Today’s Walk in the Word

Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?          —Matthew 6:27 “Do not worry about anything,” Paul wrote (Phil. 4:6). Just before that he had written, “Rejoice in the Lord always.” Then, in case we missed it, he added, “I will say it again: Rejoice!” (Phil. 4:4). […]

Do not worry about your life.              —Matthew 6:25 What was your main worry twenty years ago? Ten years ago? One year ago? Don’t remember? Even if you do, it’s probably not the same thing that’s needling you now. What happened to the worry that had your heart racing and […]

You cannot serve both God and Money.                      —Matthew 6:24 Satan hasn’t met much resistance in enticing us to worship money. Our self-image is linked to our assets. So is our evaluation of others. We measure their worth by their possessions: the size of their house, […]

Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.         —Matthew 6:21 Here is the shortest course on investment decisions ever presented: “No one can serve two masters … You cannot serve both God and Money” (Matt. 6:24). It isn’t a course that we send our children to the university to […]

If you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.                  —Matthew 6:15 General James Oglethorpe was infuriated by an abrasive comment made by one of his comrades. When he later apologized and asked forgiveness, Oglethorpe snapped, “I never forgive!” “Then I hope,” […]

If you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.                           —Matthew 6:14 One of the hardest things you ever do is forgive someone who has intentionally hurt you. Your impulse is to retaliate, even the score, […]

Your will be done.  —Matthew 6:10 The hardest prayer to pray—and mean—is, “Your will be done.” More often than not we pray for our will to be done; that is, we pray for what we want, and ask God to make it happen. It’s not easy to want his will to be done, unless it […]

This, then, is how you should pray.                —Matthew 6:9 We know it as “The Lord’s Prayer”—the prayer Jesus taught his disciples.The first half runs: “hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done.” Three phrases that exalt God— His name; His kingdom; His will. The second […]

Be careful not to do your ‘acts of righteousness’ before men, to be seen by them.             —Matthew 6:1 The Pharisees had a ravenous appetite for human praise: “they loved praise from men more than praise from God” (Jno. 12:43). Compassion, mercy, and generosity are godly traits, but become contaminated […]

Blessed are the merciful.       —Matthew 5:7 Mercy has three elements: 1) Conception—seeing the need; 2) Compassion—being touched by the need; 3) Consummation—meeting the need. In Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan, the priest and the Levite both saw the need (conception), but neither was touched by the need (compassion), or met the […]