With Jack Bailey
Scripture My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you. Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye. ~Proverbs 7:1-2, NIV Quote Do not bite the bait of pleasure until you know there is no hook beneath it. ~Thomas Jefferson Young people have a lot to deal with…
Scripture Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take. ~Proverbs 3:5-6 Quote Wisdom is choosing the right path; Integrity is staying on it. ~Ya’akov The Children of Israel were led across a barren…
Scripture Discretion will guard you, Understanding will watch over you. ~Proverbs 2:11 Quote To make right decisions; your decisions must make things right. ~Ya’akov Life is filled with choices. Jesus Himself taught that there are two paths or roads–one is narrow and the other is very broad. The narrow path is the higher, virtuous, noble…
Scripture We are merely moving shadows {phantoms}, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth, not knowing who will spend it. ~Psalm 39:6, NLT Quote Life is short; it will soon be past and only what you do for Jesus will last. ~C.T. Studd Both commentaries I read point to spiritual…
Scripture Take delight in the LORD and He will give you your heart’s desires. ~Psalm 37:4, NLT Quote The stars may fall from heaven but the word of God will stand and all its promises and prophecies will be fulfilled. ~J.I. Packer Psalm 37 is special to me. The Lord providentially guided me to this…
Scripture The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed. ~Psalm 34:18 Quote In prayer, we act like men. In praise, we act like angels. ~Thomas Watson Gilead was famous for it’s healing oil or balm. The young buds of balsam poplar trees secrete a powerfully aromatic and healing resin…
Scripture The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations and thwarts all their schemes. But the LORD ’s plans stand firm forever; his intentions can never be shaken. ~Psalm 33:10-11, NLT Quote You can make your plans but the LORD’s purpose will prevail. ~Solomon Psalm 33 is an anonymous hymn of praise which the Jews used…
Scripture When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. ~Psalm 32:3-4, NASB Quote God will not permit His Children to sin successfully. ~Charles Spurgeon The problem with hiding or covering our sin is guilt.…
Scripture How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered! How blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit! ~Psalm 32:1-2, NASB Quote You have not got to the bottom of the blackness of sin until you confess that it is rebellion…
Scripture O LORD, I have come to you for protection; don’t let me be disgraced. Save me, for you do what is right. ~Psalm 31:1, NLT Quote Every human impotence is an opportunity to trust in God’s omnipotence. ~Steven Lawson Psalm 31 is riveting Psalm as David gives vivid details of the anguish and fear…