Today’s Walk in the Word

There is no one righteous, not even one.                        —Romans 3:10 We want to be as good as we can be. But we’re in for a rough ride of fear, frustration, and failure if we expect to attain justification by being good enough. Our behavior […]

Do not test the Lord your God.              —Matthew 4:7 We should never approach prayer with the attitude that we are wise enough to tell God how to run the world. Prayer should be a request, not a demand. Requests may or may not be granted. A flawless God lovingly […]

Honor her for all that her hands have done.                             —Proverbs 31:31 Last night, while perusing some files, I came across the names of several people who have significantly impacted my life. Some have held high-profile positions, while others have lived largely […]

Many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.             —John 6:66 Feeling like giving up? Disappointed because things haven’t worked out the way you wanted them to and thought they would? Thinking of turning back to your old life, returning to your old haunts and habits? Jesus […]

Those who exalt themselves will be humbled.                          —Matthew 23:12 Navigating his ship through the storm, the captain thought he was on a collision course with a large vessel he spotted in the distance. He ordered the approaching ship to alter its course ten […]

God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son             —John 3:16 With a world population of more than eight billion, we may be inclined to think that we, one individual, is too insignificant to merit God’s attention and love. As Christians, we don’t claim that […]

Be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate.                                           —1 Peter 3:8 “[God] comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When others are troubled, we will be able to give them […]

From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another. —John 1:16 A recently certified CPA set out to enlighten his immigrant father. “Dad, your business is a mess,” he said. “You have no inventory procedure. Your accounts-receivables are stuffed in a drawer. You don’t have a bookkeeping system. You have […]

The new creation has come.        —2 Corinthians 5:17 Evolutionists are stumped when asked when the next evolutionary step will occur: when will humanity evolve beyond what it presently is? The Christian view is that it has already happened. In Christ, a new kind of person has appeared: “If anyone is in Christ, […]

Christ died and returned to life.                  —Romans 14:9 I know nothing about the future—or even if there will be a future. I don’t know if human history is presently in ACT I or ACT III—whether our present times are in historical infancy or in old age. But […]