With Jack Bailey
Scripture Finishing is better than starting. Patience is better than pride. ~Ecclesiastes 7:8, NLT Quote Don’t judge the PLAY before it is done: the last act crowns the Play. ~James Culross One of the many things I love about the Psalms is that they deal with every human emotion. In Psalm 142 David is feeling very…
Scripture Puny man! Frail as his breath! Don’t ever put your trust in him! ~Isaiah 2:22, TLB Quote Frail children of dust and feeble as frail, in THEE we do trust, nor find YOU to fail. ~Robert Grant The original manuscripts did not have the bible divided into verses; we added the verse numbers later.…
Scripture How sweet your words taste to me; they are sweeter than honey. ~Psalm 119:116, NLT Quote I asks myself sincerely how anyone can live without the precious messages of hope that are recorded in the Psalms. ~Kenneth N. Taylor Let me tell you just a bit about Kenneth N. Taylor the author of the…
Scripture Dear friends, don’t be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were happening to you. ~I Peter 4:12, NLT Quote Where God loves, He afflicts in love and whomever He afflicts in love learns a lesson that will last through eternity. ~Thomas Brooks David was blessed with extraordinary gifts. Matter…
Scripture Husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her, to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word. ~Ephesians 5:5-26, NLT Quote A wedding is not so much a claim of present love as a promise of future love. ~Kathy…
Scripture He rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed {vexed} by the depraved conduct of the lawless. ~2 Peter 2:7, NIV Quote Because we are saved by grace and not by works, the gospel is inherently humbling. ~Timothy Keller We don’t usually think of Lot as a righteous man but according to scripture, he…
Scripture We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. ~2 Corinthians 5:20 Quote The quality of my life matters immensely because I represent Christ. If I do not love, I make Jesus look unloving to the world. ~Timothy Keller Joe David delivered a very good message last Sunday but I…
Scripture There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord. ~Proverbs 21:30, NIV Quote A Sovereign is a supreme lord or ruler; one who possesses the highest authority. ~Daniel Webster Obviously, I believe that God is sovereign: I believe that He is in ultimate control. But I also believe He…
Scripture But God knew what would happen, and his prearranged plan was carried out when Jesus was betrayed. With the help of lawless Gentiles, you nailed Him to a cross and killed Him. ~Acts 2:23, NLT Quote God has conspired to overcome evil with good in human history via the process–not suddenly or instantaneously. ~Dallas…