With Jack Bailey
Scripture Anguish is coming! They will look for peace, but there will be none. Disaster after disaster will come, and there will be rumor after rumor. ~ Ezekiel 7:25-26 (CSB) Quote The East coast is dealing with Florence and some years back, we had Katrina hit the gulf doing massive damage in New Orleans and Southern Mississippi.…
Scripture I will destroy your high places. Your altars will be desolated and your shrines smashed. I will throw down your slain in front of your idols. Ezekiel 6:4-5, CSB Quote Keep it simple: love what God loves and hate what God hates. ~Image Quotes In the preamble to the Decalogue, God spoke these words through…
Scripture “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” ~John 8:32, CSB Quote The one good thing you can say about the devil is–he is always busy. ~Calvin C. Inman Yesterday’s blog got my mind turning. The devil is the master at distraction and disruption. He has a distinct advantage, he is a spiritual being [not encumbered with a…
Scripture And they return at evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city. They scavenge for food; they growl if they are not satisfied. ~ Psalms 59:14-15 (CSB) Quote By prevailing over obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive as his chosen destination. ~Christopher Columbus In biblical times, dogs were not viewed as pets. I don’t…
Scripture A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. ~Proverbs 22:17, CSB Quote Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement: nothing can be accomplished without HOPE. ~Hellen Keller When I moved my office a couple of years ago, I just put everything boxes and moved it but I still have not gone…
Scripture Now the sons of Eli were worthless men; they did not know the LORD. ~I Samuel 2:12, NASB Quote Worthless people live only to eat and drink: people of worth eat and drink to live. ~Socrates Eli sons were worthless, bĕliya`al, which is same word used of Nabal. The word means worthless, good for nothing, unprofitable,…
Scripture When I am afraid, I will trust in you. ~Psalm 56:3, CSB Quote Fear and faith cannot coexist in our hearts at the same time. ~N.L. Anderson We see both good and bad fear and faith in the story of Jesus calming the sea…One day he and his disciples got into a boat,…
Scripture Pay attention to me and answer me. I am restless and in turmoil with my complaint, because of the enemy’s words, because of the pressure of the wicked. ~ Psalms 55:2-3 (CSB) Quote “Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.” ~Augustine Of Hippo I love this Psalm…
Scripture By faith Noah, after he was warned about what was not yet seen and motivated by godly fear, built an ark to deliver his family. By faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. ~Hebrews 11:7, CSB Quote Living by faith means never knowing where you…
Scripture “The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah’s preaching, and look — something greater than Jonah is here.“ ~Luke 11:32, CSB Quote There can be no such thing as chance from God’s point of view. Since He is omniscient, His acts have no…