Today’s Walk in the Word

Train yourself to be godly.          —1 Timothy 4:7 We want to get the most bang for our buck; want to be sure that when we lay down the dough we’re getting something that’s worth more to us than what we’re giving up. Savvy marketers try to put themselves in the shoes […]

We fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.     —2 Corinthians 4:18 He’s a high school senior; set on getting a university degree. He has a carefully mapped plan for achieving that goal. She’s a graduate student with a clearly-defined career target. She has a step-by-step plan in […]

Here am I, and the children God has given me.                                  —Hebrews 2:13 What do we have to show for our years of serving Christ? Much! Moved by mercy he has not treated us as our sins deserve. Moved by […]

Because he himself suffered … he is able to help those who are being tempted.                   —Hebrews 2:18 Returning home after a lifetime on the seas, the old salt was taunted … “You don’t have much to show for all those years, do you?” “No, not much,” […]

Fix your thoughts on Jesus. —Hebrews 3:1 The Hebrew writer describes Jesus as the captain of our salvation, “bringing many children to glory” (Heb. 2:10). Walt Whitman’s O Captain! My Captain! was a tribute to Abraham Lincoln and a celebration of the end of the Civil War: O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is […]

Wisdom is found in those who take advice.                                   —Proverbs 13:10 Here is a second helping of counsel from Proverbs—advice about … Laziness: If you are too lazy to plow, don’t expect a harvest (20:4). Worry: Worry weighs a person […]

Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise.       —Proverbs 22:17 Here, from various translations of Proverbs, is advice about … Talking too much: Don’t talk so much … Be sensible and turn off the flow! (10:19). Being a grouch: Being cheerful keeps you healthy. It is slow death to be gloomy […]

Simon son of John, do you love me?                      —John 21:17 Some wag chirped that a man’s friends like him and leave him alone, but his wife loves him and is always trying to improve him. Jesus saw something special in Simon Peter. He had denied […]

I am the resurrection and the life.                    —John 11:25 Cryonics is the process of freezing the bodies of  recently deceased persons to liquid nitrogen temperature in order to preserve them until a cure is found for what killed them; then thaw the body, apply the cure, […]

Run with perseverance the race marked out for us.       —Hebrews 12:1 It is one thing to start well; quite another to finish well. The Christian life is more than being fast out of the blocks; it’s a marathon of growth and persistence … Add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; […]