Today’s Walk in the Word

A man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.                          —Luke 12:15 Where did the time go? You got in the fast lane, and wham!—a big chunk of your life has zipped by. How would you grade your life so far? […]

They will still bear fruit in old age. —Psalm 92:14 Barring an early exit, you’re going to grow old. And what will make all the difference is the attitude you bring to it. You may decide that life is over because the things that defined you are over—career, title, possessions. If you come to the […]

Heartache crushes the spirit.            —Proverbs 15:13 Hiking the trails of past decisions is unproductive exercise … I should have stayed in school. I should have majored in something else. I should have gone for a different job. I should have married someone else. I should have spent more time with […]

In him we were also chosen.            —Ephesians 1:11 Jesus chose, called, taught, and trained the eleven apostles named in Acts 1:13; then went back to heaven and left the beginning of his church in their hands. The first 30 years of that church is chronicled in the book of Acts. […]

By grace you have been saved.              —Ephesians 2:8 The first ten verses of 2 Cor. 12 finds Paul on a Roller Coaster … First he soars to heights of ecstasy, caught up into heaven. Second he drops to depths of misery, tormented by a thorn in the flesh. Third […]

One thing I do. —Philippians 3:13 You intend to make some changes. You’re going to ditch a toxic habit and kick-start a positive attitude. When? Soon, you say. Soon is deferral, and deferral digs the graves of good intentions. Sometimes it takes a tragedy, a blood test, or a funeral to cause us to act. […]

We will reap a harvest if we do not give up.                             —Galatians 6:9 Here are two cold, hard facts: 1) You never finish what you never start. 2) You never finish what you start if you stop. Most everyone I know […]

I press on toward the goal. —Philippians 3:14 Meryl Davis and Charlie White won the gold with world-record performances in the Winter Olympics dance competition in Sochi, Russia. They didn’t get to the top-center of that flag-draped podium in one giant leap; they climbed there one torturous step at a time. They started practicing together […]

No mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.                 —1 Corinthians 2:9 With a couple of kids in the back seat, a trip to grandma’s house can be downright chaotic. It’s a war zone back there … “You got to sit by the […]

We do not lose heart. —2 Corinthians 4:16 The reason behind Paul’s “We do not lose heart” was this: “our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all” (2 Cor. 4:17). That wasn’t a spurt of sing-and-be-happy drivel. Paul knew what it was to hurt: he had […]