With Jack Bailey
Scripture Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but longing fulfilled is a tree of life. ~Proverbs 13:12 NIV Quote Unrelenting disappointment can make the heart sick. ~Eugene L. Peterson I’m a little pressed for time today so I must be brief and sometimes, brevity is not a bad thing. I thought Keller’s book on Psalms…
Scripture I AM the way. ~John 14:6, AV {any version} Quote The only hope for this nation and for the world is Jesus Christ. ~Franklin Graham There is a small village in Switzerland, a Gatlinburg type town, nestled in the Alps. The name of this scenic hamlet is Kandersteg because it is located on the…
Scripture This evil people…shall be like this loincloth, which is good for nothing. ~Jeremiah 13:10, NRSV Quote Grace does not run in the blood, but sin does. A sinner begets a sinner, but a saint does not beget a saint. {You must be born from above} ~Matthew Henry One thing that all O.T. prophets had…
Scripture If you want to find the road to hell, look for her house. ~Proverbs 7:27, LB Quote Sin has inevitable consequences for everyone, no exceptions. ~Ya’akov Solomon personifies WISDOM as a lady, a beautiful woman that we should love and embrace but he also personifies SIN as a seductive female, a bold and daring…
Scripture “What right do my beloved people have to come to My Temple, when they have done so many immoral things? Can their vows and sacrifices prevent their destruction? ~Jeremiah 11:15, NLT Quote “There is no avoiding the fact that we live at the mercy of our ideas. This is never more true than with…
Scripture ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment…second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ~Matthew 22:37-39, NRSV Quote The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. ~Stephen R. Covey I’m…
Scripture I want to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings. ~Philippians 3:10, NASB Quote God had only One Son on this earth without sin but never one without suffering. ~Augustine The grand children and I are reading through the NT this year. They will get an extra…
Scripture From the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem I shall banish all sounds of joy and gladness…for the whole land will become a desert. ~Jeremiah 7:34, REB Quote “Christ is not valued at all unless He is valued above all.” ~Augustine Jeremiah had a difficult task; he preached to a people who…
Scripture The survivors left in Judah will strike fresh roots below ground and yield above ground. ~2 Kings 19:30, REB Quote It matters little where we live or what kind of weather we face, so long as our roots are finding the Eternal Spring. ~L.B. Cowman Each year we wait eleven and a half months…
Scripture The LORD heard my cry. He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out from the bog and the mire, and set my feet on a hard, firm path, and steadied me as I walked along. ~Psalm 40:1-2, LB Quote Apart from Jesus Himself, there is no greater gift than His peace: I…