Today’s Walk in the Word
I have loved you with an everlasting love. —Jeremiah 31:3 God in heaven doesn’t prohibit tragedy on earth, but he does promise his unfailing love: “Though the mountains be shaken … yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken … […]
I know the plans I have for you … plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. –Jeremiah 29:11 Jesus didn’t […]
Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved. —Jeremiah 17:14 The sickness of sin takes many forms: the fever of lust; the virus of greed; the infection of gossip and slander. Whatever the form, the result is the same—without treatment you die. Your only hope […]
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart. —Jeremiah 1:5 We tend to evaluate the worth of people by what they have and what they do—and our own worth by how we compare. Don’t […]
As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you. —Isaiah 66:13 She was 18, but she had a question for her dad: “Am I still your little girl?” You know the answer; she will […]
As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. —Isaiah 55:9 Paul planned […]
Seek the Lord while he may be found. —Isaiah 55:6 Describe your life in one word. Busy! Is that the word? You have a full plate; fish to fry; irons in the fire. You’re on the go; up to your ears; full […]
By his wounds we are healed. —Isaiah 53:5 The dream was vivid. The whip whistled through the air and split Jesus’ flesh across bloody, gaping wounds already there from previous blows. As the soldier raised the Roman flagrum to strike again, the dreamer moved in to stop him. […]
He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. —Isaiah 50:4 “Call me anytime,” he said, “I have my cell phone on 24/7/365.” Twenty-four hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 […]
I will not forget you. —Isaiah 49:15 The prophet asked, “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne?” Unlikely, but possible. A Pennsylvania mom dropped her two children off at school, drove away, and disappeared for 11 years. Not once in those […]
