With Jack Bailey
Scripture Here is an Israelite worthy of the name {Frank}: there is nothing false in him. ~John 1:47, REB Quote By being frank with others, you may acquire a lot of enemies but you will have fewer fake friends ~Image Quotes You didn’t know that Jesus had a disciple named Frank, did you? Actually, he…
This is not a normal post but I do have some thoughts to share about our trip to Guatemala. This is my 5th trip and it has been totally different from the others. Flying in over Guatemala City stirred my heart: I was overwhelmed by the need, the spiritual need of so many people. It…
Scripture They reeled and staggered like drunkards; they were at their wits’ end. ~Psalm 107:27, NIV Quote Prayer is an acknowledgement of our powerlessness. ~Steven J. Lawson I’ve blogged before about spending the night or a week at Wit’s End {Inn}. But I gained some new insights from my reading the REB and Keller’s Songs of Jesus.…
Scripture Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet, without your Father’s knowledge, not one of them can fall to the ground. ~Matthew 10:29, REB Quote I sing because I’m happy, I sing because I’m free–for if His eye is on the sparrow, I know He’s watching me. ~Charles Gabriel Lettie Cowman [March 3,…
Scripture At last, at last for you great city, mighty city of Babylon! In a moment your doom has come upon you. ~Revelation 18:10 Quote The devil is the founder and orchestrator of every religion on the face of the earth. ~Ya’akov Although Christianity is considered by the world as being one of many religions;…
Scripture And I saw the Holy City, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband. ~Revelation 21:2, REB Quote We don’t see the glory until we see the whole picture. ~Ya’akov A lot of country folk could get the wrong idea when they see heaven…
Scripture Take your pay and go home, I choose to give the last man the same as you. ~Matthew 20:14, REB Quote GRACE is the free, the undeserved favor of God to mankind. ~Matthew Henry Matthew 20 details the story of the land baron who went to the market place to hire workers. He was…
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…