With Jack Bailey
Scripture If only you had paid attention to my commands. Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea. ~Isaiah 48:18, CSB Quote God’s peace is joy resting; God’s joy is peace dancing. ~F.F. Bruce God’s desire was to bless Israel and make them the most prosperous nation…
Scripture For the upright will inhabit the land, and those of integrity will remain in it. ~Proverbs 2:21, CSB Quote We lose our credibility when we refuse to acknowledge our errors. ~Ya’akov It is hard for a man to say what Jonah said to the sailors, “I know that I am the blame.” We all make mistakes. I don’t…
Scripture You will be covered with shame and destroyed forever because of the violence done to your brother Jacob. Obadiah 10, CSB Quote “Roses are red and mud is brown, we rednecks party with the radio up and the tailgate down.” ~Si Robertson Cain is the father of the self-willed, Abraham is the father of…
Scripture Who among you fears the Lord and obeys his servant? If you are walking in darkness, without a ray of light, trust in the Lord and rely on your God. ~Isaiah 50:10, NLT Quote At times God puts us through the discipline of darkness to teach us to heed Him. The nightingale sings in the darkness part of the night. ~Oswald…
Scripture We must celebrate with a feast, for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found.’ So the party began. ~Matthew 15:24, NLT Quote The law condemns the best of us but GRACE saves the worst of us. ~Joseph Prince Some 52 years ago…
Scripture He was assigned a grave with the wicked, but He was with a rich man at his death, because he had done no violence and had not spoken deceitfully. ~Isaiah 53:9, CSB Quote By this we know love, that He laid down His life for us. ~John The Apostle As Christians, we know that Isaiah was painting a portrait of Christ in chapters 52-53.…
Scripture Going a little farther, He fell face down and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.” ~Matthew 26:39, CSB Quote A paradox is a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to…
Scripture You are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the LORD. ~Leviticus 19:28, CSB Quote Treat your body like a temple not a woodshed. ~Jim Rohn I finished the Living New Testament a couple of weeks back. I loved it. Some days I…
Scripture Instead He {Christ} emptied himself by assuming the form of a servant, and taking on the likeness of humanity. ~Philippians 2:7, CSB Quote Jesus went from commanding angels to sleeping on straw, from holding stars in His hands to clutching Mary’s finger, from being worshiped to being despised: Why? Because He loves us and love puts the beloved before itself.…
Scripture But his father said to the servants, ‘Quick! Bring the finest robe in the house and put it on him. Get a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet. And kill the calf we have been fattening. We must celebrate with a feast… ~Luke 15:22-23 Quote How deep the Father’s love for us,…