Today’s Walk in the Word

Do not slander one another.      —James 4:11 Henry Ward Beecher received an anonymous letter consisting of one word: “Fool!” “I’ve received quite a few letters from people who forgot to sign their name,” Beecher said, “but this is the first one I ever got from someone who signed his name and forgot the […]

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us.               —1 John 3:1 Infancy. Childhood. Adolescence. Through it all your parents loved you. Not because you were good. Not because you were obedient. Not because you were beautiful. Not because you were brilliant. But because you were […]

Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you.           —Psalm 50:15 You say: I can’t go on. God says: My grace is sufficient for you (2 Cor. 12:9). You say; I’m tired. God says: I will give you rest (Matt. 11:28). You say: I can’t do it. […]

Do not judge, and you will not be judged.                               —Luke 6:37 Here are five resolutions that will cue you to make a U-turn when you catch yourself sloshing around in judgmental mud … 1. I resolve to remember that I […]

You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.                  —James 4:14 Fame has a short lifespan … Who was Harry Truman’s Vice President? Who was Dwight Eisenhower’s Secretary of State? Who won Super Bowl XXXII? Who was the Democratic Presidential nominee in 1988? […]

Make it your ambition … to mind your own business.   —1 Thessalonians 4:11 Each of us has God-given work to do. Paul spells it out in Ephesians … He chose us before the creation of the world (Eph. 1:4); He designed and assigned specific works for each of us (Eph. 2:10); He gave us […]

Teach me, O Lord, to follow your decrees.                           —Psalm 119:33 Irv Gordon’s 1966 Volvo clocked its 3 millionth mile in September 2013, the most miles ever driven by a single-owner of a non-commercial vehicle says Guinness. Asked the secret of his car’s […]

Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past.             —Deuteronomy 32:7 In the eleventh chapter of Hebrews the writer reels off a memory-jogging list of names whose work on earth had ended. Chapter 12 begins, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses … […]

Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.         —Proverbs 16:3 Do you make resolutions? Sure you do. You resolve to stop doing something you’re doing, or start doing something you’re not doing. You want to be better and do better. How do you pull that off? Paul […]

We are more than conquerors through him who loved us.          —Romans 8:37 Need a spiritual boost? Here are four questions and answers in Romans 8 that should do the trick … Question:If God is for you, who can be against you? Answer: No one, because God did not spare his own […]