Walking with the Word

  • Walking with the Word – The Servant’s Suffering

    “Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:4-5 ESV) When we look…

  • Walking with the Word – Good Soil

    “But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.” (Luke 8:15) The quality of the soil determines the bounty of the harvest. Jesus speaks to this principle as He says, “A farmer went out to sow his…

  • Walking with the Word – Confess Our Sins

    “If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:8-9) When we follow Jesus Christ, we follow the One who lived a sinless…

  • Walking with the Word – A Man of God Pursues

    “But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.” (1 Timothy 6:11) Jesus has come to reach out to everyone in the world. Paul describes what reaching out to the world looks like. “So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for…

  • Walking with the Word – The King Comes

    “Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” (Zechariah 9:9) The time for Passover was nearing. Word had come that Jesus would be there. Jesus had arrived at Bethany and was in the…

  • Walking with the Word – A Precious Faith

    “Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours: Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.” (2 Peter 1:1-2) Peter had experienced a lot…

  • Walking with the Word – Salvation’s Reach

    “And now the LORD says— he who formed me in the womb to be his servant to bring Jacob back to him and gather Israel to himself, for I am honored in the eyes of the LORD and my God has been my strength—he says: ‘It is too small a thing for you to be…

  • Walking with the Word – Because You are God’s Child

    “Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, ‘Abba, Father.’ So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.” (Galatians 4:6-7) When sin entered the world, mankind became slaves…

  • Walking with the Word – More than We Imagine

    “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” (Ephesians 3:19-20) From the well, Joseph had no idea what…

  • Walking with the Word – Walk by Faith

    “Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.” (Genesis 5:24) The message of Scripture is written telling the stories of God’s salvation and hope through the lives of people who have come to trust God and those who reject and rebel against God. One of the stories about…