With Jack Bailey
Scripture If you reject discipline, you only harm yourself; but if you listen to correction, you grow in understanding. ~Proverbs 15:31, NLT Quote Discipline is the choice between what you want now and what you want in the future. ~Source Unknown Samson was known for his incredible strength but his story is one with a…
Scripture All the nations of the world will stand amazed at what the Lord will do for you. They will be embarrassed at their feeble power. ~Micah 7:16, NLT Quote There is but one good and that is God; everything else is good only when it looks to Him and evil when it turns from…
Scripture Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable. ~Isaiah 40:28, NASB Quote In worldly terms, might makes right, but on God’s terms right makes might. ~J. Clinton McCann When the Puritan…
Scripture I called on Your name, O LORD, from the lowest pit. ~Lamentations 3:55, LSB Quote Self-sufficency is a myth perpetuated by pride and the devil. ~Jack Young Most of you can’t relate but I grew up in the 50’s when dug wells were common. We had one and so did our neighbors. Most of…
Scripture Do not fret because of evildoers, be not envious toward doers of unrighteousness. For they will wither quickly like the grass and fade like the green herb. ~Psalm 37:1-2, LSB Quote God places a premium on human free will and because that will often opts for self-will and evil, the world as we know…
Scripture They feast on the abundance of Your house; You give them drink from Your river of delights. For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light. ~Psalm 36:8-9, NIV Quote Jesus never comes next: He is always first. ~Warren W. Wiersbe I learn something new practically every day. Jesus…
Scripture I was young and now I am old. ~Psalm 37:25, LSB Quote Age is mind over matter: if you don’t mind, it don’t matter. ~Mark Twain I can faintly remember being in grade school back in the 50’s and I can tell you as an honest fact that I never dreamed I would live…
Scripture Into your hands I commit my spirit; deliver me, Lord, my faithful God. ~Psalm 31:5, NIV Quote In surrendering our claim to what we had thought was “our life,” we discover the true nature of the life of Christ who is our Refuge. ~Gerald H. Wilson [NIV Commentary] We take refuge in many things:…
Scripture For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning. ~Psalm 30:5, NIV Quote God is present even when we doubt it or cannot perceive it: the reality of His presence is not altered by our unawareness. ~Gerald H. Wilson…
Scripture Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. ~Psalm 32:1, NIV Quote To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.” ~C. S. Lewis NASA is a common acronym for National Aeronautic Space Administration, but it is also a Hebrew word…