With Jack Bailey
Scripture Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not fade; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will be over. ~Isaiah 60:20 Quote “A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word ‘darkness’ on the walls of his cell.” ~C.S. {Jack} Lewis Isaiah 60 reminds me of…
Scripture “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” ~Ecclesiastes 1:2, NIV Quote Hedonism–the gloomy philosophy which says that pleasure is the only good. ~C.S. Lewis Who wrote the book of Ecclesiastes? Verse one says, “The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.” To my knowledge, David had only…
Scripture Pride ends in humiliation, while humility brings honor. ~Proverbs 29:23, NLT Quote Pride is the mother hen under which all sins are hatched. ~C. S. Lewis The verse above restates the same principle found in Proverbs 16:18, Pride goes before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. The end result of pride is humiliation: this is God’s…
Scripture What is man that You take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him? Psalm 8:4, NASB Quote God created us to be Kings but the disobedience of our first parents robbed us of our crown. ~W.W. Wiersbe Psalm 8 is a majestic praise Psalm that speaks of God’s infinite power to create…
Scripture Your promise revives me; it comforts me in all my troubles. The proud hold me in utter contempt, but I do not turn away from your instructions. ~Psalm 119:50-51, NLT Quote The bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me. ~Martin…
Scripture For I know my transgression and my sin is ever before me. ~Psalms 51:3, NRSV Quote “If you need a guide for your ongoing relationship with God, read Psalms.” ― Jim George Billy Graham reads five Psalms a day and one proverb. He says the Psalms help him relate to God and the Proverbs helps…
Scripture “You remain the same. Your years will never end.” ~Hebrews 2:12, NIRV Quote Because God is good we are comforted by His immutability. ~Ravi Zacharias Who is the same age as their Father and older than their mother? It is an easy question and like most of my questions, the answer is Jesus. As…
Scripture Up to this moment we have become the world’s garbage. We are everybody’s trash. ~I Corinthians 4:13, NIrV Quote The value of any product is determined by the price someone is willing to pay. ~Ya’akov Paul was speaking to the Corinthians when he made the above comment. The great Apostle understood the world’s lack of…
Scripture But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop. ~Luke 8:15, NIV Quote Your life will not change if your heart is hard, shallow or crowded by worldly cares. ~Wade Morris Are you satisfied with your…
Scripture You know the LORD is God! He created us, and we belong to Him; we are His people, the sheep of His pasture. ~Psalms 100:3, CEV Quote You can’t know, you can only believe–or not. ~C.S. Lewis God way of relating to humans is by faith. This method of operation is God’s choice not…