Today’s Walk in the Word

Each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.                  —James 1:14 George D. Abraham (1872–1965), author of The Complete Mountaineer, noted that the majority of climbing fatalities occur on the easy tracks: “The steep and narrow passes, where the brain reels, […]

God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son.                  —John 3:16 We often meander among small things: small worries, small pleasures, small ideas, and small talk. John Bunyan said he was puzzled “when I saw old people hunting after the things of this […]

For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water.                     —Exodus 15:22 The wind started blowing, the sea started parting, and two million Israelites marched across the seabed on dry ground. “When the Israelites saw the great power the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, […]

He has made everything beautiful in its time.                                 —Ecclesiastes 3:11 A young person plunges enthusiastically into an imagined future. An older person plunges with equal enthusiasm into an exaggerated past. Those who think imagination belongs only to the young […]

Your will be done.   —Matthew 6:10 I haven’t been adventurous enough to try an omakase restaurant. Omakase is a Japanese term that means “I leave it up to you.” So when a diner opts for omakase, they leave it up to the chef to select and prepare their meal. When Jesus taught his disciples […]

The prayers of the saints, went up before God.                                   —Revelation 8:4 E.M. Bounds wrote: “Prayers are deathless. The lips that uttered them may be closed in death, the heart that felt them may have ceased to beat, but […]

Those who win the victory will receive this.                             —Revelation 21:7 John Sehon was a dyed-in-the-wool University of Texas football fan. After he moved out of state, his brother-in-law recorded the games for him. When the Longhorns won the national championship in […]

A new king who did not know about Joseph came to power.                  —Exodus 1:8 Who was Harry Truman’s vice president? Who won Super Bowl XXXII? Who was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988? Fame and recognition have a short lifespan. A day in the sun can turn […]

An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.            —Proverbs 12:25 Contents of Abraham Lincoln’s pockets the night he was shot at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865, are on display at the Library of Congress: two pairs of spectacles and a lens polisher, a […]

The unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.                              —Proverbs 11:6 The Venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant that attracts its prey with sweet-smelling nectar. Its leaves have spiked teeth that snap shut in less than a second when an insect lands on […]