Today’s Walk in the Word

By grace you have been saved.              —Ephesians 2:8 The first ten verses of 2 Cor. 12 finds Paul on a Roller Coaster … First he soars to heights of ecstasy, caught up into heaven. Second he drops to depths of misery, tormented by a thorn in the flesh. Third […]

One thing I do. —Philippians 3:13 You intend to make some changes. You’re going to ditch a toxic habit and kick-start a positive attitude. When? Soon, you say. Soon is deferral, and deferral digs the graves of good intentions. Sometimes it takes a tragedy, a blood test, or a funeral to cause us to act. […]

We will reap a harvest if we do not give up.                             —Galatians 6:9 Here are two cold, hard facts: 1) You never finish what you never start. 2) You never finish what you start if you stop. Most everyone I know […]

I press on toward the goal. —Philippians 3:14 Meryl Davis and Charlie White won the gold with world-record performances in the Winter Olympics dance competition in Sochi, Russia. They didn’t get to the top-center of that flag-draped podium in one giant leap; they climbed there one torturous step at a time. They started practicing together […]

No mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.                 —1 Corinthians 2:9 With a couple of kids in the back seat, a trip to grandma’s house can be downright chaotic. It’s a war zone back there … “You got to sit by the […]

We do not lose heart. —2 Corinthians 4:16 The reason behind Paul’s “We do not lose heart” was this: “our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all” (2 Cor. 4:17). That wasn’t a spurt of sing-and-be-happy drivel. Paul knew what it was to hurt: he had […]

Cast your cares on the Lord.                 —Psalm 55:22 He offered him $250,000 a year to do all his worrying for him, and he accepted faster than you can count to 10 by 5s. The new-hire’s first question was, “Where are you going to get the $250,000?” “That’s […]

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him.              —Psalm 37:7 Dear God, When I have to cope with the irritable the demanding the critical the unreasonable teach me to be still and wait patiently for you. When I am tempted to disgrace my Christian calling by being […]

He knew what was in a man.                  —John 2:25 You can’t fool God: “O Lord, you have searched me and you know me.” (Ps. 139:1). God is onto people who honor him with their lips, but don’t have their heart in it (Matt. 15:8). He knows everything […]

How long will you lie there, you sluggard?                             —Proverbs 6:9 Before leaving for an appointment, Ebenezer Webster laid out the day’s chores for his sons Daniel and Ezekiel. He returned at the end of the day and found they had done […]