Today’s Walk in the Word

Momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.                       —2 Corinthians 4:17 Paul Harvey’s The Rest of the Story exhibited his genius for telling true stories that had bad beginnings but good endings. Christians aren’t spared painful passages; most […]

Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?          —Job 2:10 For some it only takes one balloon to launch a pity-party … a traffic jam; a cantankerous clerk; a critical comment. Why do bad things always happen to me? What have I done to deserve this? Here’s a suggestion for […]

Five Days of Prayer – Day 5 It is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.                —Philippians 2:13 Dear God, Sometimes I don’t want to do your will. But I want to want to. Sometimes I don’t want to do […]

Five Days of Prayer – Day 4 You who pass judgment do the same things.                           —Romans 2:1 Dear God, I am often guilty of the flaws I find offensive in others … I am judgmental of those who are judgmental. I am […]

Five Days of Prayer – Day 3 You are a shield around me, O Lord.                         —Psalm 3:3 Dear God, I thank you often for obvious blessings: family, friends, food. But there are many favors I take for granted; I fail to thank because […]

Five Days of Prayer – Day 2 You believe at last!     —John 16:31 Dear God, There are things I don’t understand. I don’t understand … why babies die, why children are abused, why psycho butchers are allowed to mutilate and murder the helpless, why good people get cancer, why companions die when the […]

Five Days of Prayer – Day 1 With God all things are possible.          —Matthew 19:26 Dear God, You have often done the seemingly impossible— You turned … darkness into light, chaos into order, water into wine, sickness into health, sinners into saints, death into life. Today I ask you to do […]

Why do you judge your brother? —Romans 14:10 It’s easy to overlook faults, forgive failures, tolerate weaknesses, pardon offenses, excuse sins, and forgo judgment—when they are our faults, failures, weaknesses, offenses, and sins. It’s a bird of another feather when the same flaws tarnish our neighbor. When we take seriously the Lord’s command to love […]

Devote yourselves to prayer.             —Colossians 4:2 The power in prayer is not in the one who prays, but in the One who hears prayer. When you pray you acknowledge that God is in charge, taking your concerns … to One who knows more than you; to One whose answers […]

You will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom.           —2 Peter 1:11 There is a harsh theology that brutally hammers the fragile, allowing no room for weakness, little room for grace, and almost no chance for salvation. God, on the other hand, is “compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, […]