Today’s Walk in the Word

Rejoice that your names are written in heaven.                                         —Luke 10:20 Jesus commissioned seventy-two disciples as his Advance Team, sending them to prepare towns for his personal visit. They returned to him, elatedly reporting their success. […]

Do not dwell on the past.        —Isaiah 43:1 Made a mistake? Messed up? Knowing what you know now, you would do better if you had another shot at it. But you didn’t know then what you know now, and you don’t have another shot at it. That ship has sailed. Put it […]

Before you were born I set you apart.                            —Jeremiah 1:5 God knew something about Jeremiah that Jeremiah didn’t know: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart” (Jer 1:5). God knew Jeremiah’s […]

The Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.       —Genesis 28:16 At his campsite, Jacob went to sleep and dreamed about angels, and heaven, and God’s promises concerning the future. Waking up wide-eyed, he said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of […]

My eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign Lord.                                 —Psalm 141:8 “You have a winner there,” I said to the lady in line in front of me as she cuddled her beautiful baby. “This is my third,” she said. “God […]

Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths.       —Psalm 25:4 I stopped to talk with a neighbor on my morning walk—a wonderful lady and great mom with two teenage daughters. “I’m glad your girls have you to guide them to good decisions,” I said. “What concerns me,” I added, “is the […]

I have summoned you by name; you are mine.        —Isaiah 43:1 They had set the date, booked the minister, reserved the chapel, and put down a deposit on an apartment. He would move to Texas, and they would begin their happily-ever-after life together. She flew to California to help him pack. He […]

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.               —Hebrews 13:8 You live in a place of constant change. Marriage changes, for better or for worse. Children change. In Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye sings: “Is this the little girl I carried, Is this the little boy […]

We are all the work of your hand.                  —Isaiah 64:8 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart” (Jer 1:5). “God has made us what we are.” (Eph 2:10 GW). One of the most difficult things in […]

This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope.                          —Lamentations 3:21 Whatever your go-to source for news, you’re seeing and hearing things you never wanted to see and hear—things that leave you feeling helpless and hopeless. Lamentations is a horrific account of […]