With Jack Bailey
Scripture Go ahead and make all the plans you want, but it’s the Lord who will ultimately direct your steps. ~Proverbs 16:1, TPT Quote No one can fulfill their plans without God’s help. ~Chuck Swindoll It is not a sin to plan or to think ahead, the sin is to presume that we can accomplish our…
Scripture Wisdom pours into you when you begin to hate every form of evil in your life, for that’s what worship and fearing God is all about. Then you will discover that your pompous pride and perverse speech are the very ways of wickedness that I hate!” ~Proverbs 8:13, TPT Quote The chief characteristic of counterfeit holiness is pride or…
Scripture You will not be given a proper burial, for you have destroyed your nation and slaughtered your people. The descendants of such an evil person will never again receive honor. ~Isaiah 14:20, NLT Quote All tyrants are the same: they are interested in their own power and nothing else. They do not care if they destroy a…
Scripture The Pharisee stood and was praying these things to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. ~Luke 18:11, LSB Quote Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of…
Scripture “God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil.” Genesis 3:5, NLT Quote Every time we disobey God we are exhibiting pride and the attitude that we know more than God. ~Charles Stanley {Every Day In His Presence}…
Scripture Who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. ~2 Corinthians 3:6, NASB Quote Mere Bible study, however diligent, does not make a person spiritual. ~John B. Phillips The Bible is a wonderful book. It…
Scripture A person’s pride will bring him low, but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor. ~Proverbs 29:23, NET Quote The god of this world is pride. ~Martin Luther Dr. Graham’s September 29 devotion is about spiritual growth. We begin as babes in Christ, craving the milk of the word, but we are…
Scripture The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer: ‘I thank you, God, that I am not like other people—cheaters, sinners, adulterers. I’m certainly not like that tax collector! ~Luke 18:11, NLT Quote Man’s only infinite trait is his ignorance. ~Ya’akov Do you want a challenge mentally? Read Augustine or C.S. Lewis. Yesterday, Augustine…
Scripture “Is this not magnificent Babylon, which I have built as a royal capital by my mighty power and for my glorious majesty?” ~Daniel 4:30, NRSV Quote Pride first, then the crash, but humility is precursor to honor. ~Solomon {Proverbs 18:12, Msg} Life can be humbling for even the proudest and the most successful. Nebuchadnezzar was…
Scripture Rich people may think they are wise, but a poor person with discernment can see right through them. ~Proverbs 11:28, NLT Quote To see a prosperous man that is humble, is the greatest rarity in the world. ~Bernard of Clairvaux Proverbs deals with a lot of generalities: it is not impossible for a rich man…