Today’s Walk in the Word

Hear my voice in accordance with your love.                                  —Psalm 119:149 “How was your day?” her husband asked as he zipped through the door. So, she told him about the dead battery, the backed-up toilet, and their daughter’s broken glasses. […]

I have learned to be content.             —Philippians 4:11 There is no such thing as a “minor inconvenience” to a baby. Babies arrive knowing how to complain: they spend most of their awake hours crying. A crying baby is sometimes cute. A complaining adult never is. Contentment is a learned […]

Build each other up. —1 Thessalonians 5:11 Some scriptures are incomplete until you breathe life into them. Here is a basket of four: “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ” (Gal 6:2). “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is […]

But God raised him from the dead.                                 —Acts 2:24 The resurrection of Jesus was a “But God” event. Peter on Pentecost: “You, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. But […]

If God is for us, who can be against us?                             —Romans 8:31 The first and last verses of Romans 8 bracket the chapter with two wonderful promises: 1) there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus (v. 1), […]

I have put my hope in your word.                    —Psalm 119:114 Your favorite meteorologist doesn’t control the weather—only reports it and gives warning when it turns nasty. Hearing the weatherperson’s advice won’t stop storms, but heeding it may save your life. Likewise, hearing God’s counsel may not […]

You do not know on what day your Lord will come.    —Matthew 24:42 Jesus is coming again; that is certain. Nobody knows when; that is equally certain. Jesus said neither he nor the angels knew (Mt 24:36). That hasn’t deterred the date-setters. William Miller said it would happen in 1844. He convinced thousands to […]

If we do what helps [others], we will build them up in the Lord.                 —Romans 15:2 You know him, but not by his real name; you know him by his nickname. His real name was Joseph; his nickname was Barnabas. That was the name given to him […]

Encourage one another and build each other up. —1 Thessalonians 5:11 Here’s a question for you: Did you give anyone a word of encouragement yesterday? Life isn’t a sprint; it’s a marathon—a long, demanding race. We all need encouragement to get to the finish line. As always, Charlie Brown’s team had lost the ball game, […]

[We were created] to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.                        —Ephesians 2:10 Make the psalmist’s prayer your own: “Teach [me] to number [my] days and recognize how few they are; help [me] to spend them as [I] should” […]