With Jack Bailey
Scripture Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! ~Proverbs 6:6 Quote Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it. ~Benjamin Franklin Solomon was a teacher and as such was a great student of nature. He had studied the ways of ants and he knew they were energetic and industrialist by…
Scripture In the end you will groan in anguish when disease consumes your body. You will say, “How I hated discipline! If only I had not ignored all the warnings! ~Proverbs 5:11-12, NLT Quote The grass that appears greener in your neighbor’s yard is the grass over the septic tank [field lines]. ~Erma Boombeck You’ve been…
Scripture Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. ~Proverbs 4:23, NLT Quote Learn from the mistakes of others: you don’t have time to make them all yourself. ~Anonymous The heart is not primarily the symbol of emotion, though emotion is not excluded, but of thought, of the mind…
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 Fear of the LORD is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. ~Proverbs 1:7, NLT Quote “I never learned anything while I was talking” ~Bob Brechtel or Lou Holtz The AV translated verse 7 like this…The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and…
Scripture Even my best friend, the one I trusted completely, the one who shared my food, has turned against me. ~Psalm 41:9, NLT Quote Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. ~Jesus There is no way a man like David should go to heaven but the same thing can be said about me. David was saved…
Scripture I waited patiently for the LORD to help me…He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid ground…He has given me a new song to sing, a hymn of praise to our God. ~Psalm 40:1-3, NLT Quote He ruthlessly perfects whom…
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 My wounds are ugly. They stink. I’ve been foolish. I have sinned. ~Psalm 38:5, NIRV Quote Sin can make us so sick that we become sick of sin. ~Ya’akov No one seems to know the exact setting that inspired Psalm 38. It is a penitential Psalm like 32 and 51. Scholars are reasonably sure…