Today’s Walk in the Word

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger.                    —Ephesians 4:31 “Inside of me,” said grandpa, “a ferocious fight is going on between two dogs. One is hostile—bristling with anger, hatred, envy, greed, and resentment. The other is peaceful—brimming with joy, love, generosity, serenity, and kindness.” “Which […]

Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up.                          —Ephesians 4:29 Life is a marathon, not a sprint—a long, demanding race. Someone needs your encouragement and support to negotiate it; to endure, […]

Be made new in the attitude of your minds.                           —Ephesians 4:23 A rotten attitude is toxic, poisoning from inside out. It contaminates relationships and sabotages happiness—turns life into a mental garbage dump. Take ownership of your attitude. Stop blaming others for your […]

To him be glory in the church.        —Ephesians 3:21 By human measurement the church should have been doomed from day one. It began with just a dozen men, not near enough considering a world population at the time of 200 million. Mainly those guys were uneducated, poor, and powerless—slim chance they could […]

(He) is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine.            —Ephesians 3:20 God shapes us in various ways … Sometimes he tweaks, making minor revisions. Sometimes he skips minor revisions and goes for major makeovers. Sometimes he adds or deletes a chapter here and there. Sometimes he […]

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near.                     —Ephesians 2:13 Before Christ came we Gentiles were a hopeless bunch: “… separate from Christ … excluded from citizenship … foreigners to the covenants … without hope and without God” […]

We are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works.               —Ephesians 2:10 In 2010 a Stradivarius violin, hand-crafted by Antonio Stradivari in 1697, sucked the breath out of an auction crowd with a top-bid of $3,600,000. Antonio allegedly said that God could not make Stradivari violins […]

I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened.       —Ephesians 1:18 Do you find your time and attention consumed with material possessions? Paul didn’t pray for the growth of his friends’ financial resources; he prayed that the eyes of their heart (their understanding, KJV) would be enlightened. He was […]

He chose us in him before the creation of the world.                                            —Ephesians 1:4 Ephesians chapter one is filled with thrill. It tells you that God has chosen you, adopted you, redeemed you, forgiven you, […]

At the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.           —Galatians 6:9 Patience. Yawn … ZZzzz. Halford Luccock called patience the “ho-hum” virtue. John Chrysostom, on the other hand, called it “the queen of virtues.” Failure can more often be chalked up to lack of […]