With Jack Bailey
Scripture “But do people know where to find wisdom? Where can they find understanding? ~Job 28:20, NLT Quote True wisdom refuses all trite answers which suggest either we know it all or that we can know nothing at all [cynicism]. ~Goldsworthy Since this coronavirus thing got started, I’ve had and heard more questions, many more…
Scripture So don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will have its own worries. Each day has enough trouble of its own. ~Matthew 6:34, NCV Quote Today is a slender bridge with a weight limit; it will not support tomorrows worries and cares. ~D.M. Panton The first thing I tell a person with a broken heart…
Scripture The Lord is the everlasting God, He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of His understanding. ~Isaiah 40:28, NLT Quote Two things are certain: God is in absolute control and we are not. ~Joe David Bailey I’m going to tell you up front, I am not excited about ONLINE…
Scripture This is what I have observed: those who plough mischief and sow trouble reap no other harvest. ~Job 4:8, REB Quote The world is not a machine that you can control with good moral conduct. ~Timothy Keller Job 4:8 is a statement by Eliphaz, one of Job’s four self-righteous friends. It is always great…
Scripture If they listen and serve Him, they will live out their days in prosperity and their years in comfort. ~Job 36:11, REB Quote Christians take the scripture out of context to justify their actions and vindicate their cowardice. ~Randall Terry The above verse is taken out of Elihu’s lengthy discourse. Elihu {He is my…
Scripture When the storms of life come, the wicked are whirled away, but the godly have a lasting foundation. ~Proverbs 10:25 Quote All things temporal will lead to disappointment to some degree: we must face this fact or be crushed by it. ~Derek Kidner Solomon said, “However many years you live, enjoy them but remember the…
Scripture Young people, it’s wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. When people live to be very old, let them rejoice in every day of life. ~Ecclesiastes 11:8,11 NLT Quote Life should begin, in a very significant sense, at age seventy. ~Colonel F. J. Miles Just a few years back I would have…
Scripture And yet they say to God, ‘Go away. We want no part of you and your ways. Who is the Almighty, and why should we obey him? What good will it do us to pray?’ ~Job 21:14-15, NLT Quote The fleeting pleasures of this life are senseless, useless, and insignificant if we try to…
Scripture The greater my wisdom, the greater my grief. To increase knowledge only increases sorrow. ~Ecclesiastes 1:18, NLT Quote Supernatural and spiritual problems require supernatural and spiritual remedies. ~Timothy Keller I don’t want to be plagurist like Rick Warren so I am telling you up front that you can find most of this blog in…
Scripture Does He {God} arraign you for your piety? No: it is because your wickedness is so great, and your depravity passes all bounds. ~Job 22:4-5, REB Quote There are some things that only God can fix. ~Ya’akov Our verses for today come from the speech of Eliphaz to Job. Job was actually a good…