Today’s Walk in the Word

Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.                 —1 Samuel 16:7 A perusal of Heaven’s Personnel Directory will convince you that the Big Three could have used an employee consultant. Would you have hired a wrinkled, sunburned, eighty-year-old shepherd to go nose-to-nose […]

You do not even know what will happen tomorrow.               —James 4:14 Professional consultants insist that every business and organization should have a Mission Statement that clearly presents its purpose, its goals, and its step-by-step plan to achieve them. A Life Coach does something similar, but one-on-one, tutoring an […]

Once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.                   —1 Peter 2:10 Celebrate these once you were . . . but now you are verses. “You were separate from Christ . . . But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far […]

Be compassionate and humble.                      —1 Peter 3:8 Those who think highly of themselves might be shocked to find that others aren’t all that impressed. No matter how rich and famous they are, the size of the crowd at their funeral will pretty much depend on […]

Your arm has great power. Your hand is strong.    —Psalm 89:13 Remember this song? He’s got the whole world in his hands. He’s got the whole wide world in his hands. He’s got the whole wide world in his hands. He’s got the whole world in His hands. It goes on for umpteen verses: […]

Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.            —Psalm 119:18 Every state in the U.S. has an Unclaimed Property program. Unclaimed property can be anything from a forgotten rent or utility deposit to an uncashed check, a dormant bank account, or an abandoned safe deposit box. […]

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have.                  —Hebrews 13:5 Two teenage girls were watching a TV commercial at Best Buy. I laughed when I heard one of them say, “I don’t know what it does, but I want […]

You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you.     —Isaiah 26:3 Helen Roseveare was a British medical missionary in the Congo. She built hospitals, a training center, and lived in a leprosy camp. During the Congolese civil war in 1964, Helen was arrested because of her intervention for villagers. In her […]

If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.          —John 8:36 Thomas Paine’s The Age of Reason didn’t—and doesn’t—sit well with Christians. The book hammered institutional religion in general and Christianity in particular. It contended that the miracle stories in the Bible are myths. Paine rejected the divinity of […]

Continue steadfastly in prayer.                —Colossians 4:2 You know him as Saint Augustine, but for a long time he was far from saintly. He ignored his pious mother’s pleadings and pursued a life of self-gratification and immorality. He took a mistress and fathered a child but considered marriage out […]