Today’s Walk in the Word

I bring you good news of great joy.                      —Luke 2:10 The birth of Jesus was announced to a gaggle of slack-jawed shepherds as “good news of great joy.” “A Savior has been born,” the angel declared. Good news! Great joy! When Paul described the conversion […]

God is love. —1 John 4:8 You can whip up a long list of things that are badly wrong in our world. Instead, take a deep breath and think about God … To David he is a forgiving God, abounding in love (Ps. 86:5). To Micah he is a God who delights in showing mercy […]

As far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.       —Romans 12:18 Paul prefaced today’s text with the phrase, “If it is possible” … “If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.” It’s not always possible, because you occasionally encounter someone who […]

The hour has come for you to wake up.                 —Romans 13:11 The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here (Rom. 13:11, 12). […]

The length of our days is seventy years —or eighty … they quickly pass …               —Psalm 90:10 “It’s a short walk from the womb to the tomb.” It didn’t seem short when we were young. When we finished school, landed our first job, got married (or not), there […]

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.           —1 Corinthians 10:31 You are what you eat. The body regenerates itself from inside out, not outside in. What you pig out on affects your weight; also your hair, skin, teeth, and […]

I will fear no evil, for you are with me.                                  —Psalm 23:4 You know from experience that you won’t get through life without pain. Agonizing ordeals bushwhack good people, not just bad ones. Those who stick to “paths of […]

I am going there to prepare a place for you.       —John 14:2 Jesus came down from his place to our place … A place where there’s not enough food to go around—where starving children go to bed crying until they become too weak to cry. A place where people do terrible things […]

Eutychus … was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on.                  —Acts 20:9 Critics in Corinth ridiculed Paul’s preaching: “you have never heard a worse preacher,” they squawked (2 Cor. 10:10 TLB). Over in Troas, Eutychus said “Amen” by nodding off and tumbling out […]

None of us lives to himself alone.              —Romans 14:7 Splash! A pebble thrown in a pond triggers ever-widening ripples. Every choice you make, every action you take, every word you speak, is your pebble in the pond … kindness or cruelty compassion or coldness gentleness or hostility patience or […]