Today’s Walk in the Word

They took him along . . . in the boat.                            —Mark 4:36 You’ve prayed for help, but received no answer. God seems unaware. Unconcerned. Asleep. His seeming indifference has you stressed out. You could understand it if you were a bad person, […]

Don’t you care if we drown?                —Mark 4:38 Jesus’ disciples were terrified! They had been in lots of storms, but never one like this. Most of them were experienced mariners. They had grown up around water; were professional fishermen; knew how to handle a boat. But they were […]

We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him.              —Romans 8:28 There are some things we don’t know. We don’t know what the economy is going to do. We don’t know what turn the weather is going to take. We don’t know […]

Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.                                      —Acts 2:40 Peter told the Pentecost crowd about Jesus, who had been nailed to a cross outside Jerusalem fifty-three days ago. “God raised him from the dead,” he said, and made […]

Christ loved us and gave himself up for us.                         —Ephesians 5:2 During the Last Supper Jesus stunned his disciples with declarations that one of them was going to betray him and one was going to disown him (Jn 13:21, 38). Judas betrayed him, […]

Are your hearts hardened?             —Mark 8:17 The Pharisees challenged Jesus to prove himself by giving them a sign from heaven (Mk 8:11). The miracles they’d seen him perform—healing the sick and exorcising demons—weren’t enough for them. They wanted to see fireworks, something spectacular straight from the sky—like Elijah calling […]

When Jesus heard this, he was astonished.                     —Matthew 8:10 The gospels cite the amazement of Jesus only twice. On the one hand, he was amazed by the lack of faith of his own people, the Jews. In his home town he was ridiculed and rejected. […]

Blessed are you, Simon.      —Matthew 16:17 “Who do you say I am?” Jesus asked. “You are the Christ,” Peter answered: “Now I’m going to tell you who you are,” Jesus said. “You are Peter, a rock” (MSG). But hold the phone! Moments later, when Peter took Jesus to task for predicting his death, […]

Don’t be afraid; just believe.             —Luke 8:50 One was a well-known man with a dying daughter; the other an unknown woman with an incurable illness. He (Jairus) was an important synagogue official; she (name unknown) was an anonymous nobody. He was about to lose a daughter that had given […]

Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.    —Mark 5:34 The dear woman had been ill for twelve miserable years. “[A] long succession of physicians had treated her, and treated her badly, taking all her money and leaving her worse off than before” (Mk 5:26 MSG). Give up? Not this lady! She stealthily […]