Today’s Walk in the Word

I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever.     —Revelation 1:18 Jesus came into the world quietly . . . so quietly that the residents of Bethlehem had no notion that anything important was happening the night he was born in their little town. But his resurrection was anything but […]

I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection.        —Philippians 3:10 It was a devastating day when death dropped by the Bethany home where Jesus had often enjoyed the company of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. Looking into the eyes of a grieving sister, Jesus said, “Your brother will rise again […]

Your faith has healed you. —Mark 10:52 Leonard Burford was born with retinitis pigmentosa. He was reading Braille at fourteen and was totally blind at twenty-eight. Even so, he graduated college with honors, studied at the renowned Juilliard School, received his doctorate from Columbia University, and chaired the Music Department at Abilene Christian University for […]

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.                    —Psalm 118:1 The kid was throwing a supermarket fit. He didn’t look or sound like he’d often been denied. But mom said “No” to candy. Kinda reminds you of mother Eve, doesn’t it? Eat all you want. […]

Five Days of Hymn Stories 5 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross [T]he message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.                         —1 Corinthians 1:18 Isaac Watts is […]

Five Days of Hymn Stories 4 What a Friend We Have in Jesus I no longer call you servants . . . I have called you friends.           —John 15:15 The day before his wedding, Joseph Scriven’s betrothed died in an accident. Scriven dealt with his grief by leaving his native […]

Five Days of Hymn Stories 3 Amazing Grace God is able to make all grace abound to you.                  —2 Corinthians 9:8 John Newton was a licentious seaman and slave trader. A violent storm off the coast of Ireland in 1748 moved him to beseech God for mercy. […]

Five Days of Hymn Stories 2 Just As I Am [W]hoever comes to me I will never drive away.                                  —John 6:37 “I want to come to Jesus, but I don’t know how,” lamented the bedridden thirty-two-year-old Charlotte Elliott, to […]

Five Days of Hymn Stories 1 Abide with Me Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.        —Luke 24:29 Abide with Me is one of the best-known and most-loved hymns of the past two centuries. It was composed by Scottish Anglican Henry Francis Lyte in 1847, the same […]

[M]ay the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way.                —2 Thessalonians 3:16 In preparing his disciples for his death and departure, Jesus said, “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me” (Jn 14:1). “Peace I […]