Today’s Walk in the Word

Your Place

By Joe Barnett / October 11, 2023 / Comments Off on Your Place

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 […]

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When I Am Weak

By Joe Barnett / October 10, 2023 / Comments Off on When I Am Weak

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 […]

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Multiplying Your Troubles

By Joe Barnett / October 9, 2023 / Comments Off on Multiplying Your Troubles

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, […]

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Conquered or Conqueror?

By Joe Barnett / October 6, 2023 / Comments Off on Conquered or Conqueror?

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 […]

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Your Skill Set

By Joe Barnett / October 5, 2023 / Comments Off on Your Skill Set

[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 […]

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Enjoy the Now

By Joe Barnett / October 4, 2023 / Comments Off on Enjoy the Now

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 […]

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An Interruption May Be an Opportunity

By Joe Barnett / October 3, 2023 / Comments Off on An Interruption May Be an Opportunity

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 […]

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Interruptions

By Joe Barnett / October 2, 2023 / Comments Off on Interruptions

[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 […]

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Take Control of Your Wants

By Joe Barnett / September 29, 2023 / Comments Off on Take Control of Your Wants

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? […]

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Integrity

By Joe Barnett / September 28, 2023 / Comments Off on Integrity

Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord.                                —Proverbs 12:22 John Adams was the second president of the United States. Thomas Jefferson was the third. They died on the same day, July 4, 1826, the last two living signers of […]

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