With Jack Bailey
Scripture About the same time, four men with leprosy were just outside the gate of Samaria. They said to each other, “Why should we sit here, waiting to die? ~2 Kings 7:4, CEV Quote Only those who risk going further find out how far one can go. ~T.S. Eliot Benhadad of Syria has laid siege…
Scripture I pray that God will put a curse on everyone who doesn’t love the Lord. And may the Lord come soon. ~I Corinthians 16:22, CEV Quote The best way to destroy an enemy is to make them a friend. ~Anonymous The contemporary English version is very interesting. When I read the closing of I…
Scripture He said, “I pray that God will punish me terribly, if Elisha’s head is still on his shoulders by this time tomorrow.” ~II Kings 6:31, CEV Quote Blaming and criticizing others is a way to avoid the truth about yourself. ~Ya’akov {Constructed the quote but borrowed the thought} I’ve been in the ministry for…
Scripture Then they gave the weapons to their guards, who took their positions around the temple and the altar to protect Joash on every side. ~II Kings 11:11, CEV Quote Prayer does not fit us for the greater work, prayer is the greater work. ~Oswald Chambers I have not always prayed for our presidents, not…
Scripture So Ahab went home, angry and depressed because of what Naboth had told him. He lay on his bed, just staring at the wall and refusing to eat a thing. ~I Kings 21:4, CEV Quote Give God your weakness and He will give you His strength. ~Anonymous I have read the story of Ahab…
Scripture Jeroboam then made two gold statues of calves. He showed them to the people and said, “Listen everyone! You won’t have to go to Jerusalem to worship anymore.” ~I Kings 12:28, CEV Quote All religions have a humanistic base whereas Christianity had a divine origin. ~Ya’akov All religions have one thing in common: they…
Scripture So Hiram called the region Cabul because he thought it was worthless. ~I Kings 9:13, CEV Quote We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give. ~Winston Churchill Solomon enjoyed many luxuries due to his father’s sacrifice. Hiram was king of Tyre, modern day Syria and…
Scripture “For years I have worked for you like a slave and have always obeyed you. But you have never even given me a little goat, so that I could give a dinner for my friends. “ Quote Elder brothers obey the rules in order to get what God has–not to get God Himself. ~Timothy…
Scripture Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. ~Acts 17:22, NIV Quote In all unbelief there are two things: a high opinion of man and a low opinion of God. ~Horatio Bonar All of humanity is divided…
Scripture Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath. ~Psalm 62:9, NIV Quote If we trust God supremely, we no longer fully trust anything else. ~Timothy Keller If I were starting all over as a pastor,…