Today’s Walk in the Word
Who will get what you have prepared for yourself? —Luke 12:20 Jesus pictured a man who worked hard to achieve a comfortable retirement—and got there. Financially secure, he said to himself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be […]
Read MoreThe eyes of the Lord are everywhere. —Proverbs 15:3 “Omniscient” means that God knows all and sees all, all the time. The word doesn’t appear in the Bible—but the truth of it does: “Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight” (Heb 4:13). Alfred Lord […]
Read MoreI will confess my transgressions . . . and you [will] forgive the guilt of my sin. —Psalm 32:5 You have to admire King David, for when he was confronted with his sin, he immediately confessed, “I have sinned against […]
Read MoreThe blood of Jesus Christ . . . cleanses us from all sin. —1 John 1:7 Martin Luther had a dream in which he saw a hideous fiend writing his sins on the walls of his room: sins of thought, word, and deed; known sins and secret sins. When the […]
Read More[If] you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. —Romans 8:13 In Colossians 3, Paul counsels Christians to put to death five destructive behaviors, abandon five speech flaws, and dress in a new wardrobe. Five behaviors to be put to death (v. 5): sexual immorality impurity lust […]
Read More[Make] the most of every opportunity. —Ephesians 5:16 If you live an average lifespan, you will have been granted over 2 billion seconds on Earth. You are a billionaire! Use the time wisely. By the time we reach junior high, we’ve mastered the nasty […]
Read MoreIn the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. —Genesis 1:1 Voyager 1 was launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, to study the outer Solar System. At the time of this writing (August 2021), it is 14.2 billion miles from Earth. In 1990, when it was only 4 […]
Read MoreBlessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. —Matthew 5:10 The ancients believed that suffering was a sign of God’s displeasure—that the sufferer was being punished for some sin committed. In this beatitude, Jesus reversed that view—but […]
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