With Jack Bailey
Scripture He was despised and rejected—a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. ~Isaiah 53:3, NLT Quote Hurt is the essential ingredient of ultimate Christlikeness. ~Calvin Miller {Into The Depths} Thomas Arnold lived in the middle of the 18th century. He was an educator who had a great deal of influence on the English public…
Scripture You know what I long for, Lord; You hear my every sigh. ~Psalm 38:9, NLT Quote Not one earnest prayer is lost to the ears of the Almighty. ~David Roper Some years ago, hundreds of unopened letters were found off the coast of New Jersey. How they got into the ocean and how they survived…
Scripture For I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you. `2 Corinthians 2:4, NIV Quote Unrequited love kills more people annually that tuberculosis. ~Source Unknown In my earlier days, when I got…
Scripture “O Lord, you are a great and awesome God! You always…keep Your promises…but we have sinned and done wrong. We have rebelled against You and scorned Your commands and regulations.” ~Daniel 9:4-5, NLT Quote Prayer is spiritual breathing and prayer was as vital to Daniel as oxygen. He had rather die than not to…
Scripture “The heart {emotions} is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; Who can understand it? ~Jeremiah 17:9, NASB Quote Feeling are treacherous, they come and go; and what little control we have upon them. ~Martyn Lloyd Jones {Walking With God} One of my old preacher friends, Larry Bullard, recommended I read some Martyn…
Scripture How long, O God, will you allow our enemies to insult you? Will you let them dishonor Your name forever? ~Psalm 74:10 Quote It is perfectly right to plead with our Father in heaven; Moses did and so did Jesus. Martyn Lloyd Jones Do you ever find yourself begging God for something? After doing…
Scripture “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you’ and ‘with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’” ~Matthew 4:6, NET Quote Fame is the province of few, but pain is…
Scripture Always rejoice, constantly pray, in everything give thanks. For this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. ~I Thessalonians 5:16-18, NET Quote “My part is to live in this hour in continuous inner conversation with God, and in perfect responsiveness to His will.” ~Frank Laubach The Washington Post told the story of a fifteen…
Scripture “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died“. ~John 11:21 Quote Jesus never got in a hurry. ~Randy Martha assumed that Jesus was late, too late. She loved Jesus dearly but she questioned His timing. Jesus is never late and He never gets in a hurry. God has no emergencies.…
Scripture I wish I had wings like a dove, so I could fly far away and be at peace. ~Psalm 55:6, CEV Quote Some people live in a dream world while other face reality and a rare few learn to turn one into the other. ~Doug Everett Escapism is the tendency to seek distraction and…