Today’s Walk in the Word

A cheerful heart has a continual feast.                     —Proverbs 15:15 Molly Picon, star of Yiddish stage and film, spent hundreds of nights in crowded hotel rooms with members of her theatrical company. Grumbling was constant—by everybody but Molly. One night a voice out of the darkness […]

Those who look to him are radiant.                        —Psalm 34:5 Robert Blondin interviewed more than 600 people in numerous nations. He asked one question: “What makes people happy?” The answers were pretty much the same everywhere. People are happy because they are in control of […]

Be transformed by the renewal of your mind.                                        —Romans 12:2 Viktor Frankl said, “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of […]

Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.          —Proverbs 16:3 If you go for spiritual growth with your New Year’s resolutions, you’ll score big dividends. Paul put it this way: “Live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature” (Gal 5:16). […]

His mercies begin afresh each day.                  —Lamentations 3:23 Cheers to a New Year and another chance to get it right. It’s too late to change your past but not your future. At the beginning of this New Year, you have 365 blank pages—each to be scripted with […]

My help comes from the Lord.              —Psalm 121:2 As we say goodbye to the old year and hello to the new, here’s a little bouquet of verses for the days ahead. “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble” (Ps 46:1). “Cast your cares on the […]

Examine yourselves . . . test yourselves.                     —2 Corinthians 13:5 How did you do on your New Year’s resolutions? If you didn’t make any—or don’t remember what they were—maybe you can use some of Regina Brett’s to measure your progress. Regina made ten resolutions, printed […]

A sluggard does not plow in season; so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing.                            —Proverbs 20:4 A good thing can turn into a bad thing for the person who is unprepared. Wealth is a good thing. But the person who […]

Our spirit inside us is made new every day.                         —2 Corinthians 4:16 Barring an early exit, you’re going to grow old. The demands for repairs on the house you live in increase: no sooner do you get one body part fixed than another […]

Be strong and courageous.                —Joshua 1:6 Joshua was eighty-five years old when God drafted him to lead a cantankerous crowd into the Promised Land. The assignment was daunting: Canaan was occupied by seven nations, all stronger than Joshua’s ragtag flock. So, three times, recorded in the early verses […]