Today’s Walk in the Word

Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.                          —Psalm 27:14 You have prayed … and prayed … and prayed. Urgently. Earnestly. Pleadingly. But you have seen no response. Even so, don’t quit believing and don’t stop praying. […]

Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely.                                                —Psalm 25:16 Here is a prayer that stirs a sympathetic vibration in the hearts of many elderly: “… in my […]

Show me your ways, O Lord.                    —Psalm 25:4 Jeff Patton felt like he was flying in a bottle of ink. He was certain he was in a climbing right turn, but his instruments indicated he was in a 60 degree dive. It took every ounce of […]

I will fear no evil, for you are with me.                                 —Psalm 23:4 Here’s a nice bouquet of fear-fighting, faith-feeding verses … The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my […]

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”                                           —Psalm 14:1 On the table is a bowl. In it are ten slips of paper, numbered from 1 to 10. If you reach in […]

I trust in your unfailing love.                  —Psalm 13:5 Joseph, Job, and Jesus defined trust by declaring it, not when things were wonderfully good, but when things were terribly bad. Joseph: “You intended to harm me but God intended it for good” (Gen. 50:20). Job: “Though he slay […]

What is man that you are mindful of him?                                        —Psalm 8:4 Can you get the President’s attention? Not likely. Can you get God’s attention? You already have. Twinkling stars on a backdrop of black sky filled […]

In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice.                                          —Psalm 5:3 Paul got into a terrible mess in Ephesus … We were really crushed and overwhelmed, and feared we would never live through it. We […]

I will lie down and sleep in peace.                          —Psalm 4:8 Fear of burglars kept her from ever getting a good night’s sleep. One night she heard a noise, shook her husband awake, and sent him to investigate. He had been through the drill […]

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.                                                       […]