With Jack Bailey
Scripture Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; He will never permit the righteous to be moved. ~Psalm 55:22, NRSV Quote It is infinitely better to have the whole world as an enemy and God as a friend than to have the whole world as a friend and God as the…
Scripture I will give thanks to Your name, O LORD, for it is good. {For He has delivered me from every trouble} ~Psalm 54:6-7, NRSV Quote The secret of a successful spiritual life is just to realize two things….I must have absolute confidence in God and absolutely no confidence in myself.” ~D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Psalm…
Scripture Have they no knowledge, those evildoers, who eat up My people as they do bread, and do not call upon God? Psalm 53:4, NRSV Quote A fool is anyone who tries to live without God. ~Steven J. Lawson Psalm 53 is almost identical to Psalm 14: both begin by saying, Fools say in their…
Scripture But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever. ~Psalms 52:8, NRSV Quote “Let us lean on Christ with all our weight. Let us throw ourselves on His faithfulness as we do on our beds, bringing all our weariness…
Scripture Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. ~Psalm 51:1-2, NRSV Quote The good news of Jesus Christ is that a full forgiveness of sin is offered for all who will…
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 Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me. I will not accept a bull from your house, or goats from your folds. ~Psalm 50:8-9, NRSV Quote The dearest idol I have known, whatever that idol be, help me tear it from Thy throne and worship only Thee. ~William…
Scripture Do not be overawed when others grow rich, when the splendor of their houses increases; for they will take nothing with them when they die, their splendor will not descend with them. ~Psalm 49:16-17, NIV Quote It is no sin to have wealth, provided we earn it honestly, spend it wisely, and invest it…
Scripture Because of you we are being killed all day long, and accounted as sheep for the slaughter. ~Psalm 44:22, NRSV Quote As history bears witness, martyrs are not victims, they are victors–more than conquerors. ~Ya’akov Paul quoted Psalm 44:22 in Romans 8 and the quote comes in the middle of the no separation passage……
Scripture For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love. ~Galatians 5:13, NLT Quote If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government,…