With Jack Bailey
Scripture Yet they tested the Most High God, and rebelled against him. They did not observe his decrees, but turned away and were faithless like their ancestors; they twisted like a treacherous bow. ~Psalm 78:56-57, NRSV Quote The one thing we learn from history is that we do not learn anything from history. ~Hegel Wiersbe calls…
Scripture When I was in deep trouble, I searched for the Lord. All night long I prayed, with hands lifted toward heaven, but my soul was not comforted. ~Psalm 77:2, NLT Quote Even when we have followed Christ for a life time; we can still wrestle with doubt which is the raw side of honesty. ~Erwin…
Scripture But you indeed are awesome! Who can stand before you when once your anger is roused? From the heavens you uttered judgment; the earth feared and was still. ~Psalms 76:7-8 NRSV Quote No one can know the true grace of God who has not first known the fear of God. ~A.W. Tozer Psalm 76 is…
Scripture It is God alone who judges; He decides who will rise and who will fall. ~Psalms 75:7, NLT Quote “Providence is like a curious piece of tapestry made of a thousand shreds, which, single, appear useless, but put together, they represent a beautiful history to the eye.” ~John Flavel Louis Berkhof defined providence as…
Scripture We do not see our emblems; there is no longer any prophet, and there is no one among us who knows how long. How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile Your name forever? Quote God’s wounds are better than Satan’s salves. ~John Trapp Few ordeals are more excruciating…
Scripture Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth. My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; He is mine forever. ~Psalm 73:25-26, NLT Quote It is not possible for a person to see and rely on the eternal…
Scripture Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to a king’s son. May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice. ~Psalm 72:1-2, NRSV Quote Pharaohs, Caesars, Alexander the Great, Attila the Hun, Charlemagne, Napoleon, Hitler, Stalin: what do they have in common–They are relics of a fading history. They…
Scripture Do not cast me off in the time of old age; do not forsake me when my strength is spent. ~Psalm 71:9, NRSV Quote If would be a good thing if young people were wise and old folks were strong; but God had other ideas. ~Martin Luther Age is not an excuse to quit…
Scripture But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay! ~Psalm 70:5 Quote The greatest tragedy in life is not unanswered prayer but unoffered prayer. ~F.B. Meyer Psalm 70 is a prayer of David. First of all, it is a short…
Scripture They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. ~Psalm 69:21, NRSV Quote We pray not to inform God or to instruct Him but to become intimate with Him. ~John Chrysostom Psalm 69 is a Psalm of David and the most quoted Psalm in the N.T.…