With Jack Bailey
Scripture This is eternal life: to know YOU the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom YOU have sent. ~John 17:3, REB Quote The Bible is the primary means by which God presents Himself to us. ~Timothy Keller The awesome God we worship is enshrouded in mystery and we creatures of clay would know nothing…
Scripture I urge first of all that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone… ~I Timothy 2:1, REB Quote “A praying man can never be a useless man.” ~Austin Phelps Until yesterday, I thought a rill was a part of your fishing gear and then I remembered the second verse of My Country…
Scripture Better the end of anything than the beginning. ~Ecclesiastes 7:8, REB Quote Age is a case of mind over matter: if you don’t mind, it don’t matter. ~Satchel Paige Aging does have it difficulties and those who have me by another ten years or so tell me that I don’t know anything yet. There…
Scripture Since Christ endured bodily suffering, you also must arm yourselves with the same disposition. ~I Peter 4:1 REB Quote Suffering, rightly met, forges deep friendships and empowers our witness. ~Timothy Keller As we mentioned yesterday; the Psalmist said, “He was good for me to be afflicted that I might learn.” We humans have a…
Scripture But He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” ~Luke 7:50, REB Quote Salvation is all by the grace of God: damnation is all by the will of man. ~Charles H. Spurgeon Jesus was invited to the home of a Pharisee by the name of Simon who had recovered…
Scripture How good for me to have been chastened, so that I might be schooled in your statues. ~Psalm 119:71, REB Quote Everyone faces adversity; but what matters is what we learn from it. ~Lou Holtz The NIV reads…It was good for me to be afflicted, so that I might learn your decrees. The root…
Scripture “I shall not talk to you much longer with you, for the prince of this world approaches. He has no rights {power} over Me.” ~John 14:30 Quote The only way Satan can gain power over a believer is to get them to disobey Christ. ~Timothy Ray Keenum Tim stirred my mind the other night:…
Scripture I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone, for sovereigns and for all in high office so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life, free to practice our religion with dignity. ~I Timothy 2:1, REB Quote “If conscience disapproves, the loudest applause of the world are of little…
Scripture I hold fast to your statutes, Lord; do not let me be put to shame…Take away the disgrace I dread, for your laws are good. ~Psalm 119:31,39, NIV Quote I sometimes think that shame, mere awkward, senseless shame, does as much toward preventing good acts and straightforward happiness as any of our vices. ~Clyde…
Scripture I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word. ~Psalm 119:16 Quote The bible is a treasure book so don’t defraud yourself by neglecting to study it daily. ~Ya’akov When I read Psalm 119:16 the other day, I began to swell on the inside. I love my quiet time and I love…