Today’s Walk in the Word

I will sing and make music to the Lord.                        —Psalm 27:6 Every week some hymn takes up residence in my mind and plays over and over. Occasionally I try to mute it, but for the most part, it is a welcome guest that enriches […]

Not what I will, but what you will.                   —Mark 14:36 The coveted Academy Award for Best Director has been presented annually since 1929. Many would be ready to take the stage and hoist the trophy if there were a comparable award for Director of Our Story. […]

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 […]

The 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 […]

My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning.                     —Psalm 130:6 “The soul of many a man has its eastward aspect,” wrote F.W. Boreham. He was referring to those who live in darkness but yearn for dawn. We are too quick […]

I 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 […]

The 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 […]

Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.                            —Proverbs 22:6 Homiletics professor Dr. Fred Craddock was asked who, other than his parents, was the most influential person in the formation […]

[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 […]

[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 […]