With Jack Bailey
Scripture Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding? ~Job12:12, NIV Quote Live and learn; die and forget it all. ~Naola Bailey The culture we live in is a little mixed up. Young people want what it took their parents years to accumulate; they want a big house, a high…
Scripture “Lord,” they answered, “we want our sight.” ~Matthew 20:33, NIV Quote Know exactly what you want. Clarity equals power. Vague goals produce vague results. ~Source Unknown Short of time this morning so I pulled up an old blog {June 18, 2016}. Holly, alias Lou Lou and I had been to Bessemer and on our…
Scripture How sweet your words taste to me; they are sweeter than honey. ~Psalm 119:103, NLT Quote The Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of God, that they may delight in His Presence, may taste and know the inner sweetness of God…
Scripture The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice. ~Psalm 97:1, NIV Quote Our morality is to be based on the holy character of God, and not some shallow form of humanitarism. ~Alton MacEarchern It amazes me, I read and study a Psalm per day and occassionally there will be…
Scripture But woe to you who are rich, for you have already recieved your comfort. ~Luke 6:24 Quote The blessing is not in the condition {poverty or wealth} but in the Kingdom. ~Dallas Willard Currently, I am preaching through the Beattitudes. Lord willing, I will be on the persecuted Sunday morning and the peacemakers Sunday…
Scripture But with most of them {Israelites} God was not well pleased; for they were laid low in the desert. This serves as a warning to us, not to hanker as they did after evil. ~Hebrews 10:5-6, Weymouth Quote God may have some rebellious children, but He has no spoiled ones. ~Ron Dunn The Israelistes…
Scripture Though the wicked sprout like weeds and evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever. `Psalm 92:7, NLT Quote Rebellion against our Creator is not only unreasonable, it is outrageous. ~Elisebeth Elliot I am almost certain that I have blogged on this verse before. Weeds are a part of the curse. Adam’s first garden was…
Scripture Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. ~Psalm 91:1, NIV Quote Doctors and medical science may add years to our life; but only Jesus can add life to the years. ~Warren W. Wiersbe Paul told the Colossians, For you died to this life, and…
Scripture Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. ~Ephesians 4:32, NASB Quote The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention. ~Oscar Wilde I think Ephesians 4:32 was Mother’s favorite verse. I know it was the one she quoted most often.…
Scripture Let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the Champion who initiates and perfects our faith. ~Hebrews 12:1b-2a Quote The LORD blesses people who bless others. ~William Franklin Graham How do we manage the undulations of life; the ups and downs;…