With Jack Bailey
Scripture I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me. ~John 15:15, NLT Quote Being a servant can be a matter of shame or pride; it depends on who you are serving. ~J.I. Packer {Knowing…
Scripture Don’t long for “the good old days.” This is not wise. ~Ecclesiastes 7:10, NLT Quote The good old days are a product of selective memory. We remember the good but block out the bad. ~Ya’Akov I hope you don’t mind me thinking out loud. I find myself longing for the good old days. I was…
Scripture Thus says Yahweh, “Let not a wise man boast in his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast in his might; let not a rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me. ~Jeremiah 9:23-24, LSB Quote What higher, more exalted, and more…
Scripture This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: “Only in returning to Me and resting in Me will you be saved.” Isaiah 30:15, NLT Quote In the Bible, divine sovereignty and human responsibility are not enemies. They are friends, and they work together. ~J.I. Packer We all believe in God’s sovereignty, the problem…
Scripture I called on the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and He saved me from my enemies. ~Psalm 18:3, NLT Quote That we may not complain of what is, let us see God’s hand in all events; and that we may not be afraid of what shall be, let us see all events in God’s…
Scripture Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. ~2 Corinthians 1:3, HCSB Quote God is the Father of a multitude or variety of mercies. There is no sin or misery but God has mercy for it. ~Thomas Goodwin Jesus told the story…
Scripture Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to Yahweh, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. ~Isaiah 55:7, LSB Quote It is difficult to remove terror from trembling minds, but the nature of God is that He is ready to…
Scripture Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. If anyone thinks that he has known anything, he has not yet known as he ought to know. ~1 Corinthians 8:1-2, LSB Quote The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. ~Socrates The one thing I know is that I don’t know much: my ignorance overwhelms…
Scripture Then Yahweh passed by in front of him [Moses] and called out, “Yahweh, Yahweh God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth;who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression, and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. ~Exodus 34:6-7, LSB Quote Exodus 34:6-7 is…
Scripture For He does not afflict from His heart or grieve the sons of men. ~Lamentations 3:33, LSB Quote He is a God who delights in mercy, and judgment is His strange work.” ~Jonathan Edwards I think I mentioned it in another blog, the Story of the Prodigal’s Father in Luke 15 was shared because…