Today’s Walk in the Word

Let us run with perseverance, the race marked out for us.           —Hebrews 12:1 After receiving a late-night $100 million contract, making him the highest-paid defensive player in the NFL at the time, J.J. Watt hit the weight room at 4 a.m. the following morning. Excellence requires 100 percent. Settling for […]

Encourage one another and build each other up.   —1 Thessalonians 5:11 Three ladies occupied a booth near where I was having dinner. They were well equipped for communication: one had a smartphone, one had a tablet, and one had a laptop. The message on the outside of the laptop’s cover caught my attention: BE […]

We are more than conquerors through him who loved us.          —Romans 8:37 According to a timeworn story, a member of Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet said at the beginning of the Civil War, “I hope, Mr. President, that the Lord is on our side.” Lincoln allegedly replied, “My concern is to make sure […]

[Jesus] gave himself as a ransom.                 —1 Timothy 2:6 Are you at peace? You are if you have availed yourself of God’s great gift: “We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Rom 5:1). Jesus was born, died, and was resurrected for a reason. You […]

Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.            —Psalm 115:3 “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands” (Ps 19:1). Add to that the breathtaking fact that he cares for us, down to the tiniest detail: “You know when I sit […]

I am doing a new thing.           —Isaiah 43:19 God is good at springing surprises. We’re not so good at expecting them. Jacob was camped at Bethel when God informed him in a dream that he was going to do a new thing—something big. The conniving bad boy woke up, rubbed […]

If God is for us, who can be against us?       —Romans 8:31 The first and last verses of Romans 8 encase the chapter with two breathtaking promises: There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ (v. 1). Nothing can separate us from the love of God (v. 39). No condemnation! […]

Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve.      —Joshua 24:15 Self-discipline is the difference between achievers and also-rans. From 165 yards out, Masters champion Rory McIlroy made a sweet swing, lofting and landing a 1.68-inch golf ball four feet from a 4.25-inch cup. Luck? Try hundreds of blisters and buckets of sweat. […]

[Make] the most of every opportunity.                   —Ephesians 5:16 We don’t all have the same amount of money, talent, or opportunity. But while we live, we all have the same amount of time—twenty-four hours a day. Everything you do incurs the cost of not being able to […]

Who has known the mind of the Lord?                      —Romans 11:34 His life was in a bad place. Frustrated, he said, “I don’t understand God!” My unspoken thought was, “If we could fully understand God, he wouldn’t be God.” We have glorious glimpses of God in […]