Today’s Walk in the Word

Our Father

By Joe Barnett / April 6, 2016 / Comments Off on Our Father

Our Father in heaven.      —Matthew 6:9 Most of us know The Lord’s Prayer by heart; a good thing, but putting us in danger of mouthing words without giving much thought to what we’re saying. What are we saying when we pray, “Your will be done”? We are saying we want God to do […]

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He Comes Quietly

By Joe Barnett / April 5, 2016 / Comments Off on He Comes Quietly

Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him.            —Luke 24:31 Jesus seldom comes with fanfare and fireworks. He usually comes quietly, unexpected. Future apostles were slogging through their regular 9 to 5 when he tapped them on the shoulder with a quiet “Follow me.” A lost and lonely Samaritan […]

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New Clothes

By Joe Barnett / April 4, 2016 / Comments Off on New Clothes

So that in him we might become the righteousness of God.            —2 Corinthians 5:21 God enters the Garden and asks Adam and Eve two questions … “Where are you?” They’re hiding; ashamed and afraid. “What is this you have done?” The one thing God told them not to do is […]

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The Greatest Test of Trust

By Joe Barnett / April 1, 2016 / Comments Off on The Greatest Test of Trust

I cry out to you, O God, but you do not answer.         —Job 30:20 Sometimes prayer feels like shooting an arrow into the dark; or reaching for a hand you cannot find. You’ve probably felt Job’s despair: “I cry out to you, O God, but you do not answer.” You pray, […]

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Things Done and Things Left Undone

By Joe Barnett / March 31, 2016 / Comments Off on Things Done and Things Left Undone

I will show you my faith by what I do.                         —James 2:18 There is a lot of truth in the well-worn prayer: “We have done things which we ought not to have done and left undone things which we ought to have done.” […]

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Never Again Without His Prayers

By Joe Barnett / March 30, 2016 / Comments Off on Never Again Without His Prayers

He always lives to intercede for them.                      —Hebrews 7:25 Jesus prayed for the small group of disciples that companied with him. And then—long before you were born—he prayed for you: “I am not praying only for these men but for all those who will believe […]

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Judgment

By Joe Barnett / March 29, 2016 / Comments Off on Judgment

The Father … has entrusted all judgment to the Son.          —John 5:22 We are judged. Every day … By the face that looks back at us from the mirror. By the people we love, and the people we don’t. By what our children do, and don’t do. By the roads we […]

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The Only Way

By Joe Barnett / March 28, 2016 / Comments Off on The Only Way

No one comes to the Father except through me.     —John 14:6 Some think a Christian is someone who believes certain things: inspiration of Scripture, virgin birth, resurrection. Some think a Christian is someone who does certain things: goes to church, gets baptized, takes communion. Some think a Christian is just a nice guy, […]

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Some Questions for You

By Joe Barnett / March 25, 2016 / Comments Off on Some Questions for You

Let us examine our ways and test them.                 —Lamentations 3:40 When you look in the mirror, what do you see that you like? And what stares back at you that makes you squirm? Of all the things you’ve done in your life, what is the one you’re […]

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You Have an Anchor

By Joe Barnett / March 24, 2016 / Comments Off on You Have an Anchor

We have this hope as an anchor … firm and secure.       —Hebrews 6:19 There are times when all is well in your world. Health is shipshape. Job is secure. Family is happy. But you live next door to a world where all is not well. An accident has turned the life of […]

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