Today’s Walk in the Word

Put off your old self.   —Ephesians 4:22 There is no one you can change but yourself. You can threaten, coerce, and manipulate others; but you can’t change them. You wish you could, because you think things would be better if you could do a makeover of certain people. But you can’t. And that’s good […]

Every good and perfect gift is from above.                                —James 1:17 Weeks before Christmas children live in excited anticipation of the presents they will open on that magic morning. They think they know—but aren’t quite certain—what is hidden beneath paper and […]

Who is willing to consecrate himself today to the Lord?     —1 Chronicles 29:5 You cannot bring back yesterday or with any certainty map tomorrow. Today has been given to you. It will soon be gone forever. But while it is here, it is yours to use as you choose. It hands you the […]

Hear my prayer, O Lord.           —Psalm 39:12 Lord God, Almighty Father, who was, and is, and is to come, hear our prayer. Hear our prayer for forgiveness, for faith, for courage, for strength. Hear our prayer for our families and for the families of those we love. Hear our prayer […]

Even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.    —Matthew 10:30 From before creation God had you in mind. He knew what he wanted done, when he wanted it done, where he wanted it done, and who he wanted to do it. In your corner of the world you were the who. You […]

Be joyful always. —1 Thessalonians 5:16 It’s dead wrong! What is? The crazy notion that you shouldn’t be happy unless your spouse is happy, your mother is happy, your teenager is happy; that you have no right to be happy unless everybody in your circle is happy—and that it is up to you to make […]

In love he predestined us to be adopted.                         —Ephesians 1:5 You are an adopted child. Eph. 1:5 says that God “planned, in his purpose of love, that we should be adopted as his own children” (JBP). “And this gave him great pleasure” (NLT). […]

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.                             —Psalm 106:2 Every meal, every night’s sleep, every possession, every pleasure, every moment is a gift of God’s goodness. And the greatest gift of his goodness is Calvary: “God did not send […]

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.                    —Jeremiah 1:5 You can hide your thoughts from people—even those closest to you—but you can’t hide them from God. You can do and say things that deceive people—even […]

When I consider … the moon and the stars.                              —Psalm 8:3 The psalmist was stunned by the stars  … When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; what are […]