With Jack Bailey
Scripture If they listen and serve Him, they will live out their days in prosperity and their years in comfort. ~Job 36:11, REB Quote Christians take the scripture out of context to justify their actions and vindicate their cowardice. ~Randall Terry The above verse is taken out of Elihu’s lengthy discourse. Elihu {He is my…
Scripture When the storms of life come, the wicked are whirled away, but the godly have a lasting foundation. ~Proverbs 10:25 Quote All things temporal will lead to disappointment to some degree: we must face this fact or be crushed by it. ~Derek Kidner Solomon said, “However many years you live, enjoy them but remember the…
Scripture Young people, it’s wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. When people live to be very old, let them rejoice in every day of life. ~Ecclesiastes 11:8,11 NLT Quote Life should begin, in a very significant sense, at age seventy. ~Colonel F. J. Miles Just a few years back I would have…
Scripture And yet they say to God, ‘Go away. We want no part of you and your ways. Who is the Almighty, and why should we obey him? What good will it do us to pray?’ ~Job 21:14-15, NLT Quote The fleeting pleasures of this life are senseless, useless, and insignificant if we try to…
Scripture The greater my wisdom, the greater my grief. To increase knowledge only increases sorrow. ~Ecclesiastes 1:18, NLT Quote Supernatural and spiritual problems require supernatural and spiritual remedies. ~Timothy Keller I don’t want to be plagurist like Rick Warren so I am telling you up front that you can find most of this blog in…
Scripture Does He {God} arraign you for your piety? No: it is because your wickedness is so great, and your depravity passes all bounds. ~Job 22:4-5, REB Quote There are some things that only God can fix. ~Ya’akov Our verses for today come from the speech of Eliphaz to Job. Job was actually a good…
Scripture The Lord will guide you continually, giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength. You will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring. ~Isaiah 58:11, NLT Quote In our communion with God there is continuous renewal for us in the spirit of the mind. ~W. B. Hinson As I…
Scripture God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. ~Acts 10:38, NRSV Quote When Adam and Eve transgressed, God’s order was disturbed and life became a burden rather than a blessing.…
Scripture Even when there was no reason for hope, Abraham kept hoping—believing that he would become the father of many nations. For God had said to him, “That’s how many descendants you will have!” ~Romans 4:18, NLT Quote Without CHRIST, there is no hope! ~Charles Spurgeon Millions do not agree with Spurgeon but I do,…
Scripture The coming of the lawless one is apparent in the working of Satan, who uses all power, signs, lying wonders, and every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. II Thessalonians 2:9-10 Quote Television is the worse invention known to man.…