Today’s Walk in the Word

Praise the Lord, O my soul.             —Psalm 103:1 The preacher ended his sermon and extended the invitation. Three people responded—the third being the parson’s four-year-old daughter. The child had slipped past her distracted mom and walked to the front of the church. She stood quietly while daddy talked with […]

I wait for the Lord . . . and in his word I put my hope.               —Psalm 130:5 “Are we there yet?” “How long till Christmas?” Childhood impatience often spills over into adult life. The gap between beginning and end is too wide, the space between want and […]

Grace and peace be yours in abundance.                                   —1 Peter 1:2 The night before he died, Jesus told his disciples, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. Not as the world gives do I give to […]

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil.                                          —Isaiah 5:20 John Wayne would never have been mistaken for a cleric, but here’s something he said that’s spot-on: “There’s right and there’s wrong. You […]

I’ve called your name. You’re mine.                         —Isaiah 43:1 I have a feeling that you underestimate your worth. Measure your value by these two things: rarity and ownership. Rarity. God chose you before the creation of the world (Eph 1:4). Then, at a point […]

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), […]