With Jack Bailey
Scripture How kind the LORD is! How good he is! So merciful, this God of ours! ~Psalm 116:5, NLT Quote God is absolutely good and most assuredly the cause of all that is good. ~Sir Walter Raleigh No devotional thought or theology today. I just want to praise the LORD for His grace and mercy. He…
Scripture ‘No man who has any flaws can come near. No man who is blind…disabled…scarred…twisted spine…hunchback…too short…imperfect eyesight…diseased…or whose sex glands are crushed can come. ~Leviticus 21:16-18, NIrV Quote God loves you unconditionally as you are not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be. ~Brennan Manning This is not the first…
Scripture We have a high priest who can feel it when we are weak and hurting. We have a high priest who has been tempted in every way, just as we are. But He did not sin. ~Hebrews 4:15, NIrV Quote “No man knows how bad he is until he has tried very hard to…
Scripture Once again the Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. Judges 13:1, NIrV Quote The key to exercising patience is to believe that God is up to something. ~Sam Franklin Wallace We see this exact phrase three times in the book of Judges, “Once again the Israelites did what was…
Scripture “Has anyone ever given anything to God, so that God has to pay him back?” ~Romans 11:35 (Job 41:11) Quote No one ever received anything from God on the grounds of merit. God gives because God is good. He is the source of everything. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer Every thing is grace. There is universal grace, God makes…
Scripture God’s gifts of grace come in many forms. Each of you has received a gift in order to serve others. You should use it faithfully. ~I Peter 4:10, NIrV Quote Your talents, abilities and spiritual gifts are God’s gift to you. Using these gifts to benefit others is your gift to God. ~Ya’akov As…
Scripture May more and more grace and peace be given to you. ~I Peter 1:2, NIRV Quote God’s mercy and grace give me hope for myself and for our world. ~William Franklin Graham Can you think of anything you need more than grace and peace. I certainly need more and I want more. Due to God…
Scripture For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. ~Romans 7:18, NASB Quote No one can really appreciate God’s grace until they see the depth and darkness of their depravity. ~Ya’akov The NASB translates the…
Scripture Watch out, you mighty man! The LORD is about to grab hold of you. He is about to throw you away. He will roll you up tightly like a ball. He will throw you into a very large country. There you will die. ~Isaiah 22:17-18, NIrV Quote Pride preceeds a fall. ~Solomon God’s word is…
Scripture But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so he crushed it into a lump of clay again and started over. ~Jeremiah 18:4, NLT Quote God hates nothing that He has made and with an equal love, He wills to do His best for each. ~F.B. Meyer We…