With Jack Bailey
Scripture The Lord is not slow in keeping His word, as He seems to some, but He is waiting in mercy for you, not desiring the destruction of any, but that all may be turned from their evil ways. ~2Peter 3:9, BBE Quote As I contemplate human nature and life, the thing that astonishes me…
Scripture “Blessed are the gentle, for they will inherit the earth. ~Matthew 5:5, NASB Quote Patience is bitter but its fruit is sweet. ~Aristotle The word translated ‘gentle’ in the NASB is most often translated ‘humble’ or ‘meek’. None do injustice to the Greek word which means all three and we could throw in ‘mild.’…
Scripture As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he shows us his mercy. ~Psalm 123:2, NIV Quote When you are in a rush; give consideration to one question–“What am…
Scripture For examples of patience in suffering, look at the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord…For instance, you know about Job, a man of great endurance. ~James 5:10-11, NLT Quote Patience is the companion of wisdom. ~Augustine I don’t like to plagiarize and yet it is hard for me not to edit…
Scripture The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. ~Psalm 103:8, NIV Quote Allow the LORD to soften your heart until it beats in rhythm with His; until you love people as He loves people. ~Anonymous Psalm 103:8 is a quote or reference to Exodus 34:6, “The Lord, the compassionate and…
Scripture Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. ~Psalms 37:7, NIV Quote Fretting can lead you to cut corners ethically. Don’t add a bad conscience to a heavy heart. ~Timothy Keller Keith Blackwood asked me a few days ago, how long it took…
Scripture A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls. Proverbs 25:28, NLT Quote “You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him angry.” ~James Kyle Morley I do agree with the quote even though it makes me a small man. I acknowledge up front…
Scripture Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps errs. ~Proverbs 19:2, NASB Quote Jesus never got into a hurry. ~Randy Sharp Occasionally I like to compare translations so let’s look at a few different versions of Proverbs 19:2… NKJV–Also it is not good for a soul to…
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 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…