With Jack Bailey
Scripture Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them; let all the trees of the forest sing for joy. ~Psalm 96:12 Quote This is my Father’s world, and to my list’ning ears;All nature sings, and round me rings the music of the spheres. ~Maltbie D. Babcock I was reading Psalm 98 just a few…
Scripture As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear HIM. ~Psalm 103:13, REB Quote Long experience is the crown of the aged, and their pride is the fear of the LORD ~Jesus Son of Sirach Very little is original with me: I do read quite a…
Scripture The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. ~Psalm 103:8, NIV Quote Allow the LORD to soften your heart until it beats in rhythm with His; until you love people as He loves people. ~Anonymous Psalm 103:8 is a quote or reference to Exodus 34:6, “The Lord, the compassionate and…
Scripture Listen rulers of Israel, surely you know what is right and yet you hate good and love evil. ~Micah 3:1, REB Quote The God I find in Christ is a God who overcomes evil with God. ~E. Stanley Jones A reprobate is a person who no longer distinguished right from wrong. John Calvin believed…
Scripture Therefore, the Lord says: “I am planning disaster against this people, from which you cannot save yourselves. You will no longer walk proudly, for it will be a time of calamity. ~Micah 2:3, NIV Quote Pride always precedes a fall; it is a spiritual law and it is as real as the law of…
Scripture Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. ~Psalm 103:1, NIV Quote The transforming power of the gospel gets worked into our inner being when we learn to speak forcefully to our soul. ~Timothy Keller I just beginning to follow David’s practice of speaking to the soul. The Hebrew…
Scripture But You remain the same, and Your years will never end. ~Psalm 102:27, NIV Quote God never changes: He doesn’t need to change–He is perfect. ~Ya’akov I was visiting with a senior adult couple yesterday and they were down just a little. They had neighbors who they were very fond of and about three…
Scripture If you are wise and understand God’s ways, prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom. ~James 3:13, NLT Quote Science is organized knowledge–Wisdom is organized life. ~Immanuel Kant James makes a comparison between two kinds of wisdom: one is earthly, sensual and demonic and…
Scripture Every morning I will put to silence all the wicked of the land. ~Psalms 101:8, NIV Quote Evil people rely on the acquiescence of naive people to allow them to continue with their evil. ~Stuart Aken Considering all his accomplishments, David has to be considered the greatest of all the kings of Israel. Keep…
Scripture He REVIVES life in me. ~Psalms 23:3, Moffatt Quote Like a watch, the human spirit can run down. We lose our enthusiasm; we become less willing to attempt the difficult. We are crusaders no longer. ~Charles L. Allen Baptist are about the only ones I know that believe in carnal Christianity and some that…