Today’s Walk in the Word

David inquired of the Lord.            —1 Samuel 23:4 God said, “I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do” (Acts 13:22). David was far from flawless, but he stayed centered in God’s will more than most. How? […]

Some have rejected [faith and conscience] and so have shipwrecked their faith.                    —1 Timothy 1:19 Paul sent Timothy to Ephesus to mop up a mess made by scoundrels who had wormed their way into the church. The apostle named their vices: “lovers of themselves, lovers of […]

This, then, is how you should pray.                       —Matthew 6:9 The prayer Jesus taught his disciples observes three needs in our lives and implies three points of time in which they occur. It asks for bread: “Give us today our daily bread.” It is a […]

Choose this day whom you will serve.                       —Joshua 24:15 In his goodbye speech to Israel, Moses said, “I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life . . .” (Dt 30:19). In his farewell speech to Israel, Joshua, Moses’ successor, […]

The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.   —1 Timothy 6:10 In the fable of The Boy & the Filberts, the boy reached into a pitcher filled with filberts and grabbed such a fistful that he couldn’t withdraw his hand. He started crying. “My boy,” said his mother, “be satisfied […]

The battle is the Lord’s.     —1 Samuel 17:47 When you come across the account of a shepherd boy with a sling and a rock facing off with a giant, you don’t jump to the end of the story to see what happened because you already know. This nearly unarmed, nearly naked kid took […]

Serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received.         —1 Peter 4:10 William Sanday described the wilderness temptations of Jesus as “the problem of what to do with supernatural powers.” Knowing what he had the power to do, Jesus could have employed it to his advantage. Borrowing Sanday’s observation, […]

Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.                           —1 John 3:16 Martha said the happiest day of her life was the day she became engaged. Asked what accounted for her ecstasy on that day, she replied, “It was the feeling that somebody […]

Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God.            —1 Peter 5:6 Here’s a comforting verse: “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you” (1 Pt 5:7). But Professor Wayne Grudem says a vital connection between verses 6 and 7 of 1 Peter 5 is missed by English […]

We are more than conquerors through him who loved us.           —Romans 8:37 It took me less than five minutes to write down the names of ten acquaintances who have faced difficult issues in the past year. You could jot down a similar list. In a paragraph that will freeze your […]