Today’s Walk in the Word

Many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.              —John 6:66 Jesus had some fair-weather followers who were gung ho for his healing and feeding, but not for his teaching. His miracles enthralled them, but his words galled them. What he offered they would not accept; what […]

Those who seem least important now will be the greatest then.          —Matthew 19:30 What was the kid’s name who shared his snack and with wide-eyed wonder saw a multitude fed from his lunch pail? What was the guy’s name who loaned Jesus his donkey for his final ride into Jerusalem? What […]

Call upon me in the day of trouble.                    —Psalm 50:15 Homeownership isn’t an unmixed blessing. Something always needs to be repainted, repaired, or replaced. The paint peels, the toilet backs up, the AC gives out, the roof springs a leak. If you’re a homeowner, it hasn’t […]

Jesus himself came near and began walking with them.             —Luke 24:15 She had no reason to think that this would be anything but another miserable day in her hopeless life. If you had told her that this was the day she would meet her Savior, she would have told […]

He is able to help those who are being tempted.     —Hebrews 2:18 Here are two sentences that tell you what Jesus has done for you: “[He] came to seek and to save the lost” (Lk 19:10). “[He] became a human and lived among us” (Jn 1:14). The operative word in the first sentence […]

The Lord needs it.    —Luke 19:31 En route to Jerusalem for the last time, Jesus ordered two of his disciples, “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there . . . Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are […]

If you are thirsty, come to me and drink.                           —John 7:37 In John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress, Christian was journeying from the City of Destruction to Mount Zion when he came to the Hill Difficulty. The path up the hill was narrow […]

Ears that hear and eyes that see— the Lord has made them both.            —Proverbs 20:12 B.R. was a great guy and a super-successful businessman. Misjudging his seeming focus on the lesson, I called on him to comment, yanking him out of a coma-like state. Embarrassed, he said, “Joe, I’m so […]

We have different gifts, according to the grace given us.                —Romans 12:6 With two sons in the military in World War II, Vesta Stoudt went to work in the Green River Ordnance Plant in Illinois, packing ammunition boxes. The boxes were sealed with paper tape that frequently tore, […]

Give special attention to those who are in the family of believers.             —Galatians 6:10 Sensitive souls from a Fresno, California, church were distributing food to residents of a low-income apartment complex. As they unpacked a generous supply of groceries in an elderly lady’s apartment, Jenna sneaked a peek in […]