With Jack Bailey
Scripture O grant us help against the foe, for human help is worthless. With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes. ~Psalm 60:11-12, NRSV Quote Trials are medicines which our Great Physician prescribes, because we need them; and He proportions the frequency and the weight of them to what…
Scripture After breakfast Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these? ” “Yes, Lord,” Peter replied, “you know I love you.” “Then feed my lambs,” Jesus told him. ~John 21:15, NLT Quote There is more grace in God’s heart than there is sin in your past. ~Erwin Lutzer…
Scripture Each evening they come back, howling like dogs and prowling about the city. They roam about for food, and growl if they do not get their fill. ~Psalm 59:14-15, NRSV Quote If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed. ~Adolf Hitler The setting of Psalm 59 is…
Scripture Then at last everyone will say, “There truly is a reward for those who live for God; surely there is a God who judges justly here on earth.” Psalm 58:11, NLT Quote There is an inseparable connection between a person’s character and their conduct: the former is the source of the latter. ~Stephen J.…
Scripture Awake, my soul! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. ~Psalm 57:8, NIV Quote The elements of prayer, praise, thanksgiving and the desire for God to be exalted will awaken any sleeping soul. ~Warren B. Wiersbe Psalm 57 finds David in the cave of Adullam [I Samuel 22]. David fled to the…
Scripture When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. ~Psalm 56:3, NRSV Quote Faith is living with an unshakable confidence in the word of God. ~Ya’akov Psalm 56:3 is the very first verse my Mother had me memorize. I began thinking about infinity when I was 7-8 years old and I marvel at…
Scripture Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; He will never permit the righteous to be moved. ~Psalm 55:22, NRSV Quote It is infinitely better to have the whole world as an enemy and God as a friend than to have the whole world as a friend and God as the…
Scripture I will give thanks to Your name, O LORD, for it is good. {For He has delivered me from every trouble} ~Psalm 54:6-7, NRSV Quote The secret of a successful spiritual life is just to realize two things….I must have absolute confidence in God and absolutely no confidence in myself.” ~D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Psalm…
Scripture Have they no knowledge, those evildoers, who eat up My people as they do bread, and do not call upon God? Psalm 53:4, NRSV Quote A fool is anyone who tries to live without God. ~Steven J. Lawson Psalm 53 is almost identical to Psalm 14: both begin by saying, Fools say in their…
Scripture But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever. ~Psalms 52:8, NRSV Quote “Let us lean on Christ with all our weight. Let us throw ourselves on His faithfulness as we do on our beds, bringing all our weariness…