With Jack Bailey
Scripture “The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your fellow Israelites. You must listen to Him.” ~Deuteronomy 18:15, NLT Quote There is a deep yearning in the human heart for something better than an earthly king or priest: In Christ we have a King and Priest that…
Scripture They say, “Get an evil person to turn against him. Send an accuser to bring him to trial…” ~Psalm 109:6, NLT Quote The imprecatory psalms lead to the cross of Jesus and the love of God that forgives enemies. ~Dietrich Bonhoeffer The subject of the imprecatory Psalms came up last week in our Bible…
Scripture He replied, “What is impossible for people is possible with God.” ~Luke 18:27, NLT Quote “There is no limit to what God can do; the impossible is His starting point.” ~Source Unknown One of my Mother’s favorite idioms was “don’t make a mountain out of a molehill.” She was saying don’t make something big…
Scripture Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. ~Psalms 107:1 Quote It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich. ~Dietrich Bonhoeffer This admonition to give thanks to the LORD {Yahweh} is repeated five times in Psalm 107 and it is repeated six other times in the Hebrew…
Scripture Praise the Lord, all you angels in heaven. Praise him, all you who serve him and do what he wants. Let everything the Lord has made praise him everywhere in his kingdom. ~Psalms 103:21-22 Quote Human voices alone are not sufficient to praise the LORD adequately. ~Artur Weiser I understand that in the mega…
Scripture He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west. ~Psalm 103:12, NLT Quote All human are frail and prone to sin, yet they can be forgiven completely by the compassionate God who treats them like His children. ~Daniel Estes As we studied in Sunday School last week:…
Scripture The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. ~Psalm 24:1, NIV Quote The great land owner laughs at the title deeds of the worms crawling in the dust. ~Charles Spurgeon The LORD {Yahweh} created the cosmos and He also governs and sustains it: thus it…
Scripture For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. ~Romans 3:23, NASB Quote Before the holy God all humans fall short, but His grace is greater than our sins. ~Daniel J. Estes I am reading the NIV commentary on Psalms and Daniel Estes writes the second volume. When I read his…
Scripture Beside the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept as we thought of Jerusalem {home}. ~Psalm 137:1, NLT Quote Be it ever so humble, there is no place like home. ~John Howard Payne I have loved creeks and water since I was a boy. I love canoeing, white water rafting and last Saturday I…
Scripture Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. ~Romans 8:1, NASB Quote As Judge, Christ is the law, but as Savior, He is the gospel. Call on the coming Judge to be your present Savior. ~J.I. Packer I just finished a two part series on the French Revolution and…