Today’s Walk in the Word

Start from Where You Are

By Joe Barnett / January 27, 2020 / Comments Off on Start from Where You Are

Forget about what’s happened; don’t keep going over old history.                      —Isaiah 43:18 In a split-second, Christopher Reeve went from Superman to quadriplegic. Christopher starred as Superman in four movies. On May 27, 1995, he was thrown from his horse and left paralyzed from his neck […]

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Commit to Your Calling

By Joe Barnett / January 24, 2020 / Comments Off on Commit to Your Calling

[Carefully consider] the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that.                —Galatians 6:4 Roger Ebert (1942–2013), was a Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. Fellow journalist Dennis King wrote of Ebert: “With all his notoriety, honors, and celebrity, all his exclusive interviews and […]

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You Are Always on His Mind

By Joe Barnett / January 23, 2020 / Comments Off on You Are Always on His Mind

I am Your unique creation, filled with wonder and awe.             —Psalm 139:14 I’ve read that the universe has 350-billion galaxies, home to 30-billion-trillion stars and that our solar system is thirty-six billion times larger than earth. I can’t vouch for the accuracy of those numbers—but our earth is certainly […]

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The Name Above All Names

By Joe Barnett / January 22, 2020 / Comments Off on The Name Above All Names

Disciples were called Christians.                   —Acts 11:26 The Nightingale Pledge, composed by Lystra Gretter, is a statement of the ethics of the nursing profession. It was first quoted by the graduating class of Harper Hospital in Detroit in 1893. At commencement and pinning ceremonies, graduating nurses have […]

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Bitterness

By Joe Barnett / January 21, 2020 / Comments Off on Bitterness

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger. —Ephesians 4:31 In Great Expectations, Charles Dickens introduces us to a bitter old lady, Miss Havisham. She’s wearing a tattered wedding dress and has wilted flowers in her hair. On her wedding day, the guests had come, but the bridegroom hadn’t. At twenty minutes until nine, he’d […]

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Go for the Summit

By Joe Barnett / January 20, 2020 / Comments Off on Go for the Summit

Keep your eyes on Jesus.            —Hebrews 12:2 D.H. Roper and his friend secured permits to climb Mount Whitney, the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States, at 14,505 feet. The eleven-mile lungs-and-legs challenge was exhausting. D.H. considered turning back. But occasionally, he caught a glimpse of the summit and knew […]

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Survivor’s Guilt

By Joe Barnett / January 17, 2020 / Comments Off on Survivor’s Guilt

Everything that happens in this world happens at the time God chooses.                  —Ecclesiastes 3:1 Hope Aguilar, author of HOPE through Cancer, experienced feelings of guilt that she survived while others didn’t. Aware of many who lost the fight, she cried and asked God, “Why them and not […]

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A Brand New You

By Joe Barnett / January 16, 2020 / Comments Off on A Brand New You

The old has gone, the new has come.                  —2 Corinthians 5:17 Image Consultants are cleaning up. CEOs, politicians, and celebrities pay big bucks for their services. Top-of-the-line practitioners are well-connected with clothiers, hairstylists, cosmeticians, plastic surgeons, and other professionals. They’re in business to make you look good. […]

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God’s World

By Joe Barnett / January 15, 2020 / Comments Off on God’s World

The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.                                     —Psalm 24:1 The Houston Museum of Natural Science displays a stunning ten-foot globe, created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. I was given a handout with a […]

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Transparency

By Joe Barnett / January 14, 2020 / Comments Off on Transparency

Do what is right, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of man.                   —2 Corinthians 8:21 I know a man who’s been lying to his wife about his computer transgressions, while she’s been lying to him about her out-of-control credit […]

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