

Read More

Now Hear This

By Joe Barnett / September 13, 2019 / Comments Off on Now Hear This

Be sympathetic . . . compassionate and humble.                                         —1 Peter 3:8 It was a noisy dinner at Pat Tornatore’s home, and her dad was struggling to keep up with the chatter. He kept jumping in […]

Read More
Asset 2

Sign up for free delivery of Today’s Walk in the Word and On My Mind to your email inbox.

We respect your privacy and will never share your contact information.

Scroll to Top