With Jack Bailey
Scripture “My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.” ~Job 7:6, NIV Quote At my darkest hour, Jesus is my light; at my weakest moment, Jesus is my strength and at my lowest ebb, Jesus is my hope. ~Anonymous I am not the only person who has felt…
Scripture All day long I have stretched out my hands to a disobedient and defiant people. ~Romans 10:21, REB Quote Perhaps the greatest mistake a human can make is to substitute their own will for God’s. ~Anonymous The verse above is in reference to the Israelites. The LORD saved them from slavery, from Pharaoh’s tyranny…
Scripture The good which I want to do, I fail to do; but what I do is the wrong which is against my will, clearly it is no longer I who am the agent, but sin that has it’s dwelling in me. ~Romans 7:19-20, REB Quote Out present culture has drifted so far from the…
Scripture In the camp they were envious of Moses, and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the LORD. ~Psalm 106:16, REB Quote Sin is utterly ridiculous and amazingly stupid. ~Ya’akov Not all rebellion is sin but all sin is rebellion. Martin Luther would not agree with that statement but he was not right about everything:…
Scripture When hope seemed hopeless, his faith was such that he became the father of many nations in fulfillment of the promise. ~Romans 4:18, REB Quote Sanctification is not my idea of what I want God to do for me; it is God’s idea of what He wants to do for me. ~Oswald Chambers The…
Scripture He makes me lie down in green pastures. ~Psalms 23:2, REB Quote God is infinite is all His ways and this includes His will. ~Elisebeth Elliot I don’t know if you’ve ever pondered the thought but God has a harder head than you do. No question the world is filled with Cains–those who insist…
Scripture The genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham. ~Matthew 1:1, REB Quote The Bible is a history of God’s grace bestowed on men who did not deserve it or fully appreciate it. ~Timothy Keller What’s in a genealogy, it is just a list of names and many find them boring to…
Scripture Foxes have their holes and birds their roost; but the Son of Man has no where to lay His head. ~Matthew 8:20, REB Quote We all long for home; a place of security, comfort and love. ~Timothy Keller When I read the above quote in my daily devotion, it sparked a multitude of thoughts…
Scripture Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you. ~Matthew 7:7, NASB Quote The Law of Prayer is to ASK. ~George W. Truett Although Satan uses distractions, he does not want us to understand that we are being distracted. If we understand…
Scripture Here the ships sail to and fro; here the Leviathan which You have made to sport there. ~Psalm 104:26, REB Quote A clam glorifies God better than we do, because the clam is being everything God created it to be, whereas we are not. ~Elisabeth Elliot We do not know what the Leviathan was;…