Today’s Walk in the Word
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 […]
A man reaps what he sows. —Galatians 6:7 You harvest what you plant. It is that simple. And that certain. Some people limp through life feeling mistreated—by spouse, parent, child, teacher, employer, co-worker, friend. And maybe they are. You may have been dealt a sorry hand and have a long list […]
