Today’s Walk in the Word

Search me, O God, and know my heart. —Psalm 139:23 Lord God, Stand between me and any obstacle that will interfere with my walk with you. Deliver me from any word or act that you cannot bless, that I may live for you without disgrace or guilt. Motivate me to seek your guidance in every […]

We love him because he first loved us.                              —1 John 4:19 Loving Father, Keep my vision centered on Jesus: on the cradle of his birth, the garden of his agony, the cross of his suffering, the tomb of his resurrection, the […]

Let us come before him with thanksgiving.                                —Psalm 95:2 Most generous Father, Accept my thanks for the measure of health I enjoy, the sheltering comfort of home, the sufficiency of food and clothing, the continuance of mental alertness, the blessings […]

By grace you have been saved, through faith.                                —Ephesians 2:8 Dear God of grace, The expanse between what I receive and what I deserve is wider than the ocean. I receive eternal life, but that is not what I deserve. […]

By the grace of God I am what I am.                    —1 Corinthians 15:10 Lord God, You have made me all that I am and given me all that I have. I have no worthiness or compensating works to offer in exchange for your grace. All I […]

When I surveyed all . . . I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless.                     —Ecclesiastes 2:11 Ecclesiastes 6 profiles two men who have wealth but don’t have God. The first is super successful: “[He] lacks nothing his heart desires”—at least nothing that money can […]

Do you see this woman?            —Luke 7:44 As Jesus reclined at the table in the house of Simon the Pharisee, the tears of a woman of soiled reputation fell on his feet. She dried them with her hair and anointed his feet from a flask of perfume. The host viewed […]

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. […]