Today’s Walk in the Word

We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going.      —2 Corinthians 4:9 Despite a boatload of problems, Paul never gave up: “We are perplexed because we don’t know why things happen as they do, but we don’t give up and quit . . . We get knocked down, but we […]

I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.                  —Hebrews 8:12 You have sinned (Rom 3:23). So, where are your sins? Let’s ask prophets and apostles. “Isaiah, where are my sins?” “He has put all your sins behind his back” (Is 38:17). “Micah, where […]

[God] does whatever pleases him.                    —Psalm 115:3 “Isn’t everything you have and everything you are sheer gifts from God?” (1 Cor 4:7 MSG). King David said: “[Everything] comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you” (1 Chr 29:16). God’s own words: “The world […]

We spend our years as a tale that is told.                                 —Psalm 90:9 Reading fiction is an adventure, a guessing game. For hundreds of pages, a good fiction writer will keep you wondering, “How will it end?” Sometimes it ends […]

Be able to stand your ground.                —Ephesians 6:13 When hurricane season approaches in my neck of the woods, billboards scream, “Be Prepared.” Citizens are urged to do two things: 1) prepare a kit of essential supplies; 2) plan a route and destination in case of forced evacuation. The […]

O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever.      —Psalm 30:12 Today thank God for deliverance. Your biopsy revealed a malignancy, but they caught it in time. Your child was in a serious accident, but she survived. Your spouse was wheeled into the operating room with a less-than-hopeful outcome, but the surgery […]

Make it your goal to lead a peaceful life, mind your own business.  —1 Thessalonians 4:11 We know what the government should do, what the editor should do, what the church should do—what Tom, Dick, and Harry should do. When someone is accused of being self-centered, it isn’t intended as a compliment. Nevertheless, I cast […]

Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.                      —1 John 3:16 American Indians were creative in shielding their settlements from the prairie fires that were common on the frontier. They protected their property by setting fire to the dry grass adjoining their encampments. Fire cannot […]

Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your heart.       —Hebrews 3:13 Here are a few things that happened on this day in history: 1848: The women’s suffrage movement was launched in Seneca Falls, New York. 1923: Insulin was introduced as a remedy for Diabetes. 1969: Apollo 11 prepared for the […]

The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping.                           —Acts 12:6 Seeing that putting James to death pleased the Jews, the politically savvy Herod Agrippa pegged Peter as his next victim. So, he had him arrested and jailed—bound […]