With Jack Bailey
Scripture What are mere mortals that You should think about them, human beings that You should care for them? Yet You made them only a little lower than {Elohim} Yourself and crowned them with glory and honor. ~Psalm 8:4-5, GNT Quote We marvel at the grandeur of magnificent things like water falls, mountains, the stars and the planets…
Scripture He led them from the darkness and deepest gloom; He snapped their chains. ~Psalm 107:14, NLT Quote There is power in the name of Jesus: To break every chain, break every chain, break every chain! ~Will Reagan I don’t really understand it, but the older I get, the more claustrophobic I become. I don’t like…
Scripture How long will you be heavy hearted human creatures? Why love emptiness and chase after falsehood? ~Psalm 4:3, Augustine Quote I was inflamed by the Psalms with love for You {God}. ~Augustine {My Confessions, p.162} I was reading Augustine’s My Confessions and he quoted Psalm 4:3, How long will you be heavy hearted human creatures?…
Scripture The fastest runner doesn’t always win the race, and the strongest warrior doesn’t always win the battle. ~Ecclesiastes 9:11, NLT Quote “Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ~ Winston Churchill There is a difference between being competitive and being a competitor. I am very…
Scripture I want them to have complete confidence that they understand God’s mysterious plan, which is Christ Himself. In him lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. ~Colossians 2:2-3, NLT Quote Woe betide the soul which supposes it will find something better if it forsakes You. ~Augustine {My Confessions, p. 114} Everything is grace.…
Scripture The wicked will go down to the grave. This is the fate of all the nations who ignore God. ~Psalms 9:17, NLT Quote When nations or individuals live only for their pleasure, they begin to die morally and spiritually, oblivious to God’s will and His judgment. ~Billy Graham {WISDOM FOR THE DAY, p.192} It may…
Scripture On exactly the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the crops of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of the LORD for seven days, with a rest on the first day and a rest on the eighth day. ~Leviticus 23:39, NASB Quote The ‘Gathering of the Eighth Day’…
Scripture For God is working in you, giving you the desire and power to do what pleases Him. ~Philippians 2:13, NLT Quote The moment you are willing, God will being altering your selfish disposition and His recreating forces will begin to work. ~Qswald Chambers Every now and again I read something so well constructed that…
Scripture Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land. ~2 Chronicles 7:14, NLT Quote The nation that prays together, stays together. ~Ya’akov Hardly a…
Scripture How I praise the Lord that you are concerned about me again… Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. Quote As you commit yourself to Jesus in increasing measure, the power of His Spirit in you grows more apparent–You have a greater desire…