Today’s Walk in the Word

Peace Be with You

By Joe Barnett / November 29, 2022 / Comments Off on Peace Be with You

My peace I give you.          —John 14:27 It was Jesus’ last meal with his disciples before his crucifixion. “I will be with you only a little longer,” he said. While they sat in stunned sadness, he said, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.” The next two days […]

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You Have the Right to Choose

By Joe Barnett / November 28, 2022 / Comments Off on You Have the Right to Choose

Seek peace and pursue it.         —Psalm 34:14 Want a couple of sentences that can keep you in control? Try these: “I have the right to choose.” “I choose peace.” When some domineering person drives you to the limit of your endurance, say to yourself: I have the right to choose. I […]

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Enjoy What You Have

By Joe Barnett / November 25, 2022 / Comments Off on Enjoy What You Have

People should . . . enjoy the fruits of their labor, for these are gifts from God.            —Ecclesiastes 3:13 When you were a kid, were you ever ordered to clean your plate because children were starving in some faraway place? You probably wondered how your empty plate could fill an […]

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Thank You, Thank You, Thank You

By Joe Barnett / November 24, 2022 / Comments Off on Thank You, Thank You, Thank You

Let us come before him with thanksgiving.                                 —Psalm 95:2 Paul advises us to season our prayers with thanksgiving: “By prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God” (Phil 4:6). A dominant attitude eliminates a conflicting attitude because […]

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Lay Down Your Burden

By Joe Barnett / November 23, 2022 / Comments Off on Lay Down Your Burden

Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up.      —Psalm 68:19 In The Legend of Bagger Vance, war hero Rannulph Junah is an honorary participant in an exhibition match with two golfing legends. He starts strong, but haunting combat memories cause him to fall apart. Bagger Vance, Junah’s mystic mentor and caddie, pulls […]

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Acknowledge Those in Your Orbit

By Joe Barnett / November 22, 2022 / Comments Off on Acknowledge Those in Your Orbit

Let your light shine before others.               —Matthew 5:16 On this day—March 22—in 1963, C.S. Lewis died. His death drew scant attention because it was the same day that John F. Kennedy was assassinated—and that, of course, dominated the news. C.S. Lewis was the most famous and prolific apologist […]

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What Do You Expect?

By Joe Barnett / November 21, 2022 / Comments Off on What Do You Expect?

I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.            —Psalm 5:3 More often than not, we see what we expect to see, hear what we expect to hear, feel what we expect to feel. If you expect to be mistreated, you probably will be—or think you are. If you […]

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It’s Not Too Late

By Joe Barnett / November 18, 2022 / Comments Off on It’s Not Too Late

Teach us to number our days.                —Psalm 90:12 You can use your days selfishly or selflessly. You can use them growing bitter or getting better. The number of pages left on your calendar may signal that it’s too late to train for a triathlon, become a brain surgeon, […]

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God Does the Impossible

By Joe Barnett / November 17, 2022 / Comments Off on God Does the Impossible

My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways.                   —Isaiah 55:8 Seventy years ago, J.B. Phillips wrote a little book titled Your God is Too Small, in which he sketched common conceptions of God—one of those being a God who is distant and […]

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Commitment without Conditions

By Joe Barnett / November 16, 2022 / Comments Off on Commitment without Conditions

Trust in the Lord with all your heart.                            —Proverbs 3:5 Jacob’s commitment to God in Genesis 28:20–22 is conditional: If God will be with me If God will watch over me If God will give me food to eat If God will […]

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