With Jack Bailey
Scripture I called on Your name, O LORD, from the lowest pit. ~Lamentations 3:55, LSB Quote Self-sufficency is a myth perpetuated by pride and the devil. ~Jack Young Most of you can’t relate but I grew up in the 50’s when dug wells were common. We had one and so did our neighbors. Most of…
Scripture Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people? ~Jeremiah 8:22, NIV Quote In the quiet echoes of His Word, wounds find their balm, and hearts find their rest. ~Source Unknown I read Psalm 16 last Sunday morning. It was…
Scripture Stand before the LORD in awe, and do not sin against Him. Lie quietly upon your bed in silent meditation. ~Psalms 4:4. TLB Quote Yahweh is free to act or not act as He pleases. Gerald H. Wilson I believe in prayer. I do confess that I am not proficient in prayer but I…
Scripture Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me. ~Psalm 38:2, NIV Quote I believe that a man can find nothing more glorious than these Psalms; for they embrace the whole life of man, the affections of his mind, and the motions of his soul. ~Athanasius {296-373} There are fifteen…
Scripture Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. ~John 15:27, NKJV Quote Can we help other people without using them to help ourselves? ~Sarah Young Sarah Young’s famous devotional JESUS…
Scripture Now is the appointed time, LORD, for Your compassion and mercy to be poured out–the appointed time has come for Your prophets’s promises to be fulfilled. ~Psalm 102:13, TPT Quote The LORD {Yahweh} was before and separate from His creation of heaven and earth and He will again change and renew them. {Just like…
Scripture And He will redeem Israel from all his iniquities. ~Psalm 130:8, NASB Quote Your sins can darken your awareness of God’s love, but they cannot darken the reality of that love. ~Dana Ortlund Sin carries a lot of consequences which is why God encouraged Adam and Eve not to sin. Death is one of…
Scripture Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! ~Psalm 150:6, ESV Quote Worship in spirit and truth is the most soul stirring, heart warming experience we can have. It is a little bit of heaven here on earth. ~Steve Lawson Of all God’s creatures, man is the only one in rebellion. The…
Scripture Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; According to the abundance of Your compassion blot out my transgressions. ~Psalm 51:1, LSB Quote David was further along spiritually the most New Testament believers. ~Martyn Lloyd Jones When I read the above quote in Martyn Lloyd Jones devotional, I wrote in the margin,…
Scripture “How frail is humanity! How short is life, how full of trouble! We blossom like a flower and then wither. Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.” ~Job 14:1-2, NLT Quote Your life is a ‘breath’, don’t waste it. LeCrae I was in Psalm 144 last night and in verse 4, the Psalmist said, Man is like a…