Today’s Walk in the Word

The Lord will go before you, the God of Israel will be your rear guard.                           —Isaiah 52:12 Babylonian captivity ended when King Cyrus decreed that the Jews who wished to return to their homeland were free to go. In the first wave, […]

I will make every effort to see that after my departure you will always be able to remember these things.                                     —2 Peter 1:15 A troupe of Israelites was burying a man when they spotted a band of […]

Make every effort to add to your faith.                                —2 Peter 1:5 “Make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly […]

David inquired of the Lord.            —1 Samuel 23:4 God said, “I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do” (Acts 13:22). David was far from flawless, but he stayed centered in God’s will more than most. How? […]

Some have rejected [faith and conscience] and so have shipwrecked their faith.                    —1 Timothy 1:19 Paul sent Timothy to Ephesus to mop up a mess made by scoundrels who had wormed their way into the church. The apostle named their vices: “lovers of themselves, lovers of […]

This, then, is how you should pray.                       —Matthew 6:9 The prayer Jesus taught his disciples observes three needs in our lives and implies three points of time in which they occur. It asks for bread: “Give us today our daily bread.” It is a […]

Choose this day whom you will serve.                       —Joshua 24:15 In his goodbye speech to Israel, Moses said, “I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life . . .” (Dt 30:19). In his farewell speech to Israel, Joshua, Moses’ successor, […]

The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.   —1 Timothy 6:10 In the fable of The Boy & the Filberts, the boy reached into a pitcher filled with filberts and grabbed such a fistful that he couldn’t withdraw his hand. He started crying. “My boy,” said his mother, “be satisfied […]

The battle is the Lord’s.     —1 Samuel 17:47 When you come across the account of a shepherd boy with a sling and a rock facing off with a giant, you don’t jump to the end of the story to see what happened because you already know. This nearly unarmed, nearly naked kid took […]

Serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received.         —1 Peter 4:10 William Sanday described the wilderness temptations of Jesus as “the problem of what to do with supernatural powers.” Knowing what he had the power to do, Jesus could have employed it to his advantage. Borrowing Sanday’s observation, […]