Today’s Walk in the Word

You Are What You Eat

By Joe Barnett / April 26, 2016 / Comments Off on You Are What You Eat

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.           —1 Corinthians 10:31 You are what you eat. The body regenerates itself from inside out, not outside in. What you pig out on affects your weight; also your hair, skin, teeth, and […]

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Nothing to Fear

By Joe Barnett / April 25, 2016 / Comments Off on Nothing to Fear

I will fear no evil, for you are with me.                                  —Psalm 23:4 You know from experience that you won’t get through life without pain. Agonizing ordeals bushwhack good people, not just bad ones. Those who stick to “paths of […]

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From His Place to Our Place … to His Place

By Joe Barnett / April 22, 2016 / Comments Off on From His Place to Our Place … to His Place

I am going there to prepare a place for you.       —John 14:2 Jesus came down from his place to our place … A place where there’s not enough food to go around—where starving children go to bed crying until they become too weak to cry. A place where people do terrible things […]

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Boredom

By Joe Barnett / April 21, 2016 / Comments Off on Boredom

Eutychus … was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on.                  —Acts 20:9 Critics in Corinth ridiculed Paul’s preaching: “you have never heard a worse preacher,” they squawked (2 Cor. 10:10 TLB). Over in Troas, Eutychus said “Amen” by nodding off and tumbling out […]

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Your Pebble in the Pond

By Joe Barnett / April 20, 2016 / Comments Off on Your Pebble in the Pond

None of us lives to himself alone.              —Romans 14:7 Splash! A pebble thrown in a pond triggers ever-widening ripples. Every choice you make, every action you take, every word you speak, is your pebble in the pond … kindness or cruelty compassion or coldness gentleness or hostility patience or […]

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Give It Your Best Shot

By Joe Barnett / April 19, 2016 / Comments Off on Give It Your Best Shot

Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.      —Ecclesiastes 1:2 Solomon isn’t the only one who found life meaningless. Many are stranded in a life in which they find no pleasure or purpose. Take the gal that dropped out of high school and has been stuck in a minimum-wage dead-end job ever since. Or the doctor […]

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What’s Your Question?

By Joe Barnett / April 18, 2016 / Comments Off on What’s Your Question?

He who has ears to hear, let him hear.                                —Mark 4:9 Somewhere in those India paper pages of your Bible there is a question that is your question—probably the most important question of your life. We work ourselves into a […]

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In Remembrance of Me

By Joe Barnett / April 15, 2016 / Comments Off on In Remembrance of Me

Do this is remembrance of me.       —1 Corinthians 11:24 When Jesus met for his final Passover with his disciples he broke the bread and picked up the cup: “This is my body … my blood.” When you eat the bread and sip the cup in coming days, “Do this in remembrance of […]

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He Has Risen

By Joe Barnett / April 14, 2016 / Comments Off on He Has Risen

He is not here; he has risen.            —Matthew 28:6 Nuclear weapons in the wrong hands give us the jitters. Internet predators give us the willies. Shrill voices screeching that global warming is going to leave us with a scorched planet give us the sweats. Superbugs that thumb their noses at […]

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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem

By Joe Barnett / April 13, 2016 / Comments Off on O Jerusalem, Jerusalem

We are going up to Jerusalem.                —Mark 10:33 Jesus turned water into wine and sinners into saints. He empowered disciples and excoriated hypocrites. He walked on water and patched up paralytics. He preached all day and prayed all night. He healed the sick and raised the dead. But […]

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