Today’s Walk in the Word

You are the light of the world.               —Matthew 5:14 When Ernest Hemingway was asked if he could write a compelling story in six words, he said he could. He wrote: “For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.” Haunting. It’s painful to imagine the details. I began looking for six-word […]

I will be with you.   —Judges 6:16 God chose Gideon to save Israel in a lopsided fight with Midianite invaders. Gideon objected that his family was the weakest of their tribe, and that he was the least important member of the family. God countered: “I will be with you.” Gideon put lots of boots […]

Let your speech always be gracious.                    —Colossians 4:6 A “Pause Point” is where you deliberately call a time out to think about what you are going to say before you say it. Easier said than done. All of us have spouted off when we shouldn’t have. […]

Give me neither poverty nor riches.                  —Proverbs 30:8 Agur prayed that he would have neither too many shekels, nor too few—afraid that if he had too many, he might tune God out, and if he had too few, he might steal (Prv 30:8–9). The Bible doesn’t condemn […]

  Look not only to your own interests, But also to the interests of others.             —Philippians 2:4 The first time I met Joe McKissick he was on furlough from missionary work in South Africa. He talked very little about himself and his ministry; he wanted to talk about me […]

Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” —John 20:19 On Sunday evening, following the crucifixion of Jesus, his disciples retreated to a designated room. They were terrified, probably fearful that they might be next in line for a death sentence. John says they “were together, with the doors locked for […]

We have an advocate with the Father.                          —1 John 2:1 In Stephen Vincent Benét’s short story, The Devil and Daniel Webster, Jabez Stone, from Cross Corners, New Hampshire, has been battered with a barrage of bad luck. “It’s enough to make a man […]

[God is] not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.                            —2 Peter 3:9 Hell is not a reform school; it is a final destination. And it is not the Lord’s desired destiny for anyone. God said, “I […]

A fool gives full vent to anger, but the wise quietly holds it back.                —Proverbs 29:11 The word “fool” is often linked with anger in the Bible. “A quick-tempered man does foolish things” (Prv 14:16). “It is to a man’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is […]