Today’s Walk in the Word

[There is] a time to weep and a time to laugh.                           —Ecclesiastes 3:4 It was a small town where everybody knew everybody. Our little church was growing. We were running out of space. We needed to build. Dwight Mann was a prominent […]

I am going there to prepare a place for you.                               —John 14:2 Sarah and her husband were preparing to move her elderly mother to live with them, but they knew it would be a difficult transition for her. Wanting to […]

My help comes from the Lord.              —Psalm 121:2 When his dad drove up, young Bill Frey was grubbing tree stumps on the family farm. After watching his son wrestle unsuccessfully with a stubborn one for a while, he said, “I see what your problem is. You’re not using all […]

Can [you] by worrying add a single hour to your life?                                        —Matthew 6:27 How are you handling your tomorrows today? We all know someone whose worry about their tomorrows wrecks their today with anxiety. In fact, […]

All his days he eats in darkness, with great frustration, affliction and anger.                         —Ecclesiastes 5:17 Have you ever been mistreated by a spouse, parent, child, teacher, employer, or coworker? Probably. Has it made you bitter? Bitterness breeds a lot of problems but never […]

[We are] created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.                          —Ephesians 2:10 A common question asked in a job interview is, “What skill set do you bring that would contribute to the success of […]

Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?”      —Ecclesiastes 7:10 Reliving your yesterdays may be tempting if the biggest slice of your life is past tense. Back then, life was exciting. Health was robust. Loved ones and friends were alive and as near as a phone call. Now, those days […]

Come, follow me.   —Matthew 4:19 Jesus recruited his first disciples with three words, “Come, follow me.” It was an abrupt career interruption: a call to four fishermen to abandon their boats—and to one tax collector to give up his lucrative position. Jesus’ life was a three-year marathon of planned ministry—frequently interrupted: “My little daughter […]

[God] frustrates what people intend to do.                                —Psalm 33:10 The first thing I see when I turn on my computer each morning is my schedule for the day. The second thing I see is a list of emails, some calling […]

There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth.                            —Ecclesiastes 4:8 “Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have” (Heb 13:5). How do we pull that off? […]