Today’s Walk in the Word

If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.                   —James 4:15 “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money” (James 4:13). My friend Allen Isbell has noted six […]

You do not have, because you do not ask God.                 —James 4:2 When we don’t pray, the door remains closed: “You do not have, because you do not ask.” And when we do pray, the door still remains closed to wrongly-motivated prayer: “You do not receive, because […]

Do not slander one another.                 —James 4:11 Do you ever bad-mouth a sister or brother? If so, I have it on good authority that you need to cut it out. “Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or […]

In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice.     —Psalm 5:3 Paul got into a terrible mess in Ephesus: “We were really crushed and overwhelmed, and feared we would never live through it. We felt we were doomed to die and saw how powerless we were to help ourselves; but that was good, […]

You are the God who sees me.              —Genesis 16:13 License plate recognition cameras are perched on toll booth canopies in Houston. Thinking they could game the system, six non-paying scofflaws amassed debts of more than $30,000; the most egregious violator racked up $46,000. Some people, edgy about judgment, think […]

If you do these things, you will never fall.                                  —2 Peter 1:10 Here are two baskets of sevens that you should keep well-stocked in your spiritual pantry. The wisdom that comes from heaven (James 3:17): Pure Peace-loving Considerate Submissive […]

I hear a mighty rainstorm coming.                        —1 Kings 18:41 There hadn’t been a drop of rain in three years, and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. But Elijah said, “I hear a mighty rainstorm coming.” God said he would send rain and Elijah […]

Jesus told his disciples . . . they should always pray and not give up.                   —Luke 18:1 POW Sgt Carl Peek was incarcerated in a prison camp where the food was wretched, the stench nauseating, and the heat torturous. One day while agonizing over his seemingly […]

I will lie down and sleep in peace.                        —Psalm 4:8 Fear of burglars kept Martha from getting a good night’s sleep. One night she heard a noise, shook her husband awake, and sent him to investigate. He’d been through the drill many times, but […]

I will come back and take you to be with me.                                         —John 14:3 You ate at each other’s table, talked over the backyard fence, went places together, and laughed and cried with one another. Then […]