With Jack Bailey
Scripture “Grant us Your help against the enemy, for vain is the help of man.” Psalm 60:11, Coverdale Quote “Success is moving from one failure to the next without loss of enthusiasm.” ~Winston Churchill David never lost a battle as a general leading his troops into combat, but while he was engaged in the north,…
Scripture And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. ~Matthew 3:17, KJV Quote Our Heavenly Father honors faith, rewards humility and loves obedience. ~Ya’akov Most of us have a desire to please the Father but the principle of sin hinders us. As Paul confessed in…
Scripture The Lord hates six things; in fact, seven are detestable to him: arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that plots wicked schemes, feet eager to run to evil, a lying witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up trouble among brothers. ~Proverbs 6:16-19, CSB Quote The eyes are the widow of the soul.…
Scripture “I will never leave you or abandon you.” ~Hebrews 13:5, CEB Quote “The King of love my Shepherd is, whose goodness faileth never; I lack nothing since I am His and He is mine forever.” ~Henry William Baker I am in the process of reading my old blogs in hopes of saving those worth…
Scripture When I am afraid, I will trust in You. ~Psalm 56:3, CSB Quote Trust is God is the antidote to fear, because the reality of God is greater than the reality of the object that causes us to fear. ~John Goldingay My mother taught me Psalm 56:3 when I was a small boy. I think…
Scripture We don’t want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, of our affliction that took place in Asia. We were completely overwhelmed—beyond our strength—so that we even despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who…
Scripture Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves. ~Philippians 2:3, CSB Extra Every sin can be forgiven if we humble ourselves and confess our sin to the LORD. ~Jim Cymbala Jesus said in Mark 3:28-29, “Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for all…
Scripture “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross, and follow me.” ~Mark 8:34, CSB Quote This false gospel {Health and Wealth} is cruel. It doesn’t intend to be but it is: it means to magnify grace but it does the opposite. ~J.I.…
Scripture “But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you. ~Matthew 5:44, NKJV Quote You never so touch the ocean of God’s love as when…
Scripture For He {God the Father} chose us in Him {Christ}, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him. ~Ephesians 1:4, CSB Quote As children of God, we acknowledge the Father’s authority as a rule for our lives because we know this is what pleases Him. ~J.I. Packer…