With Jack Bailey
Scripture Now I will expose your so-called good deeds. None of them will help you. ~Isaiah 57:12, NLT Quote No one who is pro-life supports a political party or candidate that is not. ~Jack Bailey We have been rationalizing our sin since Adam but it is a waste of time: God sees the heart and…
Scripture “My people are foolish and do not know me,” says the LORD. “They are stupid children who have no understanding. They are clever enough at doing wrong, but they have no idea how to do right!” ~Jeremiah 4:22, NLT Quote Sin is stupid! ~Ya’akov A lot of people do not like modern translations of…
Scripture I am offering you My deliverance; not in the distant future, but right now! I am ready to save you, and I will restore Jerusalem and Israel, who is My glory. ~Isaiah 46:13, TLB Quote I don’t believe is coincidences, I believe in Divine intervention. ~Image Quotes Isaiah 46 pictures the fall of Babylon…
Scripture Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. ~Proverbs 22:6, NIV Quote A parent’s final resource, and the most powerful, is prayer. ~Timothy Keller Timothy Keller has some insights on raising children that I thought was interesting. A lot of us…
Scripture As soon as you set your foot on the Way, I’ll show you My salvation. ~Psalm 50:23, MSG Quote Be killing sin or it will be killing you. ~John Owen I just finished the Psalms in the TLB a couple of weeks ago and it was fantastic. Peterson and the MESSAGE are not as…
Scripture Then justice will rule through all the land, and out of justice, peace. Quietness and confidence will reign forever more. ~Isaiah 32:16-17, TLB Quote “Your life is shaped by the end you live for.” ~Thomas Merton I enjoy reading Isaiah almost as much as I do the Psalms. Yesterday I read Isaiah 32 which…
Scripture What heathen god can give us rain? Who but you alone, O Lord our God, can do such things as this? Therefore we will wait for You to help us. ~Jeremiah 14:22, TLB Quote Our sins are a debt that none can pay but Christ. It is not our tears but His blood that…
Scripture So to keep me from becoming proud, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger from Satan to torment me and keep me from becoming proud. ~2 Corinthians 12:7, NLT Quote By trials God is shaping us for higher things. ~Jeremy Taylor Psalm 52-59 is a series of prayers or songs written…
Scripture Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. ~Isaiah 30:18, NIV Quote The worries of the day are ever around us. Conflict within and without threaten the peace we so desperately want and seek. ~Jack Countryman Isaiah 30 is a strong rebuke. Judah has…
Scripture Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. ~Ephesians 6:4, NIV Quote You must catch your child doing good and jump on every opportunity for praise. ~Kathy Keller Keller just keeps meddling: after spending two weeks on marriage, he has gone to parenting. I…