With Jack Bailey
Scripture There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number— living things both large and small. ~Psalm 104:25, NIV Quote I was too busy trying to become know to understand the advantages of being unknown. ~Alec Guiness I’m not an actor like Guiness but I did spent a lot of my life wishing to be known.…
Scripture And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him [Herod] because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died. ~Acts 12:23, NASB Quote The wicked die but the Word lives on. ~John MacArthur The Herod of Acts 12 is the grandson of Herod the Great who was ruling…
Scripture “Do not reject me in my old age, nor desert me when my strength is failing.” Psalm 71:9, NJB Quote Each of us needs to begin now building our refuge in Christ: raising its walls prayer by prayer, devotion by devotion, experience by experience. Make haste! ~Gerald H. Wilson Sometimes, as I am reading,…
Scripture So the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. ~Exodus 33:11, NKJV Quote What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear. ~Charles C. Converse Are there things about yourself that you don’t like; things that you are ashamed to confess? Sometimes our mistakes and past…
Scripture Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. ~James 1:13, NASB Quote None are known to be good until they have had an opportunity to be bad. ~Benjamin Whichcote Regrets are hard to live…
Scripture A Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord…my daughter is cruelly demon-possessed.” But Jesus did not answer her a word. ~Matthew 15:22-23, NASB Quote What is our motivation for talking to Jesus? Is it to get something from Him or simply to know Him better? ~Charles…
Scripture “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” ~Matthew 5:4, NRSV Quote The most difficult aspect of the Christian life is maintaining proper balance. ~Calvin C. Inman I guess that one of the reasons I love the Psalms of David so much is his honesty and realism. David’s highs and lows are…
Scripture The Lord was with him and caused everything he did to succeed. Quote Right and truth are greater than any power and all power is subject to the truth. ~Benjamin Whichcote Joseph was not perfect, but by human standards, he was closer than most. Joseph was so highly gifted that humility was a problem but efficiency…
Scripture All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast {all but true believers}…This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of God’s people. ~Revelation 13:8,10, NIV Quote Courage is grace under pressure. ~Ernest Hemingway Guess what N.T. book I read last when I am reading a new translation? I have been reading…
Scripture I am being very foolish but it was you who drove me to it! ~2 Corinthians 12:10, NEB Quote All have sinned and come short of the glorious perfection we see in Christ: this ALL with no exceptions. ~Ya’akov I am going to do what you’ve never heard another preacher do; I am going…