Today’s Walk in the Word

Do not repay anyone evil for evil.                 —Romans 12:17 One of the hardest things you will ever do is forgive someone who has intentionally hurt you. The human impulse is to retaliate, even the score, get revenge. But revenge is too hot for humans to handle. Drop […]

In due season we will reap, if we do not give up.                                    —Galatians 6:9 In your King James Bible, there is this two-word description of a man: “he endured.” The New International Version has it: “he persevered.” The […]

[I have] plans to give you hope and a future.                              —Jeremiah 29:11 While waiting to get my flu and COVID shots, I got to thinking about how thankful I am for those who have developed vaccines that have stopped numerous diseases […]

As the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like him.                 —2 Corinthians 3:18 You slipped up. Said something you shouldn’t have said. Did something you shouldn’t have done. Thought something you shouldn’t have thought. You’re discouraged, ashamed. Why did I say […]

[Jesus] loved me and gave himself for me.                            —Galatians 2:20 “Christ lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Commenting on […]

Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up.       —Acts 3:7 One afternoon Peter and John went to the temple, where they encountered a cripple who asked them for money. Peter told him, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you. In the name of […]

Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.                            —Mark 4:7 Jesus told a story about a farmer scattering seed in his field. Same seed. Different soil. Different results. He said the seed is the word, and the soils […]

Do not remove the ancient landmark which your fathers have set.            —Proverbs 22:28 I’m looking at a portrait of my father. In many ways, my world is very different from his. Fashions and fads have changed. Ways of communication have changed. But I’m thinking of the problems and poverty he […]

Of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.     —Genesis 28:22 Jacob had cheated his brother and deceived his father, so he was hightailing it out of town. Bedded down for the night at his campsite, he had a dream, and God was in it. So Jacob made a vow: […]

Deliver us from evil.    —Matthew 6:13 Frances Comer, wife of preacher/author John Comer, had a habit of jotting notes in her Bible—words from prayers or sermons that inspired her gentle heart. Thumbing through her Bible one day, she called out to John, “Listen to what Henry Lowe prayed in October 1999: ‘Lord, help us […]