With Jack Bailey
Scripture Discretion will guard you, Understanding will watch over you. ~Proverbs 2:11 Quote To make right decisions; your decisions must make things right. ~Ya’akov Life is filled with choices. Jesus Himself taught that there are two paths or roads–one is narrow and the other is very broad. The narrow path is the higher, virtuous, noble…
Scripture Fear of the LORD is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. ~Proverbs 1:7, NLT Quote “I never learned anything while I was talking” ~Bob Brechtel or Lou Holtz The AV translated verse 7 like this…The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and…
Scripture Even my best friend, the one I trusted completely, the one who shared my food, has turned against me. ~Psalm 41:9, NLT Quote Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. ~Jesus There is no way a man like David should go to heaven but the same thing can be said about me. David was saved…
Scripture I waited patiently for the LORD to help me…He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid ground…He has given me a new song to sing, a hymn of praise to our God. ~Psalm 40:1-3, NLT Quote He ruthlessly perfects whom…
Scripture We are merely moving shadows {phantoms}, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth, not knowing who will spend it. ~Psalm 39:6, NLT Quote Life is short; it will soon be past and only what you do for Jesus will last. ~C.T. Studd Both commentaries I read point to spiritual…
Scripture My wounds are ugly. They stink. I’ve been foolish. I have sinned. ~Psalm 38:5, NIRV Quote Sin can make us so sick that we become sick of sin. ~Ya’akov No one seems to know the exact setting that inspired Psalm 38. It is a penitential Psalm like 32 and 51. Scholars are reasonably sure…
Scripture Take delight in the LORD and He will give you your heart’s desires. ~Psalm 37:4, NLT Quote The stars may fall from heaven but the word of God will stand and all its promises and prophecies will be fulfilled. ~J.I. Packer Psalm 37 is special to me. The Lord providentially guided me to this…
Scripture Sin whispers to the wicked, deep within their hearts. They have no fear of God at all. ~Psalm 36:1, NLT Quote When man loses his fear of God, he starts to lose everything else that is important to good conduct and character. ~Warren W. Wiersbe The first four verses of Psalm 36 is…
Scripture O LORD, oppose those who oppose me. Fight those who fight against me. ~Psalm 35:1, NLT Quote If the man who stands over my body says, “Here lies Dr. Lee and he didn’t have a single enemy.” I am going to raise up from my casket and point at him and say, “Sir, you…
Scripture The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed. ~Psalm 34:18 Quote In prayer, we act like men. In praise, we act like angels. ~Thomas Watson Gilead was famous for it’s healing oil or balm. The young buds of balsam poplar trees secrete a powerfully aromatic and healing resin…