With Jack Bailey
Scripture Go to this people and say, “You will keep on hearing, but will not understand.” ~Acts 28:26, LSB Quote The difference between hearing and listening is paying attention. ~Anonymous When Paul reached Rome he met with the Jews and shared his testimony. Some of them believed Paul and became followers but most of them rejected the…
Scripture On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place. Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. ~Acts 2:1-2, NLT Quote When the Holy Spirit takes over, everyone is aware of His divine presence and…
Scripture As they went out, they talked it over and agreed, “This man hasn’t done anything to deserve death or imprisonment.” ~Acts 26:31, NLT Quote How little they know of Christianity who think that the story ends with conversion. ~C.S. Lewis I am about to finish the book of Acts in the LSB and once…
Scripture Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life. ~Proverbs 13:12, NLT Quote Where there is Jesus, there is hope. ~Source Unknown From time to time, while I am doing my daily bible reading, a verse will jump off the pages into my mind and heart. I don’t know…
Scripture Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down. ~Proverbs 12:25, LSB Quote Anxiety will not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but it will empty today of its strength. ~Charles Spurgeon St Jude’s has some heart rendering commercials; in one such commercial, a parent says…“The worse news in the world is not that you have…
Scripture Saul hurled his spear at David. But David dodged out of the way, and leaving the spear stuck in the wall, he fled and escaped into the night. ~ 1 Samuel 19:10, NLT Quote Pain and sorrow are doubled when endured alone, but greatly lessened when borne by another beside us. ~Drew Hunter Many…
Scripture O Yahweh, who may reside in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain? ~Psalm 15:1, LSB Quote Jesus did more than come to the Temple: Jesus is the Temple. ~Dana Ortlund I always get a boost when I find someone who agrees with me. The Jews had a tendency to worship the…
Scripture If it is true that you look favorably on me, let me know Your ways so I may understand You more fully and continue to enjoy Your favor. ~Exodus 33:13, NLT Quote The one thing that is characteristic of all great saint is their desire to go deeper in their knowledge of God. ~Martyn…
Scripture Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart. ~Colossians 4:2, NLT Quote God answers all prayers in different ways: Sometime He says yes, sometimes no, and at other times He says wait a while. ~Calvin Miller There is a fourth answer that Miller does not mention: [1] Yes [2] No…
Scripture Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the children of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. I could come up into your midst in one moment and consume you. Now therefore, take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do to you.’ ”So the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments…