Today’s Walk in the Word

He always lives to intercede.            —Hebrews 7:25 Christ’s intercession for you is personal. You have no need about which he is indifferent, no problem about which he is unconcerned. He sympathizes with your weakness, whatever it may be, and comes alongside you with an abundant supply of mercy and grace […]

They loved praise from men more than praise from God.             —John 12:43 I’ve had people tell me, “I don’t care what others think about me.” I have trouble believing that. Most—I almost said “All”—of us want to be liked, and we’re tempted to compromise to pull it off. At […]

Do everything without complaining.                     —Philippians 2:14 Some people are impossible to please. A Reader’s Digest article served up this sampling of what some wealthy vacationers told their travel agents: “On my holiday to India, I was disgusted to find that almost every restaurant served curry. […]

Don’t be anxious about tomorrow . . . Live one day at a time.     —Matthew 6:34 “One day at a time” has a solid foundation in Scripture. God provided manna for the wandering Israelites each day, charging them to “gather [only] enough for that day” (Ex 16:4). Jesus taught his disciples to pray, […]

Praise be to the Lord . . . who daily bears our burdens.        —Psalm 68:19 I have a bad habit of mentally composing confrontational speeches before there’s even a confrontation. When service providers—or people in general—irritate me, I inwardly rehearse what I’ll say when we talk. But when I face off with […]

He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion.                 —Philippians 1:6 “Strike three!” “Rats!” squawked Charlie Brown. “I’ll never be a big-league player. I just don’t have it. All my life I’ve dreamed of playing in the big leagues, but I know […]

God has arranged the parts of the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.                         —1 Corinthians 12:18 Looking back over a lifetime of ministry, I can’t think of a single position I’ve held that I felt qualified to […]

How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity.                 —Psalm 133:1 Some wag described heaven as a place where “there will be five thousand sopranos, five thousand altos, five thousand tenors—and I’ll do the bass.” I don’t know what heaven will be like, except […]

Set them an example by doing what is good.                                            —Titus 2:7 When nineteenth-century preacher Phillips Brooks was asked why he was a Christian, he replied, “I think I am a Christian because of my […]

Weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.                      —Psalm 30:5 “It is what it is.” This cliché is another way of saying this isn’t how things should be, but it’s how things are. We are inclined to glorify the past and […]