Today’s Walk in the Word

His Concern is Unquestionable

By Joe Barnett / September 30, 2016 / Comments Off on His Concern is Unquestionable

Is anything too hard for the Lord?                   —Genesis 18:14 Jesus said “with God all things are possible.” We accept it intellectually, but wrestle with it inwardly. God can create the cosmos, but can he repair a home fractured by infidelity or boredom? God can restore beauty […]

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Things Have Never Been the Same

By Joe Barnett / September 29, 2016 / Comments Off on Things Have Never Been the Same

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.                 —John 1:14 Remember Y2K? Doomsday prognosticators freaked us out, screeching that at the stroke of midnight on December 31, 1999, computers that tracked our finances, archived our medical records, and ran the planet’s governments would crash. The […]

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Sufficient Grace

By Joe Barnett / September 28, 2016 / Comments Off on Sufficient Grace

My grace is sufficient for you.       —2 Corinthians 12:9 The following is from a sermon delivered by Charles Spurgeon on April 2, 1876. “At this moment, and at all moments which shall ever occur between now and glory, the grace of God will be sufficient for you … “The grace of our […]

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How do You Use Your Downtime?

By Joe Barnett / September 27, 2016 / Comments Off on How do You Use Your Downtime?

Come near to God and he will come near to you.            —James 4:8 How do you use your downtime? I don’t have any downtime you say. You may have more than you think. One study calculated that if you live the average lifetime you will spend six months at stoplights, […]

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Are You Too Busy?

By Joe Barnett / September 26, 2016 / Comments Off on Are You Too Busy?

Be still, and know that I am God.                     —Psalm 46:10 Ask how important God is to you and you will probably say he has a lock on the top spot. You would never intentionally allow anything to come between you and God. Satan knows that, […]

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Trust God

By Joe Barnett / September 23, 2016 / Comments Off on Trust God

I trust in your unfailing love.               —Psalm 13:5 Sometimes it seems like we got on the wrong bus. We’re not enjoying the trip and have doubts about the destination. Trust God. Be patient. Wait for him to work his own plan, in his own way, on his own […]

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Who do You Trust?

By Joe Barnett / September 22, 2016 / Comments Off on Who do You Trust?

I trust in you, O Lord.      —Psalm 31:14 The elderly lady was terrified as she inched along in a blinding blizzard in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains. She exhaled a grateful gasp when she spotted a snowplow ahead. After she had trailed the monster machine through dozens of twists and turns the plow-jockey stopped, crawled from […]

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Quiet Courage

By Joe Barnett / September 21, 2016 / Comments Off on Quiet Courage

Be strong and take heart.            —Psalm 31:24 The word “courage” triggers images of the rescue of a child from a burning building, or taking a bullet for the president. But it’s often something less dramatic. “The real tests of courage,” wrote Chuck Swindoll, “are the inner tests, like remaining faithful when […]

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Spend Your Faith on Others

By Joe Barnett / September 20, 2016 / Comments Off on Spend Your Faith on Others

When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”                             —Mark 2:5 Someone had to bathe him, shave him, brush his teeth, dress him. He was paralyzed from head to toe. Four of his friends carried […]

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Eating from the Wrong Plate

By Joe Barnett / September 19, 2016 / Comments Off on Eating from the Wrong Plate

The Lord’s servant must not quarrel; instead he must be kind to everyone.                 —2 Timothy 2:24 At a White House banquet, a guest’s conversation with the woman seated next to him went like this— “Did I get your name right? Is it Post?” “Yes it is.” “Emily […]

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