Today’s Walk in the Word

Fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you.                              —2 Timothy 1:6 Millions of people lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, as thousands of businesses were forced to shut down. For many, going without a paycheck was catastrophic. […]

The Lord will go before you, the God of Israel will be your rear guard.                           —Isaiah 52:12 Babylonian captivity ended when King Cyrus decreed that the Jews who wished to return to their homeland were free to go. In the first wave, […]

I will make every effort to see that after my departure you will always be able to remember these things.                                     —2 Peter 1:15 A troupe of Israelites was burying a man when they spotted a band of […]

Make every effort to add to your faith.                                —2 Peter 1:5 “Make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly […]

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 […]