Today’s Walk in the Word

Godliness with contentment is great gain.                       —1 Timothy 6:6 Sir Cecil Rhodes co-founded the De Beers Mining Company, which eventually controlled 90% of the world’s diamonds—making him one of the richest men in the world. In an interview shortly before his death in 1902, […]

The things revealed belong to us. —Deuteronomy 29:29 There are some things that we don’t know and some things that we will never know. Know-it-alls have a hard time admitting that. They know everything about everything—frequently wrong, but never in doubt. “Ignorance lies not in the things you don’t know” said Will Rogers, “but in […]

I have summoned you by name; you are mine.       —Isaiah 43:1 They had set the date, picked the preacher, reserved the church, and put down a deposit on an apartment. He would move to Texas and they would begin their happily-ever-after life together. She flew to California to help him pack. He […]

The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.                  —1 John 3:8 “Jesus … died to destroy the devil” (Heb. 2:14 CEV). Satan still “prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour” (1 Pet. 5:8), but because of Jesus’ coming […]

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.              —1 Chronicles 16:34 Does it make sense to own a watch so expensive that some thug will slit your throat to get it off your wrist? Or to lay down big bucks for a car so pricey that you have […]

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.                —Proverbs 11:2 Ego Check—Step 1 “Do not think of yourself more highly than you should. Instead, be modest in your thinking” (Rom. 12:3 TEV). Ego Check—Step 2 “Don’t be selfish; don’t live to make a good impression […]

Prepare to meet your God. —Amos 4:12 Wealth can be a good thing. But a person who is unprepared for its use and careless of its stewardship can be destroyed by it. Stories about lottery winners seldom have happily-ever-after endings. “The rest of the story,” as Paul Harvey would tell it, has frequently dead-ended in […]

He must leave all he owns to someone who has not worked for it.              —Ecclesiastes 2:21 It won’t be long until everything that now belongs to you will belong to someone else. When God faced off with a man whose life was absorbed in beefing up his assets he […]

The cheerful heart has a continual feast.                          —Proverbs 15:15 Molly Picon, star of Yiddish stage and film, spent many nights crammed in jam-packed hotel rooms with her theatrical cohorts. Bellyaching about the sardine circumstances was the language of the night. But never a […]

Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.                                 —Romans 12:2 TODAY I will, with God’s help, monitor and control my words, actions, and attitude. TODAY I will be intentionally aware of a blessing that I have been taking for […]