Today’s Walk in the Word

Jump-Start Your Courage

By Joe Barnett / May 20, 2015 / Comments Off on Jump-Start Your Courage

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.                               —Galatians 5:24 Michael Gay received third-degree burns pulling Jodi Oakes from her burning car. “It’s only because of him that I’m alive today,” she […]

Warning Signs

By Joe Barnett / May 19, 2015 / Comments Off on Warning Signs

The acts of the sinful nature are obvious.                         —Galatians 5:19 The light rail line in Houston, Texas, has been a fiasco of cars crashing into trains. In spite of dozens of posted “Do Not Turn” signs, illegal turns have been the cause of […]

A Giant Step

By Joe Barnett / May 18, 2015 / Comments Off on A Giant Step

When the time had fully come, God sent his Son.                                 —Galatians 4:4 She had made some bad choices and was now trying to turn her life around. “I have taken the first step toward God,” she said. “I’m hoping […]

Unimaginably Rich

By Joe Barnett / May 15, 2015 / Comments Off on Unimaginably Rich

Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor.     —2 Corinthians 8:9 Jesus’ sacrifice wasn’t only in what he gave, but also in what he gave up. He gave up heaven for earth, divinity for humanity, a throne for a cross, and wealth for poverty. Here is a verse that should […]

Dressed in His Righteousness

By Joe Barnett / May 14, 2015 / Comments Off on Dressed in His Righteousness

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.                            —2 Corinthians 5:21 Charles Darnay was scheduled for execution in less than an hour. Sydney Carton, who could have […]

Temporary vs. Eternal

By Joe Barnett / May 13, 2015 / Comments Off on Temporary vs. Eternal

What is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.      —2 Corinthians 4:18 Babylon, once the largest city in the world, is no more—just rubble and ruins. Ephesus, once a jaw-dropping monument to opulence, is no more—just rubble and ruins. Today’s cities are exhibits of eye-popping prosperity—stunning skyscrapers, upscale shops, luxurious houses, […]

Aging

By Joe Barnett / May 12, 2015 / Comments Off on Aging

Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.                    —2 Corinthians 4:16 Barring an early exit, you’re going to grow old. Repairs on the house you live in increase with age; no sooner do you get one body part fixed […]

Dig the First Hole

By Joe Barnett / May 11, 2015 / Comments Off on Dig the First Hole

We … are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory.                  —2 Corinthians 3:18 She got carried away at the nursery and came home with her SUV crammed with flats of pansies, petunias, and peonies. Remorse followed her from vehicle to flower bed; snowflakes would be flying […]

An Open Letter

By Joe Barnett / May 8, 2015 / Comments Off on An Open Letter

You are a letter from Christ … written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God.                 —2 Corinthians 3:3 Everybody thinks about writing a book, but few ever do. You may never get around to putting your life between the covers of a book […]

Change

By Joe Barnett / May 7, 2015 / Comments Off on Change

This happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God.          —2 Corinthians 1:9 God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference.  With these 27 words Reinhold Niebuhr homed in on […]

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