Today’s Walk in the Word

O Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you.                       —2 Samuel 7:22 Musing on the sovereignty of God, Charles Swindoll noted a smaller word nested inside the big word sovereignty: reign—sove-reign-ty. Sovereignty means our all-knowing, all-powerful God reigns in ways beyond our understanding, causing […]

By the grace of God I am what I am.              —1 Corinthians 15:10 Matthew Henry wrote: “Wherever the Providence of God casts us, we should desire and endeavor to be useful; and, when we cannot do the good we would, we must be ready to do the good we […]

[God’s blessings] are new every morning.                      —Lamentations 3:23 How did your day begin? I’m guessing pretty much the same as yesterday—and the day before yesterday and the day before that. We seldom wake up hearing an angelic choir belting out the “Hallelujah Chorus.” But from […]

Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.                  —Psalm 141:3 Once a word is spoken, it can’t be unspoken. Damage done by harsh words can’t be undone. Churches are split, feelings are hurt, and relationships are splintered by biting […]

Rejoice in the Lord always.        —Philippians 4:4 If you’ve been around for a while, you’ve learned that you’re not going to get through life without encountering some storms. Jesus shoots straight with you, saying, “In this world you will have trouble” (Jn 16:33). So, when Paul writes, “Be joyful always . . […]

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: […]