With Jack Bailey
Scripture Our Lord, punish the Edomites! Because the day Jerusalem fell, they shouted, “Completely destroy the city! Tear down every building!” ~Psalm 137:7, CEV Quote Winning and losing are both temporary. Gloating over victory or sulking over a loss puts you at a stand still. ~Chuck Knox It seems that I learn something new everyday: I saw a word in…
Scripture People who want to be rich fall into all sorts of temptations and traps. They are caught by foolish and harmful desires that drag them down and destroy them. The love of money causes all kinds of trouble. Some people want money so much that they have given up their faith and caused themselves a…
Scripture Let all who want to kill me be disappointed and disgraced. Chase away and confuse all who plan to harm me. ~Psalm 35:4, CEV Quote David’s call for God to punish his enemies is not personal vindictiveness but a concern for justice to prevail in his kingdom. ~Timothy Keller Psalm 35 is one of the imprecatory…
Scripture He [devil] has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies. ~John 8:44, NLT Quote The lie of the serpent in Eden was this…”If we obey God fully we will be miserable, that rich living lies…
Scripture Herod Antipas, Pontius Pilate…the Gentiles, and the people of Israel {Jews} were all united against Jesus…But everything they did was determined beforehand according to Your [God’s} will. ~Acts 4:27-28, NLT Quote No one can oppose God because He has the power to do what ever He wants. ~Job In Acts three, Peter and John…
Scripture You must not offer sacrifices just anywhere you want to. Instead, the LORD will choose a place somewhere in Israel where you must go to worship Him. ~Deuteronomy 12:5, CEV Quote Obedience is the first act of worship. ~Ya’akov I had a conversation last week that got me to thinking. We we worship God as we…
Scripture You must not eat bats. Swarming insects are unclean, so don’t eat them. ~Deuteronomy 14:18-19, CEV Quote The self-righteous never apologize; they never approach the altar to confess; they have nothing to confess. ~Leonard Ravenhill I know I’ve put a lot of heavy stuff on you lately so today, we will look on the…
Scripture You have a choice—do you want the Lord to bless you, or do you want him to put a curse on you? ~Deuteronomy 11:26, CEV Quote Generous and happy people are prone to praise, while others are prone to complain. ~Timothy Keller The last book of the Pentateuch or Torah is called Deuteronomy; this comes from the…
Scripture Darken its {Job’s birthday} morning stars and remove all hope of light, because it let me be born into a world of trouble. ~Job 3:9-10,CEV Quote I might have entered the ministry if certain clergymen I knew had not looked and acted so much like undertakers. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes Wednesday is usually the day I visit the…
Scripture Put on your new nature, and be renewed as youlearn to know your Creatorand become like Him. In Christ there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all. ~Colossians 3:10-11, NLT Quote These so called “Little People,” without any of the qualifications humans…