Today’s Walk in the Word

This poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.                    —Mark 12:43 It’s difficult to live in a time and place that gives top billing to financial security without getting caught up in it. Jesus’ words make us squirm: “Don’t worry at all […]

What must I do to inherit eternal life?                        —Mark 10:17 That was his question: “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus answered: “Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]