Today’s Walk in the Word

Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.       —Hebrews 13:5 Earthly relationships are fragile. Heavenly ones aren’t. Your parent may ignore you. Your child may neglect you. Your spouse may abandon you. Your friends may forsake you. But your Father won’t forget you. Even if a mother should forget her […]

You are God my Savior, and my hope is in you.       —Psalm 25:5 It was at the top of the news … four teenagers lives snuffed in a head-on collision. Can you think of any explanation that would console that quartet of grieving parents? Faith is put to the test when you […]

Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.                  —Psalm 27:14 Best-selling author Sarah Breathnach said, “When I wrote Simple Abundance it was turned down 30 times before I got a publisher. Looking back, if it had been published earlier it never […]

He cares for those who trust in him.                        —Nahum 1:7 Have you ever put your life in the hands of a stranger? Ever boarded an airplane without knowing the pilot? Ever climbed into the back seat of a taxi without knowing the driver? Ever […]

He who holds his tongue is wise.                  —Proverbs 10:19 Have you been on the receiving end of cutting words? Put it behind you. Replaying cruel words over and over is a recipe for misery. It’s giving the culprit control of your time, your thoughts, your attitude, maybe […]

What kind of people ought you to be?                               —2 Peter 3:11 Is there an “ought” in your life that keeps needling you? Something you ought to do? Something you ought to stop doing? I ought to write that letter. I […]

Do not let your hearts be troubled.                        —John 14:1 We live in a world gone terribly wrong. Nothing new about that. In one of his final broadcasts the late Paul Harvey said, “It’s good in times like these to remember that there have always […]

Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training.        —1 Corinthians 9:25 Striding to the stake in the Stadium of Smyrna, Polycarp prayed, “O God, make me a true athlete of Jesus Christ, to suffer and to conquer.” The New Testament compares the Christian to the athlete some 50 times. One […]

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life.                  —James 3:13 Lessons we have learned, are learning, or need to learn. Part 5 … Never too bad, never too old, never too late to change. Our job is not to see […]

Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom.                                    —Proverbs 4:7 Lessons we have learned, are learning, or need to learn. Part 4 … I don’t determine the length of my life; only the use I make of it. I should […]